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Access to a high-quality webcam isn't always guaranteed: While decent options are now built into most laptops, they're not all of an acceptable standard. Maybe you've got a monitor without a webcam attached; maybe you want a different angle—there are numerous reasons why you might need another webcam.If you've got an iPhone, you've actually got a webcam, too. The process for setting up your iPhone as a webcam has gotten easier down the years, especially on macOS, though you can also use it as a connected camera on a Windows PC with a little more effort.Use your iPhone as a webcam on macOSMacs, iPhones, and other Apple gadgets all work fairly seamlessly together in a variety of ways now, from mirroring an iPhone on macOS to using your iPad as a second display. Included in this suite of cross-device tricks, under the name Continuity Camera, is the option to use your iPhone as a webcam for any app on your Mac.There are some simple rules for getting this to work. Both your Apple computer and your iPhone need to have wifi and Bluetooth enabled, and need to be signed into the same Apple account. The two devices must be within 10 meters or 30 feet of each other and meet the minimum requirements (in short, an iPhone launched in 2018 or later and running iOS 16 or later, and a Mac running macOS 13 Ventura or later). Choosing an iPhone as a camera in FaceTime. Credit: Lifehacker Assuming you've checked all those boxes, open up Settings on your iPhone, head to General > AirPlay & Continuity, and make sure Continuity Camera is enabled. You then need to get your iPhone in landscape orientation—you can change it around while you're using it, but the initial connection needs to be in landscape mode.Load up any webcam-using app on macOS, and you should then see your iPhone as an option for the video feed. With FaceTime, for example, open the Video menu and you should see it listed. You're able to move the iPhone and change its angle while it's in use, but you can't switch between the front and rear cameras: You can only use the rear camera for your webcam.This all works wirelessly over wifi and Bluetooth, but you can also connect your iPhone to your Mac via a USB cable too, if you want to—you might find you get a slightly more stable connection, and it also means you won't be draining your phone's battery while you're using it as a webcam. You can pause or disconnect from your iPhone screen. Credit: Lifehacker Click the video feed icon in the menu bar at the top of the macOS interface to access the various webcam features Apple now offers, including Portrait and Studio Light, though not all of them work on all iPhones: For keeping yourself in view via Center Stage, for example, you need an iPhone with an ultra-wide camera. You can also enable Desk View from this drop-down menu, which lets you create a top-down view of whatever's on your desk (very handy for sharing documents).While your iPhone is in use as a webcam, you'll see a Pause button on the iPhone screen, which temporarily stops the live feed. A second button underneath, Disconnect, turns off webcam mode completely. You can also close down the video app you're using or switch to a different webcam to exit out of webcam mode on your iPhone.Use your iPhone as a webcam on WindowsUsing your iPhone as a webcam on Windows is a little more involved, and you're going to need the assistance of a third-party app to get everything working. However, there are plenty of apps to choose from for the job, and most of them are free or at least offer the basic webcam functionality for free.One app that's been reliably serving users for a long time is DroidCam. You need to get both the Windows client installed on your computer, and the iOS app installed on your iPhone, and then all you need to do is launch them both—there's no need to register an account, and everything works over your wifi network. Using DroidCam on Windows with an iPhone. Credit: Lifehacker The application gives you a few settings and filters to play around with so you can get your feed looking exactly how you want it, and with DroidCam running, your iPhone is then available as a webcam option for any software running on your PC. It will simply show up as a webcam you can switch to.You can use DroidCam free of charge, but if you pay $4.99 a year or a one-off fee of $14.99, you get access to resolutions above 1080p and can remove the DroidCam watermark on your webcam feed. Paying for the software also adds a few more controls on both the Windows and the iOS side.Another option that I've found straightforward and reliable is Camo. As with DroidCam, you need to get the software set up on Windows, and on your iPhone via the iOS app. It couldn't be much simpler to set up, with no registration needed, and you can connect over wifi or by plugging your iPhone into your Windows computer with a USB cable. Camo offers a range of video effects and filters. Credit: Lifehacker Camo is much more of a software suite, with a range of features you can use with any webcam you like: From exposure and white balance adjustments to clever background effects. Once you've got your iPhone configured as a webcam inside Camo, you can then use it to deliver a video feed in any other app on Windows.Most of Camo's features are available to use free of charge, but there is a Camo Pro subscription level that will set you back $4.99 a month. The key benefits are video resolutions up to 4K (rather than 720p), support for variable frame rates, and access to a smart zoom feature that uses some clever tricks to improve zoom levels without losing image quality.

Apple TV+ has a ton of popular originals like Ted Lasso, Severance, Slow Horses, For All Mankind, Foundation and Silo. If you've been meaning to check them out, you can do so for less right now. Apple TV+ is on sale right now for $3 per month for the first three months, bringing the total cost to just $9 for the entire period. That saves you a total of $21 off the standard $10 monthly cost of the subscription that we consider to be one of our favorite streaming services. Apple's shows won 10 Emmy Awards in 2024, including a Slow Horses victory for outstanding writing in a drama series. Although its films weren't up for anything at this year's Oscars, it received 13 nominations in 2024, including Best Picture nods for Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon. Three months of Apple TV+ for $9 is available through April 24. Both new and qualified returning subscribers (those who haven't been subscribed for the past 30 days) are eligible. You also must sign up via Apple directly and not through a third-party provider or your mobile wireless provider. If you don't want to pay full price after three months, just remember to cancel before the renewal date. Check out our coverage of the best streaming deals for more discounts, and follow @EngadgetDeals on X for the latest tech deals and buying advice.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/three-months-of-apple-tv-drops-to-only-9-193009187.html?src=rss

It's a big week for OpenAI as the company promises multiple ChatGPT announcements, starting today.

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp drastically changed the social networking ecosystem.

Tariff exemptions announced Friday on electronics like smartphones and laptops are only a temporary reprieve until the Trump administration develops a new tariff approach specific to the semiconductor industry, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Sunday.White House officials, including President Donald Trump himself, spent Sunday downplaying the significance of exemptions that lessen but won’t eliminate the effect of U.S. tariffs on imports of popular consumer devices and their key components.“They’re exempt from the reciprocal tariffs but they’re included in the semiconductor tariffs, which are coming in probably a month or two,” Lutnick told ABC’s This Week on Sunday.Trump added to the confusion hours later, declaring on social media that there was no “exception” at all because the goods are “just moving to a different” bucket and will still face a 20% tariff as part of his administration’s move to punish China for its role in fentanyl trafficking.The Trump administration late Friday had said it would exclude electronics from broader so-called reciprocal tariffs, a move that could help keep the prices down for phones and other consumer products that aren’t usually made in the U.S.China’s commerce ministry in a Sunday statement welcomed the change as a small step even as it called for the U.S. to completely cancel the rest of its tariffs.Sparing electronics was expected to benefit big tech companies like Apple and Samsung and chip makers like Nvidia, though the uncertainty of future tariffs may rein in an anticipated tech stock rally on Monday.U.S. Customs and Border Protection said items like smartphones, laptops, hard drives, flat-panel monitors and some chips would qualify for the exemption. Machines used to make semiconductors are excluded too. That means they won’t be subject to most of the tariffs levied on China or the 10% baseline tariffs elsewhere.It was the latest tariff change by the Trump administration, which has made several U-turns in its massive plan to put tariffs in place on goods from most countries. White House officials sought to dismiss any suggestion of a reprieve as the weekend progressed.“It’s not really an exception. That’s not even the right word for it,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. “This type of supply chain moved from the tariff regime for the global tariff, the reciprocal tariff, and it moved to the national security tariff regime.”Greer added that “the president decided that we’re not going to have exemptions. We can’t have a Swiss cheese solution to this universal problem that we’re facing.”On Air Force One Saturday night, President Donald Trump told reporters he would get into more specifics on exemptions on Monday. In his post Sunday on TruthSocial, he promised the White House was “taking a look at Semiconductors and the WHOLE ELECTRONICS SUPPLY CHAIN.”Some had assumed the exemption filed Friday night reflected the president’s realization that his China tariffs are unlikely to shift more manufacturing of smartphones, computers and other gadgets to the U.S. any time soon, if ever.The administration has predicted that the trade war prod Apple to make iPhones in the U.S. for the first time, but that was an unlikely scenario after Apple spent decades building up a finely calibrated supply chain in China.It would take several years and cost billions of dollars to build new plants in the U.S., burdening Apple with economic forces that could triple the price of an iPhone and torpedo sales of its marquee product.The turmoil has battered the stocks of tech’s “Magnificent Seven” — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Google parent Alphabet and Facebook parent Meta Platforms.At one point, the Magnificent Seven’s combined market value had plunged by $2.1 trillion, or 14%, from April 2 when Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on a wide range of countries. When Trump paused the tariffs outside of China on Wednesday, the lost value in those companies was pared to $644 billion, or a 4% decline.An electronics exemption would fulfill the kind of friendly treatment that industry was envisioning when Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos assembled behind the president during his Jan. 20 inauguration.That united display of fealty reflected Big Tech’s hopes that Trump would be more accommodating than President Joe Biden’s administration.Apple won praise from Trump in late February when the Cupertino, California, company committed to invest $500 billion and add 20,000 jobs in the U.S. during the next four years. The pledge was an echo of a $350 billion investment commitment in the U.S. that Apple made during Trump’s first term when the iPhone was exempted from China tariffs.An electronics exemption would remove “a huge black cloud overhang for now over the tech sector and the pressure facing U.S. Big Tech,” said Wedbush analyst Dan Ives in a research note. Ives amended that note after Lutnick’s comments Sunday, saying the confusing news out of the White House “is dizzying for the industry and investors and creating massive uncertainty and chaos for companies trying to plan their supply chain, inventory, and demand.”Neither Apple nor Samsung responded to requests for comment over the weekend. Nvidia declined to comment. O’Brien reported from Providence, Rhode Island. AP White House correspondent Darlene Superville in West Palm Beach, Florida, and AP Technology Writer Michael Liedtke in Berkeley, California contributed to this report. —Mae Anderson and Matt O’Brien, Associated Press

It may seem like the world is going to hell in a handbasket, so don't forget that there's any number of shiny things for you to buy. Sure, you could spend $7.50 on a sketchbook at Michael's, but wouldn't you rather spend $60 to get one that's bound with eleven solid brass discs? "This discbound journal combines the flexibility of a ring binder with the elegance of a bound notebook. The open-source disc binding system lets you easily add, remove, and rearrange pages, making it endlessly customizable. We've elevated this proven system using premium materials: solid brass discs, smooth 70# dot grid paper, and sturdy cardstock covers, all crafted in the USA." Because the pages are removable, the sketchbook is refillable. Yes, at $16 for 120 pages the refills cost more than the aforementioned basic sketchbook, but did we mention the brass discs?

LEGO renditions of famous movie scenes, especially from the Marvel and Disney universe have impressed collectors worldwide. The ones that impressed us are in plenty, and the list is endless. Add to that, the new LEGO Marvel sets that mark your favorite superheroes in a mini bust version. The two sets on the smaller side, having a height of around 6.5 inches each, are perfect for display on your work desk or shelf, making them an alluring collector’s item. Modeled after Spider-Man and Iron Man, the LEGO sets are the first officially licensed ones to be referred by the LEGO Group as the ‘Bust’ sets. In 2022 a Black Panther set of the bust section was released – much bigger than these two – however, it was not mentioned as a Bust set, anywhere. The Star Wars sets also have a similar appearance, but they have always been mentioned as ‘Helmet’ sets. Designer: LEGO Group Compared to some other intricate sets by the group, the Iron Man consists of 436 pieces, while the Iron Spider-Man Bust is only 379 pieces in total. That means you’ll build them up in virtually no time. Both these sets will cost $60, which is a luring price many will fall for. Out of the two, the Iron Man bust set is available for pre-order right away with shipping in June, while the LEGO Iron Spider-Man bust will be available on August 1. The Spider-Man set has received positive response from the passionate community, while the Iron Man bust has received mixed reviews purely because of its seemingly half-hearted appearance. Iron Man MK4 mini bust This bust is based on the MK4 armor suit worn by the superhero in the Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3 movies. It comes with dual adjustable airbrake flaps on the back, a rotating head, and two retractable shoulder missile launchers. The set comes with a printed nameplate and a mini minifigure that’s a cute addition. Coming back to the dislike among the collectors, well, they are pointing out that the helmet hasn’t been emulated properly, while the eye placement also seems a bit eerie. Some have even labelled it as the worst LEGO design of all time! Iron Spider bust set The LEGO Group decided to go for the more flamboyant Iron Spider suit rendition for the second bust set in the collection. The suit in Avengers: Infinity War gives even more superpowers to the flying superhero, and as a bust LEGO model, makes more sense than just going for the simple Spider-Man replica. This one is a little smaller than the Iron Man version, but more liked of the two collectibles. The set comes with two movable mechanical arms, and nanotechnology to take on Thanos. Like the Iron Man set, this one also gets a Spidey minifigure that can be fitted on any other Spider-Man movie scene-themed set. The post LEGO Marvel mini bust collection debuts Iron Man MK4 and Iron Spider sets for $60 each first appeared on Yanko Design.

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Despite the annoying naming convention, the Helinox Chair One (re) is an impressive upgrade to Helinox's classic, compact camping chair.