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Flanked by his two leading ladies, Michael Douglas cuts a dashing figure on the red carpet at the Cannes film festival. The veteran of screen and stage was accompanied by his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their 20-year-old daughter Carys, who was making her debut at the French movie extravaganza. In a pink Elie Saab gown, the aspiring musician posed with her parents at the opening night gala as she and her equally glamorous mum Catherine – also in a dramatic gown by Elie Saab – planted a kiss on Michael’s cheek before the Fatal Attraction star, 77, received a special award honouring his lifetime in film. “Thank you Cannes!” he later wrote on Instagram. “I am so honoured to receive the honorary Palme d’Or for my career achievements. Catherine, Carys and…

MOVIE | Don’t Worry Darling Florence Pugh senses growing shadows in her sunny community THRILLER The title (which is awful) suggests an old Doris Day comedy set during the Cuban Missile Crisis, but actress Olivia Wilde’s second directing effort—after 2019’s highly praised Booksmart—is closer in spirit to one of Jordan Peele’s or M. Night Shyamalan’s stylishly nightmarish exercises in suspense. The setup, in fact, promises some kind of fresh take on the classic paranoid thriller The Stepford Wives. Alice (Florence Pugh) lives in an immaculate suburban development that has somehow sprouted out in the middle of the desert. It’s all very retro: We could be in Palm Springs back when Frank Sinatra was in residence—only everything’s not so doo-bee-doo-bee-doo. Alice is married to an up-and-coming executive, Jack (Harry Styles), who drives off each day…

The argument broke out after the couple stopped to buy cigarettes at a gas station in Gahanna, Ohio, on an August evening in 2015. Judy Malinowski, a 31-year-old mother of two, and her on-again, off-again boyfriend Michael Slager exchanged heated words before the confrontation quickly turned violent. Captured on a horrifying surveillance video from a nearby bank, Slager stepped away for a moment and returned with a can of gasoline that he poured over Malinowski and then set ablaze with a lighter. Towering flames engulfed her while Slager returned to his truck to retrieve a fire extinguisher that he used to put out the blaze—leaving Malinowski near death. Rushed to a hospital, she was barely recognizable when her mother, Bonnie Bowes, arrived from home and was told by doctors that her…

Over the last two decades, technology has reinvented much of what we do in our everyday lives, but the first major domino to fall was probably the advent of digital music. April marked 20 years since the launch of Apple’s iTunes Store (fun fact: a birthday shared with yours truly), which, though not the first way to obtain digital music online, was certainly the most far-reaching. The digital music experience has certainly changed in the intervening years, especially with the rise of streaming over the past decade, but when it comes to Apple’s take on the act of listening to music—well, there are some things that frankly haven’t changed enough. It sometimes feels like Apple believes that digital music is a solved problem, and the company is sitting back and dusting…

She recently got engaged to her dashing former Royal Marine boyfriend during a romantic break in Paris, and now Jodie Kidd is gearing up for a return trip to France to pursue another passion. The 43-year-old model, pub landlady and mum of one, who said yes to her 35-year-old beau Joseph Bates’s marriage proposal in early December – with the couple confirming the happy news by posing for loved-up photographs by the Arc de Triomphe – is one of 80 dynamic women getting revved up for this year’s Cash & Rocket tour. The trip fuels female empowerment and raises funds for charities that help women and children around the world. With the pandemic putting the brakes on proceedings since 2019, this year’s tour – the event’s tenyear anniversary and its first sustainable one…

Nydelig varm og innbydende lyd. Disse blir du garantert ikke lyttetrøtt av! Litt mye energi i midten av diskantområdet. Sibilanter på kvinnestemmer. Dypbassen kunne vært mer energisk. Det er lett å tenke at fire tusen kroner er mye penger for et par hodetelefoner. Spesielt når de ikke engang er trådløse, eller har aktiv støydemping. Men selv om jeg personlig elsker hodetelefoner med god støyreduksjon, så er det ikke slike jeg bruker når jeg i ro og mak skal nyte musikk for meg selv. Da vil jeg nemlig ha best mulig lyd, som utelukker de aller fleste trådløse hodetelefoner. Med mindre du er villig til å doble prisen Philips krever for Fidelio X3. Ikke det? Det var det jeg trodde. Dessuten er åpne hodetelefoner mye mer behagelig i lengre lyttestunder enn lukkede – og…

PROS Unstoppable off-road • Surprisingly docile and agile on pavement • This is hardcore off-roading done right CONS Wide as a building • Extreme width makes it tricky to drive and park • Engine note doesn’t match up to the rest of the package VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, 4WD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV ENGINE, TRANSMISSION 3.0L twin-turbo direct-injected DOHC 24-valve 60-degree V-6, 10-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 5,747 lb (56/44%) WHEELBASE 116.5 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 191.0 x 85.7 x 77.8 in ON SALE Now We’re pretty sure we heard Ford’s new Bronco Raptor snicker when we brought it to the off-road course at our SUV of the Year competition. Said course is set up to test the off-road abilities of the average SUV, but when it comes to off-roading, there’s nothing average about the Braptor. Ford Performance…

PROS • Return of the light, fun BMW coupe • Excellent I-4 and I-6 powertrains • Longer wheelbase improves second row CONS • Lacks some standard safety systems • Center console lacks storage space • Occasionally glitchy infotainment system 230i, M240i VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, RWD, 4-pass, 2-door coupe; front-engine, AWD, 4-pass, 2-door coupe ENGINE, TRANSMISSION 2.0L turbo direct-injected DOHC 16-valve I-4; 3.0L turbo direct-injected DOHC 24-valve I-6, 8-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 3,535 lb (50/50%); 3,876 lb (53/47%) WHEELBASE 107.9 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 179.0 x 72.4 x 54.8; 179.4 x 72.4 x 55.3 in ON SALE Now A slow clap for BMW bringing a new 2 Series to the lineup. There isn’t much appetite in this world for compact, playful sport coupes, yet here the 2 sits. It does more than that, though—while the second-generation car has grown, it remains…

Windows 11 is here. As with every previous mega-update to the desktop operating system of record over the years, the new interface has been met with dissent. It’s no surprise that Twitter is full of outrage over the redesign—and, it must be admitted, some praise, too. The record will show that I’ve never been a hater of new Windows features. I even found things to like in the disastrous Windows 8 release. I was an avid Cortana user, at least while she could still do useful things, such as shut down the PC or control music. But a significant difference is that, at least with Windows 8, Microsoft was creating something original and new. I know that software and all other forms of art borrow from others’ recent work, but the…

Seller beware After reading your article on second-hand camera sales here is my experience. Do not send your equipment to Peter Walnes, who used to advertise in AP. In March and July of 2020 I sent him my three medium format cameras with lenses, all mint and boxed, for an agreed commission price of £8,000 when sold (all recorded on email). I had previously sold gear through him and had no trouble. This time it sold quickly but I had to keep chasing for the payment. Stupidly, I then sent the second pair of medium format cameras with cases, lens hoods and filters, as before, for the agreed price. He told me he had buyers for them. I saw them go on his eBay shop and they sold within days, but the…

The Apple rumor mill has been churning lately with reports that Apple is readying a new consumer laptop that’s thinner than the MacBook Air, available in various colors, and possibly equipped with the next generation of Apple silicon. Of course, it could very well be an update to the MacBook Air, but it seems to me that Apple is likely taking another crack at replacing its iconic notebook. Apple has tried to replace the MacBook Air before—a disastrous attempt that ended up with the cancellation of both of its potential replacements and the revival of the Air. If Apple is indeed trying again, will this time be different? Will Apple’s customers, who appear to adore the MacBook Air, follow the company’s lead? It all depends on how Apple approaches the transition—and…

PROS • Feels a lot like the original • More practical than the previous sedan • Manual version is quite fun CONS • Powerband is too narrow • Among the slowest WRX models ever • The automatic option isn’t fun LIMITED; GT VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door sedan ENGINE, TRANSMISSION 2.4L turbo direct-injected DOHC 16-valve flat-4, 6-speed manual; cont variable auto CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 3,400 lb (60/40%); 3,538 lb (61/39%) WHEELBASE 105.2 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 183.8 x 71.9 x 57.8 in ON SALE Now The Subaru WRX has long been the enthusiast’s default choice for an all-weather sport compact. With rally-bred heritage, standard all-wheel drive, and potent turbocharged engines, the WRX has mastered its domain—especially since Mitsubishi vacated the space when it canned the Lancer. By that measure, the new WRX is primed for success. Longer, lower, wider, and stiffer…

‘I like an eclectic, exotic touch, because I don’t like the idea of my house being the same as anyone else’s’ Tucked away deep in the woods outside Brussels, the aristocratic Ansembourg estate is a hidden treasure. Like a landscape painting come to life, an elegant black-and-white mansion stands amid terraced topiary, all reflected in a shimmering lake. Welcoming us to this lovely scene are the Count and Countess, Christophe and Gina d’Ansembourg, and their sons Antoine, Werner and Charles, descendants of one of Luxembourg’s most illustrious dynasties. The couple are high achievers; Christophe works in finance and is a passionate racing car driver who’s won a few historic Grand Prix. Meanwhile Gina is an entrepreneur with her own natural, vegan, eco-friendly skincare brand, Delbôve Botanical Skincare. Her love of nature is also on…

Soundtheory’s Gullfoss ‘unmasking’ plug-in has been through a number of iterations and updates since our original review in 2018 and is now at version 1.10. There’s been a series of fixes and improvements with each point increment, including the important addition of Windows compatibility to the original Mac-only release. Version 1.9, however, added a side-chain input and Gullfoss Live, a low-latency edition optimised for live sound or tracking applications, and now another free update to all existing users brings us to version 1.10, with a more precise auditory perception model, new equaliser engine, and also Gullfoss Master which, whilst it still exhibits only the same 21ms latency as the standard Gullfoss, uses a bit more CPU power to offer even better audio quality and a lower noise floor, aimed at…

Andrew Morton’s groundbreaking 1992 memoir about Princess Diana made him a key figure in one of the most-talked- about periods in royal history. After writing Diana: Her True Story (with his subject, Diana, as his secret source), the author was thrust into the center of the royal saga—and is now a character (played by Andrew Steele) on season 5 of The Crown, streaming on Netflix. Elizabeth Debicki’s Diana is shown recording secret tapes for Morton’s tell-all—just as she did in real life—after learning of his plans to write a book on her. “She talked about a woman called Camilla [Parker Bowles]. I’d never heard of her. Talked about bulimia nervosa—I’d never heard of it—and she talked about suicide attempts,” Morton, 68, says of the first recordings Princess Diana made for…

1 KOBO ELIPSA 2E • £350, kobo.com Amazon’s place at the top of the e-ink tree is facing more challenges than ever. Not only are new challengers flying in – the likes of Onyx and ReMarkable are doing some very interesting things with tablet tech – but one particular old rival, Kobo, has powered itself up to match. Kobo’s recent e-readers are stupendous; its all-you-can-read Kobo Plus service is a boon for the voracious word consumer, and now it has fired its volley at the Kindle Scribe in the form of the Elipsa 2E. We’ll forgive you if you blink your eyes and can’t quite see the difference between this and the Scribe beyond the Kobo logo, because their form factors are admittedly rather identical. And that’s okay, because that’s how e-ink tablets…

‘There is some stiffening at the back, so there will be more rideability’ This is the R12 nineT, BMW's latest revamp of the R nineT which was launched 10 years ago, setting the template for performance retros and selling loads. Multiple changes to everything from the airbox to the footrest hangers make it the biggest update in the model's history and will no doubt help close the gap to newer rivals and revive buyer interest. Before we get into the technical details, let's just clear up the new name. The original was called the nineT because it was launched to celebrate BMW's 90th anniversary. This new bike celebrates the I100th anniversary, so logically it could be called the tenT, but that doesn't quite work and sounds like a busy campsite. Instead, it uses…

INSTRUCTIONSYARN Cascade Yarns Eco Cloud FINISHED SIZE 311⁄2 (351⁄2, 371⁄2, 431⁄2, 47)" bust circumference. Pullover shown measures 311⁄2"; modeled with 1⁄2" of negative ease. YARN Cascade Yarns Eco Cloud (70% undyed merino wool, 30% undyed baby alpaca; 164 yd [150 m]/31⁄2 oz [100 g]): #1801 cream, 8 (9, 10, 12, 13) skeins. NEEDLES Size 9 (5.5 mm). Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge. NOTIONS Markers (m); cable needle (cn); stitch holders; tapestry needle. GAUGE 26 sts and 26 rows = 4" in cable patt; 17 sts and 26 rows = 4" in St st. ! See the Glossary on page 116 for terms you don’t know. For our master glossary, visit www.KnittingDaily.com/glossary. NOTES This pullover is worked back and forth from the bottom up in pieces and seamed. When working the shaping, if there are…

Hey, Toyota—is everything, um, OK? Strapped into the new Toyota GR Corolla and sitting in pit lane awaiting our turn at a 2.1-mile section of Utah Motorsports Park’s wildly undulating road course, we felt slightly silly. Until now, we imagined, the only people who’d ever worn helmets inside a dealership-ready Corolla were unbalanced folks with visions of, well, something as absurd as a track-ready production Toyota Corolla. One such person is Toyota President Akio Toyoda. He’s been pushing the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) subbrand, and he personally signed off on the final product. The result is the craziest showroom-spec Corolla hatchback ever built. Just how out of bounds is it? We can count on one hand the sporty Corollas sold here over the decades. It was long ago typecast as an anodyne, safe…

Den durkdrevne serie-mesteren David E. Kelley stå bak den nye HBO-serien hvor danske Susanne Bier sitter trygt i registolen. Sammen har de skapt en meget engasjerende thriller, med Kidman i storform. DE RIKES LEKEGRIND I en luksusleilighet på Manhattan bor kreftkirurgen Jonathan (Hugh Grant) med sin psykologkone Grace (Nicole Kidman) og deres skjermede/bortskjemte sønn. Tilsynelatende det perfekte ekteskap, med en uklanderlig fasade og alt hva man kan ønske i og av livet. Sønnen går, selvsagt, på privatskole (som koster godt over en halv million årlig) og Grace’ far (Donald Sutherland) er en samfunnsstøtte i sitt herskapshus. Kveldene tilbringes med et godt glass vin foran peisen eller på diverse veldedighetstilstelninger der man kan få «kjøpe seg avlat» ved å by $ 1.000,- for et glass med springvann. Men, idyllen slår hardt og brutalt sprekker idet den…

The horsepower war is over. The handling war is on. Cars like the Audi RS 5 Coupe and Sportback with the Competition Plus package and Porsche’s stunning new GT3 RS—vehicles we’ve driven in just the past few months—suggest a paradigm shift is coming in the performance car business. In an era when modern EV technology means pretty much anyone can build a 2,000-horsepower car that will launch so hard it’ll shred your intestines on the way to an insanely quick 0–60 time, developing internal combustion engines that pump out ever more power to deliver marginal improvements in acceleration times and top speed is increasingly a zero-sum game. But building a road car chassis with hardware and software that allow enthusiastic and engaged drivers to be whole seconds faster around a racetrack than…

Service Life 13 months/23,539 miles Base Price $74,895As Tested $96,895 Average Fuel Econ 17.6 mpg Options Executive package ($4,100: remote engine start, soft-close doors, panoramic sunroof, head-up display), Dynamic Handling package ($3,850: active steering, M Sport brakes), Bowers & Wilkins sound ($3,400); Merino leather ($2,450); Drivers Assistance Professional package ($1,700: Traffic Jam Assist, Active Driving Assistant Pro), Luxury Seating package ($1,600: front ventilated and massaging seats), 22" wheels ($1,300); Cold Weather package ($1,200: front and rear heated seats, 5-zone climate control); Alcantara headliner ($1,000); leather dashboard ($850); trailer hitch ($550) Problem Areas None Maintenance Cost $0 (2x inspection, oil change; 1 in-cabin air filter) Normal Wear $0 3-Year Residual Value* $90,600 (94%) Recalls None *IntelliChoice data; assumes 42,000 miles at the end of three years. “BMW’s biggest boat isn’t bad, but it could be better.”William Walker With its 3.0-liter turbocharged I-6…

Long ago we did the Tour de Mull in open boats, in excellent weather, and I had formed the ambition to do the circumnavigation again. Which was why, on a sunny day in June, I found myself emerging in my antique ketch Dahlia from the Crinan sea lock. The canal, a tidy and delightful place nowadays, had been a sunlit interlude. Belfast coastguard, however, had begun speaking of a deep depression trundling across the north of Scotland. The surface pressure map showed isobars and fronts jammed together like a how-to diagram for basketwork, and the forecast mentioned Force 7. I therefore withdrew to a sheltered anchorage near Ardfern, and went for walks. The noise of the wind in the rigging rose from a howl to a shriek. On the third day…

The happy couple had sealed their love in a civil ceremony in Luxembourg the week before Surrounded by sunshine and scented flowers in one of the most picturesque medieval villages on the Côte d’Azur, Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg said “I do” again to her handsome husband, French businessman Nicolas Bagory, in a religious ceremony witnessed by family and friends. The happy couple – who had sealed their love in a civil ceremony at the city hall in Luxembourg City only the week before – exchanged vows for the second time in the 18th-century church of Saint-Trophyme in Bormes-les-Mimosas, where the bride’s family have a summer home. This charming South of France village is also where the Princess of Wales’s brother, James Middleton, married his French wife, Alizée Thevenet, in 2021 – and Alexandra,…

On paper the new Suzuki GSX-8S looks like it’ll fall short of besting the also-new Honda CB750 Hornet. As we know the Hornet has waded into the mid-weight hen house and unceremoniously barged aside previous roost rulers. The Suzuki’s 10-kilo weight disadvantage, 10bhp power deficit and less keen geometry would suggest it’s a lesser machine, especially given the £7999 price is a grand higher than the Honda. So what of the riding reality of this new Suzuki? In two words it is ‘eye opening’. The new blue twin is a more balanced, considered package with no significant criticisms – everything from comfort to suspension performance contributes to an overall feeling of harmony, and it’s up to (or beyond) the standards expected from bikes at this price. Yes, it really is that…

PROS • Slick EV integration • Crushingly normal, unlike most EVs • Channels core BMW traits CONS • Eco-minded tires can be loud • Awkward ingress/egress • Limited center-console storage space eDRIVE40; M50 VEHICLE LAYOUT Rear-motor, RWD, 5-pass, 4-door hatchback; front- and rear-motor, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door hatchback MOTORS, TRANSMISSIONS Brushed synchronous electric, 1-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 4,708 lb (45/55%); 5,012 lb (48/52%) WHEELBASE 112.4 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 188.5 x 72.9 x 57.0 ON SALE Now Look at the BMW i4, then look at a current BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe. The two four-door hatchbacks are virtually identical, their shared platform flexible enough to support both electric and gas-powered models. Cover the i4’s badges, and it’s tough to identify as an EV—save for the lack of exhaust pipes and its blocked-off kidney grilles. Typically, gas cars converted to EVs don’t feel…

MOST NOVICE ASTROPHOTOGRAPHERS have a defining moment, when they find themselves staring in disbelief at what they just recorded in their camera. For me, that moment came a decade ago, standing outside on my back patio with a new Canon Rebel T1i DSLR. Although dark skies will reveal the Andromeda Galaxy to the unaided eye, suburban light pollution had forced me to clumsily determine its location using star charts. Targeting our galactic neighbor as well as I could, I simply took a string of exposures with a basic camera lens. The setup was crude, at best. And the results were even more unsophisticated (see the image above). Still, that singular view on the back of my camera proved to me that astrophotography was something I could do from my own backyard. I…

France readies a Li-Fi line for last-meters internet connectivity Ever heard of Li-Fi? I hadn’t, nor had several future-looking car-nerd pals I mentioned it to. But the tech is coming soon to phones, tablets, and infrastructure, so savvy auto companies are integrating it into their next-generation products now. Li-Fi stands for Light Fidelity and is to Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) as lidar is to radar. That is, Li-Fi uses light to do what Wi-Fi uses radio waves to do: provide “last meters” over-the-air delivery of internet service from a router to a user’s computer, handheld device, or other internet-connected gizmo. There are many benefits and a few drawbacks. Data transmission is speed-of-light speedy, so the time it takes for messages to go back and forth (latency) is vastly lower than with Wi-Fi (0.5 millisecond…

“How much of a difference do new tires really make? We found out.”Zach Gale Service Life 10 mo/11,023 miles Average Fuel Econ 22.9 mpg Unresolved problems None Maintenance cost $0 Normal wear $0 Base price $63,050 As tested $72,770 EPA City/Hwy/Comb fuel econ 23/30/26 mpg We like the E-Class a ton, but something has disappointed us with our yearlong test car. How could a model providing such sublime ride quality in our initial testing deliver more average responses with subsequent use? Without switching to 18-inch wheels like the 2021 Car of the Year–winning sedan, we decided to install a new set of tires to see if we could improve the picture. And things did change, but not in the way we hoped. For a luxury sedan, our E 450 simply permitted too much road noise into the cabin over imperfect…

We’re not keen on kicking a company while it’s down, so we’ll avoid the same introduction you’ve read a few dozen times already in the last couple of years: AMD and its Ryzen lineup is running loops around Intel and its desktop Core CPUs. And Intel keeps shooting itself in the sneaker, right when you think it might be about to get back into the race. The company’s latest launch of processors, the 11th Generation “Rocket Lake” Core series, has been met with mostly ho-hum reviews (ours among them). At a time when Intel needed to really make the Empire State Building disappear, the mirror broke, and everyone saw through the illusion. So now that the dust of the Rocket Lake launch is settling, and the verdict is firming up on 11th…

PREMIUM KONGEN AV BASS Ørepropper: Supra Nero-TX Pro Supra Nero-TX Pro er et par meget fiffige ørepropper. De er meget kompakte, likevel holder batteriene en halv evighet. Nærmere bestemt inntil sju timer i selve proppene, og drøyt 90 timer eller noe sånt i etuiet! Lyden er meget underholdende, takket være en stor og hardtslående bass. Som dessuten ikke går nevneverdig utover den opplevde balansen i lydbildet. Alt låter stort sett fint, samtidig som det er gøy når musikken rocker. Med støydemping, omgivelseslyd og vanntetthet, og dessuten noe bedre talekvalitet siden sist, fremstår Supra Nero-TX Pro som et meget godt kjøp. GN Pris: 1.299 kr Web: soundbysweden.com PREMIUM BITTELITEN ANC-LUKSUSMODELL Støyreduserende ørepropper: Jabra Elite 85t Jabra Elite 85t er meget vellykkede helt trådløse ørepropper til en svært rimelig pris. Faktisk koster de ikke mer enn mange true wireless-propper uten ANC. Og det…

GENERAL CHARLES Q. BROWN JR., 58, grips his dumbbells tightly, never taking his eyes off the timer beside him. It beeps once, and he battles through 40 seconds of squats. After a 20-second rest, another beep pushes him into reverse lunges, and now he’s panting hard. That doesn’t stop him from grabbing the dumbbells again, pulling them to his thighs just slightly, and then curling the weights and pressing them overhead on the third beep. Sure, he’s gassed, but today’s workout calls for tight 40-seconds-on, 20-off in-tervals. And the Air Force’s chief of staff never deviates from his plan. “To me, it’s cheating if I take more rest,” he says during one breather. “I try to stay as close as I can to whatever it says on my timer.” The general loves…

Is the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq for real? This head-turning, all-electric superluxury sedan is longer than the brand’s Escalade SUV and priced in a stratosphere Cadillac has long only dreamed of returning to. To wit: Pricing will start above the $300,000 threshold, but customers can easily add up to $100,000 more via customization, all but guaranteeing no two owners have the same exact car. The mere fact Cadillac is producing the Celestiq is nearly as surprising as the vehicle itself, which fulfills a longstanding desire to build a proper flagship. An idea became a vision, then a concept car, and now a fabulous final-form four-door that brings to life almost all the gee-whiz features envisioned along the way. The Celestiq has an estimated 600 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque, a 0–60…

One afternoon in early summer, I make my way to the site of a former Ministry of Defence building in central London. There I turn off my phone, sign a contract, and am escorted into a private cinema by a security guard, who takes up station behind me with his arms crossed. The lights dim, the rippling piano music starts, and I am watching a postman, in a vintage uniform, cycling up a familiar gravel drive, with a Royal letter in his bag. Seven minutes later, the Downton Abbey screening is over; a few tantalising snippets are all I’ve been allowed to see. The security guard and I both sigh, wistfully. ‘I just can’t wait,’ he tells me, as he walks me out. There is no doubting that the forthcoming film…

A half-dozen companies are potentially ready to spend $80 billion for C-Band, a new set of airwaves that promise to fix the perilous state of American 5G, at an FCC auction. That’s a vast amount of money, and it shows how important C-Band is. But what is C-Band, and what does it mean for 5G? Do you need a C-Band phone? Is C-Band a new frequency? Should you be scared of C-Band? I can explain. RECOVERING THE SATELLITES According to wireless testing firm Rohde and Schwarz, the C-band is all frequencies between 4GHz and 8GHz. When US wireless geeks talk about C-Band, though, they’re talking about 3.7GHz to 4.2GHz—and specifically, in this case, the range from 3.7GHz to 3.98GHz. This frequency had been used for satellite TV since the 1970s, but as C-Band…

01 SPRING’S SICKEST FITS What to Wear Now 02 Nu-Safari 03 A Bag For Life 04 Disco Blazer 05 E-BOY BRACELET 06 The Reverso 07 Smar t Speaker 08 BIG-BOY TROUSERS 09 Slick Vase 10 BEACH BAG 11 Blue Denim Shoes 12 BAGGY SHORTS 13 SMART PEN 14 Car Coat 15 Future Shades 16 FRILLY BOMBER 17 Paisley Shirt 18 Cool Crossbody 19 RING’S A MOOD 20 ART DECO WALLET 21 LOUCHE LUGGAGE 22 FTW Winklepickers 23 Vibe Tee 24 Roomy Trench 25 SPOTTY DECANTER 26 EVERYDAY WATCH 27 Dope Dominoes 28 Forever Scent 29 SUN CAPS 30 Lightweight Case…

We won’t try to keep you in suspense. When we reviewed last year’s model, we called the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon the best laptop in the world—though we later decided it shared that title with the Dell XPS 13 OLED—and it hasn’t done anything in its latest revision to change that state of affairs. The X1 Carbon Gen 9 catches up with the Dell and other elite ultraportables by moving to an 11th Generation Intel “Tiger Lake” Core processor and a slightly taller 16:10 rather than 16:9 screen aspect ratio. Its premium price and lack of an SD card slot still knock half a star off what would otherwise be a perfect five-star rating, but it effortlessly collects yet another Editors’ Choice award as the most desirable executive notebook on…

PROS Right size for city living • Handsome baby box styling • Surprisingly agile CONS Low maximum charging speed • New … except it’s not • Interior comes across as dour VEHICLE LAYOUT Front- and rear-motor, AWD, 7-pass, 4-door SUV MOTORS, TRANSMISSIONS Asynchronous induction (front), permanent-magnet (rear) elec, 1-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 4,813 lb (51/49%) WHEELBASE 111.3 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 184.4 x 72.2 x 65.6 in ON SALE Now Who doesn’t love a juice box? Fun to look at and packed with funky flavor, they’re the perfect beverage analogue for the new Mercedes-EQ EQB electric luxury SUV—right down to the little straw. But for as much as we like the EQB 350, the SUV’s little straw, er, limited maximum charging speed, stands out as wholly inadequate in today’s EV marketplace. Where some small EVs…

‘Designing electric bikes is more work, but it's also more interesting. There's more weird ideas’ » BMW was a company for old men I started with BMW in 1987. In those days — I don't know whether I'm allowed to say, but — BMW bikes were always so… I thought they looked stupid. I used to ride Suzukis and Hondas and I wanted to do my thesis work with them. I didn't want to go to BMW, but they offered me support. So I designed a sporty, half-faired BMW for young guys. I made it 1:1 scale — it was a big job. I welded the frame from sheet metal, put an engine in, then finished everything with clay, foam and plaster. I presented it to BMW and they hired me right…

Cathy Poshusta has a thing for old houses. During the first decade of their marriage, she and her husband, Garrett, bought, lived in, and renovated five homes in Seattle, lovingly transforming them with their own hands. But in the summer of 2016, when she walked up the crumbling path of a worn-down farmhouse in the countryside outside Ellensburg, WA—a ranch town where she and Garrett both grew up—she experienced property lust on a different level. “I thought, I don’t just want to live in this house; I want to die in this house,” she says. “I fall in love with houses all the time, but with this one I had this great feeling I had never had before.” Looking at the place today, it’s not hard to see the appeal. With…

STARS’ BEST FRIENDS FAMOUS FAMILIES FIRST LOOK! INSIDE ANGELINA’S SCORCHING RETURN TO THE BIG SCREEN In the upcoming thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead (in theaters and on HBO Max May 14), Angelina Jolie returns to action as a smoke jumper (a wildland firefighter) who encounters a traumatized 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) who needs her help. “It’s been a long time since I’ve done a real fight scene,” Jolie says. “It was nice to get back to it.” She didn’t mind getting messy in the wildnerness, either: “I was so happy to be pushed to just toughen up and get dirty and sweaty.” INSIDE ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S MODERN MANSION Style Tracks BOLD AND BRIGHT AT THE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS! Colorful hues ruled as stars joined the April 4 show from home GAC/MEGA(2); JOSE PEREZ/SPLASH NEWS. (SCHUMER) RON ADAR/SOPA…

Cars are becoming a niche commodity. Once the dominant form of family transportation, the “car” as we once knew it now toes the endangered segment list. Just 11 years ago we enjoyed our biggest MotorTrend Car of the Year field ever, at 35 entrants—triple the number of SUV contestants that year. Four years later, new SUVs outnumbered cars (by one), and now for 2023 they more than doubled our COTY field. And as cars get rarer, they’re also becoming rarified. The few remaining producers of mainstream econoboxes, compacts, and midsize sedans fielded no newcomers this year. In their place was a roster of mostly sporty or luxurious contestants. Among them, one outshone its own competitive set to a degree we don’t always see in our Of The Year contests: the…

PROS Genesis designers clearly had fun with this one • 800-volt architecture = seriously quick charging • It’s a blast! CONS Interior quality is a mixed bag • More expensive than its Hyundai/Kia siblings but not notably better • Limited availability VEHICLE LAYOUT Front- and rear-motor, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV MOTORS, TRANSMISSIONS Permanent-magnet elec, 1-speed automatic CURB WEIGHT (F/R DIST) 4,863 lb (50/50%) WHEELBASE 114.2 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 177.8 x 77.4 x 62.6 in ON SALE Now At most big, full-line automakers—say, GM, Volkswagen, or Toyota—it’s easy for the luxury brands to stand out from their mainstream counterparts. The luxe variants usually have more power, more advanced technology, and more upscale interiors. Here, Hyundai Motor Group doesn’t grant its luxury arm, Genesis, that grace. The undeniable strength of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Kia EV6—the former…

Many people thought there would never be a Windows 11—understandably, after Microsoft announced in 2015 that Windows 10 would be the operating system’s last version number. New competition from Chrome OS likely made the case for a more significant interface update, though, and Windows 11 borrows heavily from Google’s lightweight desktop design. Despite its drastically new look, Windows 11 remains nearly functionally identical to Windows 10, with some new features and conveniences added. After six years of ho-hum upgrades, a major overhaul to the world’s most popular desktop operating system is welcome news: Windows fans finally have something to get excited about. PROS: Beautiful, more consistent new design. Great window layout options. New video game options. Better multi-monitor functionality. New performance-improving features. Planned support for Android apps. CONS: Requires a recent CPU.…

Scott Fitzgerald once wrote there were no second acts in American lives. Nobody told Henrik Fisker. The Danish-born, Los Angeles–based car designer turned entrepreneur is now on his third attempt at building cars with his family name on the hood. In his early favor, our drive of a prototype of the electric-powered Fisker Ocean SUV, which should hit streets sometime in late 2023, suggests he might finally have a winner. At first acquaintance, the Ocean is a cool, classy, competent take on what is quickly becoming the planet’s hottest vehicle segment: the midsize electric-powered SUV. More important, though, behind this new Fisker EV is a manufacturing infrastructure with a proven track record in building everything from sports cars to sedans to luxury off-roaders in high volumes and to high quality standards. Every…

We don’t blame you if you think to yourself, “Here we go again; MotorTrend is about to laud yet another 911 GT3.” We also won’t apologize, because few cars deserve the consistency of praise given to the latest 911 GT3 range, from the standard GT3 that won our 2022 Performance Vehicle of the Year award to the next-level-and-then-some GT3 RS we drove for the first time recently (January 2023). Now we’ve taken a 2022 911 GT3 Touring with a manual transmission to our testing grounds to see how the “least extreme” version gets on with its job. The wing delete is the only significant performance-altering change between the GT3 and GT3 Touring models, thanks to the aerodynamic downforce lost by replacing the large, fixed version with an active rear spoiler and…

When the Paper Cats project launches, it should be a continually affordable non-fungible token (NFT) avatar. The goal is to attract first-time NFT buyers by keeping the price under $10 with an infinite number of cat drawings so anyone can buy in and learn about the technology in a non-intimidating way, complete with a comic book-style walkthrough. Other successful NFT projects, like Cool Cats, may have an inviting and fun art style, but with the current buy-in price above $10,000, it’s inaccessible for those on a budget. “For cryptocurrencies to have mass adoption I believe there needs to be an easier way for people to wrap their head around all the complexities,” said a Paper Cats and Cool Cats developer who goes by the name xtremetom. “NFTs have the power to present…

Sony Bravia XR A90J OLED-TV i kinoformat! Vi har allerede latt oss imponere av av Sonys beste OLED-TV, A90J. Men opplevelsen blir enda bedre når den blåses opp i stort format! 83” OLED TV-en fra Sony leverer en rålekker, kontrastrik bildekvalitet i stort format. Lydgjengivelsen er også imponerende, med klar, sterk og fyldig lyd fra de innebygde (usynlige) høyttalerne. Sony-skjermen er teknisk sett fortsatt en 2021-modell, hvor kun to av de fire HDMI inngangene er HDMI 2.1 kompatible. OLED-skjermen har et relativt blankt frontglass. Philips OLED+986 I en klasse for seg Philips OLED+986 leverer både utsøkt bilde og knallbra lyd. Philips OLED+986 leverer en kontrastrik bildeopplevelse full av farger og liv, og akkompagnerer det hele med en førsteklasses lydgjengivelse. Philips OLED+986 kommer kun i 65” skjermstørrelse: Vi savner flere skjerm-muligheter, gjerne noe i 77” eller større! Philips OLED+936 Hat-trick fra Philips Med…

ELECTRONICS SIMRAD NSX SMART CHARTPLOTTER £2,649 www.simrad-yachting.com Featuring integrated sonar, radar and autopilot compatibility, this impressive new device incorporates a handy setup wizard that uses simple step-by-step instructions to help you get all of its many features and functions up and running quickly and very easily. Displays highly detailed chart information via an intuitive touchscreen which also benefits from drag-and-drop customisation and enhanced day and night modes. Compatible with C-MAP X charts. YACHTSENSE LINK 4G MARINE ROUTER £1,250 www.raymarine.com The Link 4G router is able to switch from SIM 4G to WiFi to provide constant internet access while also allowing you to connect your mobile and NMEA2000 data devices into one unified network. Featuring a high-gain antenna and dual SIM card sockets to accommodate two mobile carriers, it will provide a GeoFence alert if your yacht leaves its…

PROS Stellar standard hybrid powertrain • Affordable but doesn’t punish you for it • Textbook example of how to do “cheap” interiors CONS No AWD available on the hybrid • Optional 2.0-liter engine isn’t as good as the hybrid • Exterior styling a bit plain It’s been a long time since Americans have been able to buy a new compact pickup truck, but as the 2022 Ford Maverick proves, it’s not the size of your truck that matters, but rather how you use it. At first glance, the Maverick probably wouldn’t have the makings of a Truck of the Year finalist. Instead of, ahem, “traditional” body-on-frame construction, a big V-8 engine, and four-wheel drive, the Maverick is a unibody crossover-based pickup. It’s built on the platform Ford uses for the Escape and Bronco…

Google’s Drive and Dropbox are two of the most popular options for cloud storage and backup. Which makes sense, because the two platforms compete with each other intensely. Which one is right for you? That’s a complex question, and it comes down to several factors: your budget, your total backup needs, and which platforms you want to use them on. Unsurprisingly, Google Drive works best if you’re heavily invested in Google’s other systems: Android, Chrome OS, and the Google Workspace suite of web apps. It’s also a better value in general. Dropbox is a better choice if you’re more concerned with speed and performance, and you’re willing to pay for it. PRICING At the consumer level, both companies offer at least one approximately comparable plan for cloud storage. In the table below we…

1 iPHONE 13 • From £679, apple.com Apple’s four new iPhones don’t look too new – we’re in the ‘hardware refresh’ point of the iPhone cycle rather than the ‘radical redesign’ bit, after all – but they’re absolutely some of the most exciting the company has ever released. From the dinky 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini all the way up to the big-boy 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max, with the 6.1-inch iPhones 13 and 13 Pro between them, the entire line has been given a bunch of salient upgrades. They each get new batteries with smarter power management, offering between 90 minutes to two-and-a-half hours extra life on a charge. Apple’s newest 5nm smartphone chip, the A15 Bionic, brings six CPU cores, between four and five GPU cores, and a vastly upgraded neural processor…

“After spending a year with the Odyssey, we’ve learned a lot, and we’re sad to see our faithful companion go.”Ed Loh Base Price $39,635 As Tested $39,635 Service Life 12 months/18,258 miles Average Fuel Econ 19.3 mpg Options None Problem areas Cross-threaded wheel bolt Maintenance cost $218.31 (2x inspection, oil change, tire rotation) Normal wear $0 3-year residual value* $37,700 (95%) Recalls None *IntelliChoice data; assumes 42,000 miles at the end of three years. Dear Honda Manufacturing of Alabama employees, When we first received your Obsidian Blue Pearl 2021 Honda Odyssey EX-L (VIN ending in 7577), we were elated to finally have the opportunity to use a minivan for one of its many intended purposes: kid hauling. Over the past few years, our editorial team has gone through a bit of a baby boom, including a new arrival for yours truly, so…

David and Victoria Beckham led the charge as celebrities jetted to sunnier climes over the new year. They took David’s new £5m superyacht, named Seven – his shirt number for former club Manchester United and England, as well as daughter Harper’s middle name – out on the water in Miami. With their home country never far from their thoughts, David and Victoria posed next to their red ensign (left) as they entertained guests including Victoria’s parents. Also enjoying life on the waves was supermodel Winnie Harlow – sharing a striking image of herself soaking up the sun on a boat in Dubai (far right) with her 9.2 million followers. Meanwhile actress Priyanka Chopra listed her location only as “Heaven” during her romantic New Year getaway with musician Nick Jonas, whom she married…

Mishaps occur in any home with young children. Furniture gets roughed up. Fixtures get clipped. “When you have kids, you have to expect that,” says Harriet Maxwell Macdonald. She and her husband, Andrew Corrie, have three: Ivo, 7, and twins Celia and Alie, 5. “We don’t keep anything too precious that we have to worry about. Anyway,” she says, “this is a beach house.” Still, it’s hard to imagine one as simultaneously laid-back and chic as theirs. The trick? A calming design that invites lounging, hides clutter, and holds its own against spirited child’s play. “We wanted a house that felt unpretentious,” says Corrie, who founded Canvas Home, an artisanal home-goods business in New York City. “It’s a place where you arrive and breathe a sigh of relief.” Built on Shelter Island, a…

Scattered across England’s green and pleasant land, country-house hotels have long made use of bountiful kitchen gardens to provide fresh produce for their restaurants. At Gravetye Manor, an oval-shaped plot was introduced in the 1950s, while Barnsley House’s ornamental patch, created by the acclaimed designer Rosemary Verey, grows peas, squash and violet radishes. And at the Pig at Bridge Place in Kent, the latest addition to the hotelier Robin Hutson’s collection of rustic but luxurious properties, you’ll find raised beds neatly planted with dozens of varieties of vegetables and herbs, from tangerine sage to lemon balm. A polytunnel is filled with heritage-tomato plants, chillis nestle in the greenhouse, and strawberries and blackcurrants gleam ripely within the cages that protect them from hungry birds. The kitchen garden not only inspires the menu…