Google’s AI-powered Ask Photos feature was announced last year, but failed to make a splash when it started rolling out to the public. It replaced the regular photo search feature with a Gemini AI search that, often, took too much time when you just wanted to find photos of your pets, or your car. This […]

One of the most underrated new features in iOS 26 is trying out new AirPods features before they’re released to everyone else. Yes, Apple’s newest operating system now lets you download and install beta firmware updates to your AirPods. Here’s everything you need to know to try this out yourself, and a quick list of […]

Americans loves their dogs—all 90 million of them. And dog owners know there’s nothing better than letting your dog off their leash to run around free. For a lot of folks who don’t have a lot of outdoor space, or who live in homes with communal spaces where letting your dog off the leash isn’t […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Kitchens are a pressure cooker (pun more or less intended), whether you’re trying to get your high-end restaurant off the ground in order to sustain some kind of family legacy or just trying to keep the pasta from boiling over in your own home. Cooking […]

Growing up, I loved cooking but I fully avoided the broiler. I’m not sure why, but maybe because my mom never used it or perhaps I just wasn’t sure what it was. The entire time, I was wondering how to get a crispy, browned surface on my mac and cheese and toast my breadcrumb-topped casseroles. […]

In iOS 26, Apple has expanded its Visual Intelligence feature from just the camera to the screen. Now, you can use Visual Intelligence to ask anything about what’s on your screen, to add events to your Calendar, or to look up images using Google (similar to Google’s Circle to Search). All of this is quite […]

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The Sony ULT Field 1 is the most compact speaker in the brand’s ULT lineup, easy to throw in a bag or strap to your bike for on-the-go listening. It’s also down to $88 […]

Last year, Anthropic rolled out a new feature called Artifacts in its Claude AI chatbot, letting users see real-time results from their conversations—think diagrams, reports, websites, or code snippets, for example. Now the feature has been given a substantial upgrade, letting you create and share AI-powered apps just by describing them. The apps you create […]

Threads users will soon have more control over what shows up (or doesn’t) in their feeds. According to a Threads post from Instagram head Adam Mosseri, an update to the platform’s Hidden Words feature will allow users to customize which content is filtered out separate from their preferences on Instagram. Hidden Words itself isn’t new: […]

As soon as it became safe for me to cook on the stove unsupervised—say 12 years old?—I began to fry bacon. I’d do my best to stretch out the wobbly strips so they wouldn’t overlap or curl up too much and brace myself for the impact of tiny, sharp, popping oil splatters. I loved the […]