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Dubai: Motorists across the country struggled with reduced visibility for a second day on Wednesday as fog blanketed the UAE. Motorists reported traffic snarls during the morning rush hours in cities across the emirates. Weather forecasters said more fog is expected in the next several days. On Tuesday, school buses and the office crowd were delayed as horizontal visibility fell below 50 metres, leading to several accidents on the highways that resulted in minor injuries to some people. Traffic jams were reported in some cases. However, no fatal accident was reported.

The Federal Communications Commission launched on Tuesday a website aimed at unlocking government data previously inaccessible on the Internet and said a redesigned site will go live before the end of the year.

The United Nations helped launch a smartphone app Tuesday that allows users to "walk a mile in a refugee's shoes" by simulating the daily struggles of a fictional Rohingya Muslim who was forced to flee her home.

Adobe released an out of cycle update for its Flash multimedia platform on Mac, Windows and Linux on Tuesday to patch a security flaw that gives attackers the ability to hijack user's login credentials for popular websites like Twitter, eBay, Instagram, and more.