Affinity resurfaces as an all-in-one illustration, photo editing and layout app

The future of Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher, subscription-free alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud, was uncertain after the apps' developer Serif was acquired by Canva in 2024. Now, ove [...]

Canva launches Code 2.0, offering AI website building to every user — including free accounts

Canva on Tuesday launched Canva Code 2.0, a major upgrade to its AI-powered coding tool that lets users build interactive websites, apps, and experiences using plain-language prompts — and then edit [...]

Anthropic ships major Claude Design overhaul with design system imports, code round-trips, and a fix for its token-burning problem

When Anthropic quietly released Claude Design in April as a "research preview," it generated the kind of instant traction most product teams dream about: more than one million users in its f [...]

Affinity CEO reveals why Canva and Affinity made pro design software free - and what that means for creativity

Ash Hewson, CEO of Affinity, explains why the popular design platform is free for all and how the move challenges the prevailing orthodoxy across the creative landscape. [...]

Anthropic just launched Claude Design, an AI tool that turns prompts into prototypes and challenges Figma

Anthropic today launched Claude Design, a new product from its Anthropic Labs division that allows users to create polished visual work — designs, interactive prototypes, slide decks, one-pagers, an [...]

Why IT leaders should pay attention to Canva’s ‘imagination era’ strategy

The rise of AI marks a critical shift away from decades defined by information-chasing and a push for more and more compute power. Canva co-founder and CPO Cameron Adams refers to this dawning time a [...]

How to find and cancel your unused subscriptions

If your subscriptions are getting out of control, you’re not alone. I feel it too: I pay for news sites, video streaming, music services, online magazines, my cat’s special food, charities and lot [...]

Affinity takes on Adobe in the best way possible - by making all its software free for everyone

My favorite professional graphic design apps are now free for everyone forever - and I couldn’t be happier with Affinity right now. [...]

The Morning After: What to expect from Amazon’s big devices event today

The fall tech events just won’t stop. Today, Amazon has its fall hardware event, which is likely to reveal improvements to voice assistant Alexa and some new Echo homes for it to live inside. It’s [...]