AIGuideClaude Opus 5.5: a cheaper flagship, with caveats
Anthropic cut Opus to $4/$20 per million tokens and cut cache reads by 60%. Here is what the vendor numbers mean, and what nobody outside Anthropic has checked yet.
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AIGuideClaude Sonnet 5.5, and what the 30% cost claim actually means
Anthropic's new Sonnet keeps its $2/$10 price, claims 30% less cost per task, and beats Opus 5.5 on one benchmark. Here's what to check.
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AIGuideGrok 4.7: cheap, long-context, and not the winner in its own comparison
Grok 4.7 lands at $2 and $6 per million tokens with a 500,000-token context window. Strong on coding benches, and still behind on some.
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AIGuideOpenAI DevDay 2026: what is confirmed, and what is only rumor
Written live during the event. What OpenAI has actually confirmed about DevDay 2026, what is only reported, and what to check afterwards.
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MobileWait7.5/ 10iPhone Duo First Look: Apple's $1,999 Foldable Is Real
Apple announced the iPhone Duo on 9 September 2026: a book-style foldable with 7.6-inch inner and 5.4-inch outer OLED displays, A20 Pro chip, Touch ID, and a $1,999 starting price. Pre-orders open 16 October, sales start 23 October.
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iPhone Duo First Look: Apple's $1,999 Foldable Is Real
Apple announced the iPhone Duo on 9 September 2026: a book-style foldable with 7.6-inch inner and 5.4-inch outer OLED displays, A20 Pro chip, Touch ID, and a $1,999 starting price. Pre-orders open 16 October, sales start 23 October.
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TechBuy9.1/ 10MacBook Air M4 Review: The Laptop That Makes Every Other Ultrabook Look Lazy
The M4 Air is the laptop most people should buy, full stop. It does the work without the fan, the battery lasts a flight, and the only real complaint is the notch and the port count.
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GamingBuy9.2/ 10Steam Deck OLED Review: The Handheld That Made Me Put Down My Switch
The OLED screen is the upgrade that matters. Battery is better, blacks are true, and the Steam library just works. It’s still heavy, and it still won’t run everything at 60.
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Steam Deck OLED Review: The Handheld That Made Me Put Down My Switch
The OLED screen is the upgrade that matters. Battery is better, blacks are true, and the Steam library just works. It’s still heavy, and it still won’t run everything at 60.
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MacBook Air M4 Review: The Laptop That Makes Every Other Ultrabook Look Lazy
The M4 Air is the laptop most people should buy, full stop. It does the work without the fan, the battery lasts a flight, and the only real complaint is the notch and the port count.
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MobileBuy9.0/ 10Anker Prime 100W GaN Charger Review: One Brick, Three Devices, Done
100W across four ports in something smaller than a soap. It charges a laptop and two phones at once without complaint. The only thing it’s missing is a longer cable in the box.
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