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Anthropic launches Claude Fable 5.1 and says it’s up to 45 percent cheaper for agentic work
Anthropic says its newest AI models, Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1, address criticisms from customers about price, data retention, and overzealous safeguards
Apple Maps follows Google in renaming Lake Ontario
Apple Maps has officially changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America, as reported earlier by Bloomberg
Wallpaper* stages an unconventional beauty pageant for the September Style Issue men’s cover shoot
Spare and streamlined looks took centre stage in Wallpaper’s September Issue men’s cover shoot, reflecting the A/W 2026 season’s shifting silhouette
Forget crunches — this standing move trains your core and hip flexors and improves posture at the same time
A coach shares an exercise she follows to relieve tightness in the hips and strengthen the core.
Sonos Ace Ultra Headphones Get Upgraded Sound, Noise Canceling and Direct Link to Your Sonos System
The $449 headphones feature an all-new driver, next-generation adaptive ANC and a direct connection to your Sonos system.
25% of US Adults Are Eyeing the iPhone Ultra, but Not the $2,000 Price Tag
Regardless of what Apple releases next week, some US adults are rethinking their upgrade plans.
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
The Newest Way to Wear Your Perfume Is as an Accessory
Lately, a whole host of options to help you carry your perfume bottles with you have emerged—not just in your bag, but on your neck, wrist or fingers.
The Bride Wore a White Lehenga for Her India-Meets-Italy Wedding in a Sicilian Baroque Church
Childhood sweethearts Divya Lagisetti and Holden Prosser held a multi-day celebration across Taormina’s ancient Greek theater, a 17th-century church
‘Sense & Sensibility’ Is the Vogue Book Club’s Next Read
Fasten your bonnets, readers: ahead of Georgia Oakley’s starry adaptation, the Vogue Book Club is reading Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility.”
How to Catch Up on Sleep the Right Way, According to Experts
Sleep debt is as real as your mortgage, and falling behind on payments could take a toll on your health. Experts share the healthiest strategy to keep up.
How to Know If You’re Dehydrated During a Heatwave
Summer is great, but soaring temperatures and increased sun exposure puts you at greater risk of health risk. Here’s how to make sure you’re not overdoing it.
Studio Three Sixty creates Sauna Theatre for Edinburgh Fringe festival
Design practice Studio Three Sixty has created a temporary sauna that is being used as a theatre during Edinburgh's Fringe festival for the performing arts
Volkswagen’s Most Revered Camper Van Trim Officially and Finally Arrives with the ID. Buzz
The Volkswagen California trim has officially and finally arrived for the ID. Buzz
Apple will launch 15+ new products this fall, here’s what’s coming
Apple has a packed lineup of products launching this fall, including new iPhones, Macs, iPads, and more. Here’s every new Apple product rumored to arrive starting September 9
What is the release date for The Grand Tour season 7 on Prime Video?
It's goodbye to Clarkson, May and Hammond and hello to Holland, Engelsman and Bourgeois. But when does The Grand Tour season 7 arrive on Prime Video?
RAM prices are ridiculous, so I'll take this $115 saving on Corsair's 32GB DDR5-6000 CL30 memory kit
Memory prices are ridiculous right now, but this 32GB Corsair DDR5-6000 RAM deal knocks $115 off the price at Newegg.
The Cosori Dual Blaze Twinfry Compact is a big-basket air fryer that does a lot more than you'd expect — for a very reasonable price
With its clever Dual Blaze technology and handy Twinfry flexibility, this compact air fryer is a tempting buy
Exclusive: Sonos CEO Tom Conrad explains why the new Sonos Ace Ultra headphones can achieve what fans wanted the first Ace to do, why its new Ultra soundbar is small, and the AI features of the company's new 'operating system'
Sonos is turning its software into an 'OS', and the CEO explains what that means for updates — and talks about how the new features offer something for AI fans and skeptics.
'The best writing tablet you can buy': This Like-New 64GB Kindle Scribe saves you $85 and includes Amazon's Premium Pen for writing and note-taking
Amazon's Kindle Scribe is $85 cheaper if you don't mind buying Like-New, and our hardware editor certainly doesn't.
I played NBA 2K27 with Nvidia's DLSS 5 at Gamescom, and I was genuinely impressed with it — but one thing still worries me
Nvidia's DLSS 5 has come a long way since its first reveal, and the latest incarnation of the tech left me pleasantly surprised.
Lenovo’s 2-in-1 Yoga 7i is a great Labor Day deal at $750
Best Buy is celebrating Labor Day all week long with big deals, including a deep discount on the Lenovo Yoga 7i 2-in-1, taking its original $1,1199.99 price down to $749.99
Apple Releases New iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27 Public Betas
Apple today released the sixth public betas of iOS 27 , iPadOS 27 , tvOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate
The Google TV Streamer just got a huge price hike — you're way better off with an Apple TV 4K or Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K now
Google's TV streamer has gone up 50% in the US, with other countries set to follow.
Windows 11's antivirus is repeatedly telling users that it's turned off — but don't panic, this is a bug and it's working just fine
Think Windows 11's antivirus is broken? Thankfully it isn't, although the app is suffering from a pretty frustrating bug.
OpenAI delayed its new model’s development after the Hugging Face hack
After an unreleased OpenAI model wreaked enough havoc to make international headlines, OpenAI delayed the development of a different unreleased model suite, Astra
On first listen, the Sonos Beam Ultra sounds great
Sonos unveiled a bunch of new stuff today at its open house event
Tim Cook did alright by the environment — but AI could upend his climate legacy
As he steps down from his post as Apple CEO today, Tim Cook leaves behind a mostly positive environmental record
The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
Depending on who you ask, developer platform Hugging Face was recently attacked by OpenAI - after it lost control of its own AI tools - or by a succession of AI "civilizations."