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Canva has introduced Craft, its first dedicated AI image generation tool, and made it available to both free and paid account holders. The feature adds to Canva's existing suite of design tools, templates, and editing options within its browser-based platform.
Canva has released Canva Craft, its first self-developed image generation model, built by its research team with contributions from Leonardo.ai researchers acquired in 2024. The model generates images up to 2K resolution in 30 aspect ratios using a two-stage process that first plans layout and text placement, then renders the image, and it is trained on Canva's design templates rather than photographs.
Canva unveiled Canva Craft, its first in-house AI image model, which plans a design before rendering it to improve accuracy on text and object placement. The model supports resolutions up to 2K and over 30 aspect ratios, and was trained on millions of templates from Canva's content library. It currently ranks fourth on the Design Arena leaderboard, behind three OpenAI models.
9to5Mac published a hands-on review of the iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable iPhone, after a week of testing. The reviewer reports the device weighs 254 grams, measures 11.3mm thick when folded and 5.2mm when unfolded, and has a folded footprint of 117.8mm by 84.1mm, noting it feels more comfortable to hold than the iPhone 18 Pro Max despite being heavier.
An online microtrend dubbed 'whimsymaxxing' — decorating everyday objects and surroundings with playful, decorative flourishes like stick-on jewels — has gained traction, and craft retailer Michaels is positioned to supply materials for it. The trend encompasses activities from collecting colorful trinkets to bedazzling household items.
An analysis of the Commodore 64 game Mercenary by Paul Woakes reveals a previously undocumented exploit: standing on a specific invisible patch of grass near the starting location and pressing E lifts the player directly into the Colony Craft's hangar, which normally hovers far overhead with no ground-level access. Pressing E again returns the player to the craft's deck, bypassing the game's usual movement and altitude logic. The discovery was made through a byte-accurate reconstruction of the game's original rendering and control code.
Brynn Putnam, who sold fitness startup Mirror to Lululemon for $500 million, has launched Board, a touchscreen gaming table designed for groups to play together in person. Tristan Walker, who sold Walker & Company Brands to Procter & Gamble, is building Heirloom Craft, a venture acquiring and expanding fine-craft trade schools such as a San Francisco leatherworking academy tied to a former Hermès artisan.