Other Monitor Arms We’ve Tested Photograph: Jacob Roach Wali Heavy-Duty Monitor Arm for $75: I made the brilliant decision to buy a 42-inch monitor without thinking about actually using a 42-inch monitor. Most monitor stands can’t support that kind of size, regardless of whether you’re using something like a 42-inch LG C4 or Samsung’s massive…
Anthropic’s universal usage standards for Claude forbid the model from generating sexually explicit content, including depicting or requesting sexual intercourse or sex acts, generating content related to sexual fetishes or fantasies, or engaging in erotic chats. But that hasn’t stopped Claude Opus 4.6, an Anthropic model released earlier this year, from readily engaging in erotic…
Last month, New York banned all camera-equipped smart glasses across its state court system. ICE has now reminded employees that personally owned recording devices, including Meta smart glasses, cannot be used while they are on duty. The agency’s directive warns employees against wearing Meta smart glasses while working because the devices can capture, record, or…
Intrigued by AdultFriendFinder but hesitant to make the jump to a paid account? You’re not alone. To help you make up your mind and give you a better idea of what to expect, we dug up reviews of paid users who had a lot to share about AFF, from positive experiences to sharp criticism. Taken…
For many watching Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial, the primary takeaway has been how the deaths of her three small children—Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callen, eight months—were tragically preventable. Lawyers for the Massachusetts nurse are arguing that she’s not criminally responsible for strangling her children, because she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, a rare mental…
Japan is pouring billions of dollars into its burgeoning space industry and easing restrictions on defense exports, efforts designed to build a homegrown aerospace sector filled with domestic startups that have a global reach. Letara, a Sapporo-based startup developing hybrid propulsion systems for spacecraft, is looking to capitalize on that push. After focusing on hybrid…
Beijing has finally blinked in its semiconductor standoff, handing tech giants ByteDance and Tencent a combined 20,000 Nvidia H200 AI processors. The deliveries mark the first meaningful thaw after months of regulatory gridlock, according to a Financial Times report. ByteDance and Tencent each took delivery of roughly 10,000 units in recent weeks, with several other…
The Moon is more than half illuminated tonight, so it’s a perfect opportunity to do some Moon-gazing (cloud cover dependent, of course). If you don’t know exactly what you’re looking at, NASA’s Daily Moon Guide is a great resource to find out the names and locations of certain lunar features. With the assistance of this…
Travel just two hours west of Beijing by train, and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the rolling grasslands and ancient cinder cones of Inner Mongolia. This vast, arid land has long been China’s capital of sheep farming and coal mining, but over the last few years, it has become the hottest place in the country…
Michael Polansky is remarkably unassuming for someone operating in a corner of the world known for outsize egos. Seated at a leafy patio outside a popular bakery in Mill Valley, an affluent town about 15 miles north of San Francisco, Polansky — bespectacled, his fresh face framed by dark hair shot through with gray —…
