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For roughly a century, the drill press was the most stubbornly unchanged tool in the workshop. CNC routers went digital. Laser cutters got software brains. Even the table saw picked up intelligent blade-detection technology. The drill press, meanwhile, remained a cast-iron column with a chuck on top, the same basic machine it had been in 1925. That’s starting to change, and the shift is happening faster than most woodworkers expected. A Longer Time Coming The broader power-tool industry has been absorbing smarter technology for years, mostly at the motor and interface level. Variable-speed drives, digital readouts, preset memory, and automatic…

fäm Properties report reveals Azizi dominating affordable market in 2026 andtopping overall sales transactions Dubai, UAE, 23rdJuly, 2026:Emaar’s position as Dubai’s leading developer is underlined today by a new market analysis revealing the depth of residential real estate activity across the luxury and affordable sectors so far this year. The report from fäm Propertiestoday shows that Emaar has recorded the highest value in sales transactions to date this year at AED30.6 billion – 83.2% higher than DAMAC in second place at AED16.7 billion. Emaar also sold the highest volume of properties in the AED 15 million and above luxury sector,…

Google’s Pixel launches have become increasingly difficult to keep under wraps, and the Pixel 11 series appears to be no exception. Weeks before Google’s scheduled August 12 launch event, a fresh leak has revealed what is claimed to be the complete set of official press renders for the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL, showcasing every colour option across the lineup. The renders, published by MyMobiles in collaboration with tipster OnLeaks, offer what is arguably the most comprehensive look yet at Google’s next flagship family. If authentic, they not only confirm earlier design leaks but also…

Statement by His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, on the adoption of the national program for the Development of the Statistical System in the UAE Abu Dhabi, July 23, 2026: His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy and Tourism, said: “The adoption of the National Program for the Development of the Statistical System by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, reflects the maturity and credibility of the national statistical system. Comprehensive reviews are practicesimplemented by advanced statistical systems as…

Flip phones have quietly become one of the most competitive corners of the smartphone market. It provides buyers with a satisfying folding snap, reducing the footprint to half the original size, and that’s the entire point. Motorola never really left the format after reviving the Razr name, while Samsung has spent generations treating the Flip line as its scrappy, budget-friendlier sibling to the Fold.  This year, though, the gap between the two camps has narrowed to the point where picking a winner requires genuinely reading the spec sheet and learning about the phones before putting your money into one. One…

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 brought a major redesign to the company’s foldable lineup. We now have a shorter, almost passport-like body that opens into a 7.6-inch display with a more media-friendly 4:3 aspect ratio. This feels like a more natural fit than Samsung’s squarer last-gen foldables. It also has a more portable 201 grams heft and a decent 4,800mAh battery capacity. All of this makes it one of Samsung’s most interesting foldables yet. However, an upcoming Xiaomi device may take the same wide-screen formula and blend it with a Chinese phone’s typical madness. Xiaomi could bring its own silicon…

After years of reviewing foldable smartphones, I have learned that choosing one involves much more than what looks pretty or how large you want. Book-style foldables are usually sold as productivity machines, while flip phones cater to people who value portability. Samsung’s latest lineup complicates that choice by introducing two very different book-style models alongside its familiar clamshell. Most of their shared specifications fade into the background once you start using them. Their shapes and screens have a much greater impact on daily life. So here’s how I’d make a decision when choosing between the new Galaxy Z Fold 8…

Framework delivered rare good news last month when it found a cheaper and better SSD for the Laptop 13 Pro. The situation has now swung sharply in the other direction, as soaring LPCAMM2 costs are forcing the company to change some existing preorder configurations. Framework says prices from its memory supplier have more than doubled compared to its previous inventory, far beyond the low-to-mid double-digit increase it had expected. The company has enough modules to cover existing orders overall, but not enough in the right mix of 64GB, 32GB, and 16GB capacities. Some preorders are getting less memory Framework has…

Samsung has finally joined the silicon-carbon battery race with its latest batch of premium foldables packing the new battery tech. But details for this change were rather hard to spot on the spec sheets. The company has confirmed during media briefings that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold 8, and Galaxy Z Flip 8 all use silicon-carbon batteries. Even then, the resulting capacities are hardly record-breaking. The Fold 8 Ultra carries a 5,000mAh battery, the regular Fold 8 gets 4,800mAh, and the Flip 8 has 4,300mAh. Rivals from Honor and Motorola have already crossed the 6,000mAh mark.…

You might have asked Alexa to do plenty of dumb things over the years, but “figure out which of my washer’s 30 cycles actually means cold wash” might not have been one of them. Turns out, Amazon just built the toolkit that makes exactly that possible, and it’s rolling out across a genuinely huge list of brands today. So what’s actually changing for your smart home gadgets? Amazon’s launching a new AI-powered smart home developer toolkit that lets device makers plug their full feature set into Alexa+ instead of forcing you to dig through app menus yourself.  Amazon says customers…