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If you know photography, you know Canon. This super advanced, often pricey gear is made more affordable with the ways to save at Canon we’ve found below. Some of the best ways to save on cameras, printers, accessories, and more is during the Canon holiday sales, with our 10% off Canon promo code, and student discounts on some of the best WIRED-tested cameras, accessories, and office essentials.We love Canon’s lineup of mirrorless cameras, which deliver the same great image quality without the bulk. Plus, Canon has an online deals hub with rotating offers so you can get the gear you…

Demand for Apple’s Mac Mini has skyrocketed, particularly in China, as the small computer has become an ideal platform for experimenting with autonomous AI agents like OpenClaw and others. Now, a company called Astropad is building out a remote desktop solution specifically for this use case. On Tuesday, Astropad CEO Matt Ronge introduced Astropad Workbench, a remote desktop solution for Apple devices that he pitches as made “for the AI era.” While an AI agent running on a Mac Mini may not need a screen, its operator (the human) will want to log in at times to see what’s happening…

Medicube is a Korean skincare brand known for its at-home remedies that target pores, aging, and skin texture. It’s gone viral, thanks to celebrities like Kylie Jenner, whose TikTok praising the Booster Pro racked up over 1.6 million likes last year. Clearly, the internet can’t get enough, so I had to try it myself.I’m currently testing the Booster Pro, a 6-in-1 device with modes including microcurrent, vibration, and LED light therapy. But Medicube doesn’t just sell facial tools; it’s also popular for its topical products (moisturizers, toners, and masks) that content creators have raved about for their whipped, foamy, or…

Tubi, the Fox-owned streaming service, announced Tuesday the launch of its native app within ChatGPT, giving viewers an easier way to discover its large library of more than 300,000 movies and TV episodes. While competitors like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have experimented with AI-powered recommendations within their own platforms, Tubi is the first major streaming service to build a dedicated experience directly inside ChatGPT.  To access the integration, users can install the Tubi app from the ChatGPT app store and begin by typing “@Tubi” in a prompt. From there, they can make natural-language requests like “a thriller for girls’…

Bartesian is the Keurig of cocktails. After trying several automatic cocktail makers on the market, it was the only cocktail maker I could see fitting into my normal routine. It works like any capsule-style device, but with booze. You fill the Bartesian’s glass bottles with your liquor of choice, make sure there’s water in the reservoir, plop in a cocktail capsule (these typically cost $2-3), choose your drink strength, press “mix,” and then a drink comes out. (If you’ve got kids, the Bartesian Professional version comes with a lock that will stymie curious fingers.)Do you need a Bartesian to make…

Security researchers say they have identified a hack-for-hire group targeting journalists, activists, and government officials across the Middle East and North Africa. The hackers used phishing attacks to access targets’ iCloud backups and messaging accounts on Signal, and deployed Android spyware capable of taking over the targets’ devices. This hacking campaign highlights a growing trend of government agencies outsourcing their hacking operations to private hack-for-hire companies. Some governments already rely on commercial companies that develop spyware and exploits used by police and intelligence agencies to access data on people’s phones. Researchers from the digital rights organization Access Now documented three…

Amazon is preparing to end support for Kindle devices released before 2012 — cutting them off from the Kindle Store and making them virtually unable to load any new content. The company set a cutoff date for May 20, 2026. Amazon sent an email to customers this week announcing it would end support for the devices, according to screenshots of the message posted to social media and Reddit from customers, and confirmed by Amazon. According to the message, Kindle e-readers and tablets released in 2012 or earlier will lose access to Kindle Store functions after the deadline. That means affected…

AWS CEO Matt Garman said Amazon’s recent $50 billion investment in OpenAI, after its long partnership including $8 billion of investment in Anthropic, is the type of conflict of interest the cloud giant is used to handling. Garman has worked at Amazon since he was a business school intern in 2005, before the launch of AWS in 2006, he told the audience of the HumanX conference taking place this week in San Francisco. When asked about the inherent conflict of working closely with two AI model companies that are fierce (and, arguably, sometimes petty) competitors, he said it’s not a…

Companies ending software support for devices is a regular occurrence that can brick products, force customers to buy new stuff, and inevitably add to the ever-growing piles of e-waste across the world. The latest offender? Amazon.On May 20, Amazon will stop supporting any of its Kindle devices released in 2012 or earlier. That means these devices—even if they’re perfectly functional—won’t be able to connect to the Kindle Store to download new ebooks. Amazon says affected devices include the first- and second-generation Kindles, the Kindle DX and DX Graphite, the Kindle Keyboard, the Kindle 4, the Kindle Touch, the Kindle 5,…

Canva announced on Wednesday the dual acquisition of Simtheory, an AI collaboration and agent management platform, and Ortto, a customer data and marketing automation company. The financial terms of the deals were not disclosed. Canva says the acquisitions are part of its continued investment in AI and marketing infrastructure.  Both companies were founded by Chris and Mike Sharkey, previously founders of vacation rental service Stayz, which was acquired by Fairfax Media. The pair will join Canva in leadership roles across the company’s AI and marketing technology teams. Canva says the acquisitions add strengths in agentic AI, data infrastructure, marketing automation,…

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Tuesday that the chipmaker will “work closely” with Elon Musk to support the billionaire entrepreneur’s Terafab project, a potentially massive chip development and fabrication operation that will be jointly developed by SpaceX and Tesla. A photo posted by Intel’s official X account shows the two executives shaking hands last weekend in front of a large Intel sign. Musk’s 1-terawatt, ultrahigh performance chip-fabrication facility, which may span multiple locations, could cost billions of dollars.“Terafab represents a step change in how silicon logic, memory, and packaging will get built in the future,” Tan said in a social…

Is Poke an OpenClaw for the rest of us? That’s the idea coming from a new startup offering an AI agent that you can access via iMessage, SMS, Telegram, and, in some markets, WhatsApp. The AI agent Poke launched publicly in March, allowing consumers to access a personal assistant that can take action on their behalf through a familiar interface. Today, Poke can help with everyday needs, like daily planning, managing your calendar, tracking your health and fitness, controlling your smart home, editing your photos, and more, all via text message. Image Credits:Poke/The Interaction Company of California While you may…

Anthropic “has not satisfied the stringent requirements” to temporarily lose the supply-chain-risk designation imposed by the Pentagon, a US appeals court in Washington, DC, ruled on Wednesday. The decision is at odds with one issued last month by a lower court judge in San Francisco, and it wasn’t immediately clear how the conflicting preliminary judgments would be resolved.The government sanctioned Anthropic under two different supply-chain laws with similar effects, and the San Francisco and Washington, DC, courts are each ruling on only one of them. Anthropic has said it is the first US company to be designated under the two…

This story was originally published in On Background with Mark Stenberg, a free, weekly newsletter that explores the key themes shaping the media industry. You can sign up for it here.Late last year, Netflix signed a series of deals that effectively served as the starting gun for an industrywide race for podcasting talent.In October, it penned a partnership with Spotify to host more than a dozen of its most popular podcasts, including programs from The Ringer and Barstool Sports. The following month, it inked a similar tie-up with iHeart Media, bringing popular podcasts like The Breakfast Club and My Favorite Murder…

WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users. Jason Donenfeld, the creator of the open source WireGuard VPN software, told TechCrunch that he has been locked out of his Microsoft developer account, and as a result cannot sign drivers or ship updates for WireGuard for Windows users, which are critical for its software to run. Donenfeld said in a post on X on Wednesday that the account termination stopped…

Looking for an Apple Watch that’s as rugged and bold as you are? Right now, you can grab the Apple Watch Ultra 3 with GPS and Cellular for $700 on Amazon. Options for colors are fairly limited, but I spotted the Natural Titanium Case with Anchor Blue Ocean Band and the Black Titanium Case with Black Ocean Band at the discounted price. This upgraded smartwatch is built for the weekend, with dedicated adventuring features like satellite messaging and longer battery life.The Watch Ultra 3 handles basically all of the tasks that the regular Apple Watch can, including notifications, fitness and…