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Snag a Samsung Phone for Less With Refurb Models Starting at Just $130 at Woot

If you can live with some dings and scrapes, this is a great chance to get your hands on a sleek Samsung phone for hundreds off the usual price.

Buying a phone can seem like a daunting task that takes hours of research and will cost hundreds of dollars, but that’s not always the case. There are often great deals on smartphones, and if you can live with a used model, you can pick up refurbished phones for a fraction of the usual price. Woot has several different refurbished Samsung phones available now, with prices starting at just $130.

These phones aren’t brand-new, but they get the job done and offer advanced features that Samsung phones are known for. There are over a dozen different models to choose from, from older phones like the Galaxy Note 10 to more recent models like the Galaxy S22. This sale runs until March 20, but some models have already sold out, so we wouldn’t wait too long to get your order in if you see a deal you don’t want to miss.

See at Woot

These phones may have some scratches or dents, which is what Woot refers to as S&D. Woot notes that outside of their physical appearance, the products are all tested to be in full working condition with batteries that function at a minimum 85% capacity. All of the phones are unlocked and can work with any carrier. Prices start at just $130 for the Galaxy S10E, which features a 5.8-inch AMOLED screen, 128GB of storage and 16-megapixel ultrawide camera.

Or, if a big screen is your top priority, consider grabbing the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which is on sale for $410. It’s now two generations old, but still features some impressive specs like a 6.8-inch AMOLED display, 5G support and a camera that can capture 8K video. And if you’re after the latest model at this sale, you’ll want to grab the Galaxy S22, which you can get your hands on for $412. Up until last month, the S22 was the most recent model in Samsung’s flagship lineup, and it’s still an excellent phone, especially at this price. Features include a 6.1-inch AMOLED display, IP68 weather-resistance, 128GB of storage, 8GB of RAM and an impressive 50-megapixel rear camera.

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Google’s Canvas AI Project-Planning Tool Is Now Available to Everyone in the US

The AI workspace offers a dedicated space to organize plans and projects.

Canvas, the AI planning tool from Google Search, has rolled out across the US, the company said Wednesday. Canvas is essentially a project planning tool with a range of uses, including trip planning. You can select the tool directly from the AI Mode screen at the top of the Google Search results page.

The tool is integrated into AI Mode and can be used on both desktop and mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets. However, because Canvas opens a second screen beside the main chat window, it’s a little trickier to see on a smartphone. You’ll have to toggle between the screens.

Going anywhere? Maybe college?

Planning trips is one of Canvas’s main functions, with the ability to view and account for flights, hotels and other relevant information in real time.

«Canvas makes it easy to build travel plans customized for your specific needs — bringing together real-time Search data for flights and hotels, details from Google Maps like photos and reviews, and relevant information from sites across the web,» a Google spokesperson told CNET.

Google also notes you can use Canvas as an academic scholarship tracker, which includes dollar amounts and deadlines.

Project planning with AI

Once you’re in the AI Mode screen on Google, you can select the Canvas option from the plus sign that appears on the left side of the box where you type.

Clicking the Canvas button opens the project in a side panel. From there, you can refine the project with the standard chat prompts. You can even look at the underlying code and adjust the Canvas window’s user interface, such as switching to dark mode.

Rose Yao, vice president of product for Google Search, posted a thread on X on Wednesday, sharing a video of a summer camp project for her kids. Canvas created an interactive dashboard that sorts camp options by cost, distance and focus.

«We’re adding support for coding & creative writing tasks, so you can bring even more ideas to life with custom dashboards or interactive tools,» Yao wrote in the post.

Google first announced Canvas for AI Mode in July 2025, and later that year, expanded Canvas’s travel features.

There’s no word yet from Google on when Canvas will expand into other languages and other countries.

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McDonald’s CEO Burger Video: Ketchup With This Bizarre New Meme

The executive tentatively took a bite of his company’s new «product,» and now even McDonald’s own social media is relishing the mockery.

Corporate executives: They’re absolutely nothing like us. You might be seeing memes and jokes on social media mocking what appears to be some random man’s wimpy bite into a burger. Here’s the big-mouthed backstory.

On Tuesday, McDonald’s launched its Big Arch burger, and a month before that, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski posted an Instagram video tasting it. But instead of digging into the double-patty, sauced-up and sloppy, 1,020-calorie burger, he … well, delicately nibbles at it? Like the late Queen Elizabeth II might have genteely sampled a cucumber sandwich at afternoon tea?

Kempczinski sings the praises of the Big Arch and then takes the world’s tiniest chomp at it, insisting he took «a big bite, for a Big Arch.»

Does he know what «big» means?

Not only that, but the CEO also says, patting the burger container awkwardly, «I love this product.» As if it’s an IKEA desk. This is America, Chris, we say «burger» here.

Kempczinski’s video came out a month before the burger’s release, and some commenters started grilling the big burger boss right away. But with this week’s release of Big Arch, the internet rediscovered the video.

Comedian Cat Sullivan re-creates the CEO’s video with an even stronger reluctance to taste the food, using the word «product» constantly.

Other restaurant chains especially sank their teeth into the joke. Burger King’s official account cracked, «We couldn’t finish it either» and slammed up an Instagram of its president, Tom Curtis, eating a BK Whopper with a lot more, uh, relish.

Wendy’s created a LinkedIn video showing its president, Pete Suerken, making and enjoying a Wendy’s burger, and he even got in a dig at McDonald’s famously often-broken ice cream machines. Suerken helps himself to a Frosty dessert and announces, «Oh, wait! Our machines are always working.»

Other brands piled on the original post.

«Gonna start test driving our cars 1 metre at a time,» posted car company Mini.

«Is the big bite in the room with us?» cracked the Instagram account for WingStop Canada.

«We do love a square,» wrote Wendy’s UK.

But at least the McDonald’s social media account tried to make fun of its own big boss. The company posted a photo of the Big Arch, using the same awkward term for it that the CEO did, with the caption, «Take a bite of our new product.»

The caption from the McDonald’s Instagram account is at least gamely self-aware, reading «can’t believe this got approved.»

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for March 6, #529

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 6, No. 529.

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Connections: Sports Edition features another tricky purple category, so be ready for some word-twisting. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Whack!

Green group hint: Surprise!

Blue group hint: Gooooooal!

Purple group hint: Sounds like…