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Microsoft’s legal threats clearly didn’t scare off security researcher Nightmare Eclipse. Just weeks after the company warned it might pursue researchers who release undisclosed bugs outside its official channels, Nightmare Eclipse published a fresh Windows vulnerability, and it’s a nasty one. What exactly does ShieldBreak do? The new bug, called ShieldBreak, targets Windows Defender, the built-in anti-malware engine that ships with every copy of Windows. When exploited successfully, it lets an attacker jump from a low-level user account to full system access, essentially handing over the keys to your entire device. Nightmare Eclipse released the proof of concept as a…

ADFW 2026 Unveils First Wave of Top Speakers, Bringing the World’s Capital Community to Abu Dhabi The first wave includes senior UAE and Abu Dhabi government leaders alongside top global CEOs, chairpersons, founders, and institutional investors from industry giants such as Allianz SE, DBS Group, Franklin Templeton and Temasek Holdings. Abu Dhabi, UAE, 13 August 2026:Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Executive Council, Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW), hosted by ADGM, today announced the first cohort of leading speakers for its fifth…

It’s that day of the year again. Google has announced its latest set of hardware, including the new Pixel 11 lineup, and, alongside the Gemini-infused smartphones, a new smartwatch that will remain on the shelves for the rest of 2026 and the first half of 2027.  Introducing the Google Pixel Watch 5, featuring a familiar round face, a snappier chip, and two health monitoring features that might be enough to sell potential buyers on the device: Blood Pressure Trends and Insulin Resistance Trends (or metabolic health). So what changes did Google make in the watch’s hardware? Google kept the circular…

Twitch has quietly started feeding your streams, VODs, and clips into Amazon’s AI training pipeline, and the opt-out button is tucked so deep in your settings that most people will never stumble on it. As Kotaku reports, streaming reporter Zach Bussey spotted a new toggle inside Twitch’s account settings on August 12 that lets you block your content from training Amazon’s generative AI tools. The screenshot spread quickly, and so did the direct link to the exact settings page, mostly because Twitch never bothered to announce the change in the first place. What happens if you don’t opt out? Leave…

Unboxing a flagship smartphone used to feel like a solved equation. You paid top dollar, handed over your credit card, and received a fully baked piece of hardware capable of navigating basic daily life without a thermal meltdown. Last month, standing under direct sunlight in 45-degree weather, my partner held her $1,000 Pixel 10 Pro up to my car’s air conditioning vent just so Google Maps wouldn’t shut down mid-route. It wasn’t rendering 3D ray-traced graphics or exporting 8K video. I was simply following GPS directions while listening to a podcast – a routine task my three-year-old iPhone 15 handled…

Qualcomm wants to fix the biggest problem with budget laptops: performance and battery life. In May of this year, the company showed off its entry-tier new Snapdragon C Platform, made for budget laptops starting at $300, promising speed, battery life, and AI smarts that budget shoppers usually have to skip. Now, the chip giant has just revealed the specs for its latest chip and if what it shows comes true, Intel is going to have a big headache on its hands. But competition is good for consumers, so they will be the real winners here.  Snapdragon C specifications Qualcomm Snapdragon…

Made by Google has already given us plenty to talk about. The Pixel 11 series is finally here, alongside the Pixel Watch 5, refreshed Pixel Buds Pro 2, and the long-awaited Pixel Tag. But tucked between all those bigger announcements is something considerably smaller that caught my attention: Google’s new PixelSnap accessories. They may not be as exciting as a brand-new phone or smartwatch, but they could end up being some of the Pixel accessories you actually use every single day. PixelSnap makes charging a little more useful The PixelSnap Charger is pretty straightforward on its own, but Google has…

AI companies are increasingly looking for ways to mark content generated by their models. Now, someone has built an open-source tool designed to remove some of those marks. A GitHub project called watermarks-remover is designed to strip different types of AI provenance signals from text and files. According to its documentation, it can work with invisible Unicode characters, statistical text watermarks and metadata embedded in formats including PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF, DOCX, ODT, HTML and Markdown. That sounds straightforward until you look at how some of these watermarks actually work. A metadata tag can be removed relatively cleanly. A statistical…

Equity Celebrates Second Anniversary with AED 5 Billion in Property Sales and Plans for International Expansion Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 12 August 2026 – Equity, one of Dubai’s leading luxury real estate brokerages, is celebrating its second anniversary with more than AED 5 billion in property sales, a team of over 100 experienced brokers and staff, and continued expansion across some of Dubai’s most competitive real estate segments. Founded in 2024 by Emrah Yar, Equity has grown from a standing start into a recognised name in Dubai’s real estate market.  Located in the prestigious Boulevard Plaza, Tower 2, in Downtown…

For the last two generations, I’ve complained that the Pixel’s video performance trails behind what’s available under other brands. Google has finally agreed.   The Pixel 11 lineup landed today with its biggest video overhaul in years. However, not every upgrade made it to every model in the family. So, what’s the biggest video upgrade here? To kick things off, let’s discuss the bump in video resolution. The Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL can now shoot 8K at 24 or 30fps. The feature is powered by Video Boost, the same cloud-assisted pipeline that’s stayed a Pro-only perk since the Pixel…