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Donald Trumpâs Senate impeachment trial hit a temporary snag this week when a Republican senator objected to how Democrats characterized a phone call from the president during the Capitol insurrection
By CALVIN WOODWARD and HOPE YEN Associated Press
February 11, 2021, 11:48 PM
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In this image from video, House impeachment manager Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
VPN in UAE: These are the top 5 VPNs downloaded by residents
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The UAE topped in the number of VPN users followed by Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
There are around four dozen different virtual private networks (VPNs) downloaded by the UAE residents in 2020 with top five most popular VPN apps commanding two-third of the market share.
The most downloads went to one of the leaders in the market, NordVPN, which received 17.1 per cent of total downloads at 953,980. The second spot went to SuperVPN, less known but apparently a popular service in the UAE, with 930,883 downloads, which constitutes 16.7 per cent of the total, according to the latest data shared by Atlas VPN with
5 Most VPNs Downloaded by UAE Residents Published January 6th, 2021 - 11:30 GMT
According to the latest data shared by Atlas, VPN application downloads amounted to 5.58 million in the UAE with residents spending around $3.852 million (Dh14.14 million) to buy virtual private networks in 2020.
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The UAE topped in the number of VPN users followed by Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
There are around four dozen different virtual private networks (VPNs) downloaded by the UAE residents in 2020 with top five most popular VPN apps commanding two-third of the market share.
The most downloads went to one of the leaders in the market, NordVPN, which received 17.1 per cent of total downloads at 953,980. The second spot went to SuperVPN, less known but apparently a popular service in the UAE, with 930,883 downloads, which constitutes 16.7 per cent of the total, according to the latest data shared by Atlas VPN with
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Dubai Electronic Security Centre has rolled out a cyber resilience plan that aims to safeguard the emirate s critical infrastructure and boost the government’s preparedness against cyber attacks.
Known as the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), the plan aims to protect many of the city’s most critical functions across a range of sectors, DESC said.
“Safeguarding future solutions and ensuring sustainability of government and private critical services are an important priority of the centre,” Yousef Al Shaibani, director general of DESC, said in a statement on Thursday.
“The CII initiative sets to fortify the continuity of services and contribute towards achieving excellence in cyberspace,” he added.