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As a software reporter at WIRED, I’ve tested a lot of shitty agents over the past couple of years. These experiences expose a consistent pattern of generative AI startups overpromising and underdelivering when it comes to these “agentic” helpers—programs designed to take control of your computer, performing chores and digital errands to free up your time for more important things. But the bots I installed on my laptop would struggle to complete even basic tasks. They just didn’t work.This poor track record makes Anthropic’s latest agent, Claude Cowork, a nice surprise. When I tested it by running it through some…

*All products featured on *Vogue are independently selected by our editors. However, we may earn affiliate revenue on this article and commission when you buy something.If you’re searching for variety among your outerwear options this winter, you’ll want to add one of the best quilted jackets to the mix. A transitional staple with timeless appeal, they possess a heritage feel, similar to barn jackets or trench coats—and characterized by their exterior topstitches, generally in square or diamond patterns. You can often spot new iterations in rotation within the street style crowd, whether that be contemporary spins or classic silhouettes, making…

You can easily spruce up your nightstand or desk by decluttering a bit, replacing some of those annoying charging cables with a good wireless charging setup. One of our favorites that can handle three devices at once is the UGREEN MagFlow Qi2 3-in-1 Charger Station 25W. Normally $140, it’s on sale right now for $95; that’s 32 percent off and only about $5 more than its record-low price.UGREENThis is our top pick for a 3-in-1 charging pad thanks to its versatility. The UGREEN can work equally well as a permanent fixture in your home or act as a portable charging…

DeMeco Ryans ripped apart for controversial Texans punt late in fourth quarter of Patriots loss originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.With the Houston Texans’ playoff lives hanging by a thread late in the fourth quarter, head coach DeMeco Ryans made a questionable decision that effectively cut the cord.AdvertisementFacing a 4th-and-18 from the Texans’ 21-yard line with just 4:17 remaining and trailing by 12, Ryans chose to punt the ball away.While the Texans still had one timeout and needed two scores, the conservative move was widely viewed as a “surrender…

If you’re at all concerned about privacy, the rise of AI personal assistants can feel alarming. It’s difficult to use one without sharing personal information, which is retained by the model’s parent company. With OpenAI already testing advertising, it’s easy to imagine the same data collection that fuels Facebook and Google creeping into your chatbot conversations. A new project, launched in December by Signal co-founder Moxie Marlinspike, is showing what a privacy-conscious AI service might look like. Confer is designed to look and feel like ChatGPT or Claude, but the backend is arranged to avoid data collection, with the open-source…

People celebrate the New Year at a ceremony at the Juyongguan Great Wall section, also known as Juyong Pass, in Beijing, China, January 1, 2026. Maxim Shemetov | ReutersAsia-Pacific markets mostly slipped Monday, as investors assessed threats from the Trump administration toward Greenland over the weekend and looked toward key economic data from China. Over the weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders exchanged tense rhetoric over the Arctic territory, with Trump threatening tariffs on eight European countries and demanding control of Greenland, which is part of Denmark.European leaders responded by calling the threats “completely wrong” and “unacceptable.”Over in Asia,…

The Trump administration appears to be deploying the same playbook it used in Minnesota—leveraging allegations of fraud to justify significant federal oversight—in other blue states across the country, starting with California and New York.“POTUS loves Minnesota and the people. It’s a state where he received historic Republican support, and he has long called out [Governor Tim] Walz for his incompetence and terrible leadership,” a senior White House official tells WIRED. “The fraud is so blatant and widespread that it’s a good place to start, but it’s only the beginning. CA and NY next.”This approach seemingly signals a broader strategy to…

At long last, DJ Lagway has made a decision regarding his plans for the upcoming football season. The former Florida Gators’ sophomore quarterback is signing with Baylor 10 days after he had committed to them. A former five-star recruit, the 6-foot-3, 247-pound Lagway entered the transfer portal on Dec. 15 following two seasons at Florida. He had early visits with Florida State and Virginia before visiting Ole Miss after Trinidad Chambliss was denied a sixth season of eligibility. There were also rumblings that Duke could be in the mix for Lagway’s services after Darian Mensah entered the transfer portal at the…

Have a hankering for some audiobooks? Audible is holding one heck of a sale right now, giving users three months of access for $3. That’s a dollar per month. This is something of a winter tradition for the Amazon-owned platform and the promotion ends on January 21.An Audible subscription grants one audiobook per month to keep. This can be selected from a massive catalog of new releases and bestsellers. The collection here has just about everything.AmazonHowever, it’s easy to plow through a single book in a month. Users also get streaming access to thousands of curated titles. Think of it…

Etro staged its presentation in the dim back rooms of a Brera trattoria, swapping white cubes for low light and a faintly Wunderkammer-ish atmosphere. The space was intimate and plush, populated by mannequins crowned with Venetian-made papier-mâché animal heads—foxes, owls, rams, bears—turning the display into a well-dressed menagerie with impeccable table manners.Marco De Vincenzo explained that the masks nodded to Etro’s 1997 photographic campaign, devised by Kean Etro during his tenure as creative director. The idea hinged on physiognomy, the notion that human traits often mirror animal ones, and that our most refined behaviors still rest on fairly primal instincts.…