OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 introduces a range of advancements that push the boundaries of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on extended memory and coding capabilities. As highlighted by World of AI, one of its standout features is the 1 million token context window, allowing the model to process and retain vast amounts of information. This makes […]
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Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2 in July. This year’s release will include two models: the Galaxy Watch 9 and the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2. Notably, Samsung has retired the Classic model, streamlining its offerings to focus on delivering innovative features and enhanced user experiences. The most significant […]
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Home espresso tends to split into two camps: traditional machines that reward practice and guided systems that try to reduce the “barista homework.” Over a number of weeks, I used the Meraki Espresso Machine daily for straight espresso plus milk drinks (mostly lattes and cappuccinos). I focused on what matters when a machine lives on […]
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Apple is reportedly preparing to enter the foldable smartphone market with a device that could redefine the industry, the iPhone Fold. Leaks suggest this foldable iPhone will feature an expansive 8-inch unfolded display, a wider folded design, and a premium price tag of approximately $2,500. By taking a calculated and deliberate approach, Apple aims to […]
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Quantum computing, once hailed as a new advancement, has encountered significant challenges that have tempered early optimism. Sabine Hossenfelder explores the technical and practical obstacles that have slowed its progress, such as limited qubit counts, high error rates and the substantial energy demands of quantum systems. For instance, while quantum computers were expected to outperform […]
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Apple’s iPhone 17e is setting a new standard for budget-friendly smartphones by combining advanced features with a competitive price of $599. Designed to appeal to a wide range of users, it offers a balance of flagship-level performance, practical design, and future-ready technology. Whether you’re upgrading from an older device or stepping into Apple’s ecosystem for […]
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In a new blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has admitted that it received a letter from the Defense Department, officially labeling it a supply chain risk. He said he doesn’t “believe this action is legally sound,” and that his company sees “no choice” but to challenge it in court. Hours before Amodei published the post, the Pentagon announced that it notified the company that its “products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately.”
If you’ll recall, the Defense Department (called the Department of War under the current administration) threatened to give the company the designation typically reserved for firms from adversaries like China if it didn’t agree to remove its safeguards over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. President Trump then ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s tech.
Amodei explained that the designation has a narrow scope, because it only exists to protect the government. That is why the general public, and even Defense Department contractors, can still use Anthropic’s Claude chatbot and its AI technologies. Microsoft told CNBC that it will continue using Claude after its lawyers had concluded that it can keep on working with Anthropic on non-defense related projects.
The CEO has also admitted that his company had “productive conversations” with the department over the past few days. He said that they were looking at ways to serve the Pentagon that adheres to its two exceptions, namely that its technology not be used for mass surveillance and the development of fully autonomous weapons, and at ways to “ensure a smooth transition if that is not possible.” That confirms reports that Anthropic is back in talks with the agency in an effort to reach a new deal. In addition, he apologized for a leaked internal memo, wherein he reportedly said that OpenAI’s messaging about its own deal with the department is “just straight up lies.”
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/anthropic-says-it-will-challenge-defense-departments-supply-chain-risk-designation-in-court-054459618.html?src=rssScroll through any Gunpla forum, 3D printing subreddit, or miniature painting Discord, and you’ll find the same complaint surfacing like clockwork: detail sanding is the worst part of the hobby. Rotary tools spin too aggressively and melt plastic. Orbital sanders are physically too large to reach the spots that matter. And hand sanding with tiny strips of sandpaper taped to popsicle sticks or wrapped around toothpicks? It works, technically, in the same way that crossing an ocean in a rowboat technically works. Makers have been hacking together solutions for this problem forever, modifying dental picks, repurposing nail files, spending hours on finishing work that should take minutes. The tooling industry, meanwhile, has mostly responded by miniaturizing existing designs and hoping for the best. Smaller orbital. Smaller rotary. Same fundamental problems, just in a tinier package.
HOZO’s NeoSander takes a different route entirely. Rather than shrinking down a tool that was never meant for fine detail work, HOZO went back to the core question of what precision sanding actually requires and built around the answer. The result is a palm-sized, cordless reciprocating sander powered by a patented linear motor that delivers 13,000 strokes per minute of direct, gear-free motion, paired with a system of 8 swappable head shapes and 8 sandpaper grits that covers everything from rough shaping to mirror-smooth finishing. It’s the kind of purpose-built approach that makes you wonder why it took this long for someone to try it.
Designer: HOZO
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HOZO moves away from the traditional drivetrain; NeoSander’s vertically mounted reciprocating linear motor sends power straight to the tip with zero intermediary conversion from rotational to linear energy. That directness pays off in concentricity under 0.05mm, which in plain terms means the sanding head tracks true instead of wobbling like a bobblehead at speed. Competing sanders sit at 0.30mm or worse, and that difference is the gap between sanding where you intend and accidentally eating into a surface you just spent two hours painting.
The NeoSander holds a constant 13,000 SPM and lets you dial the stroke length between 0.6mm and 1.8mm, rather than using variable RPM that changes the tool’s rhythm and makes behavior harder to predict. Shorter strokes for delicate edges on resin prints, longer strokes when you’re leveling a seam line on a 1/100 scale kit. That translates to a linear speed range of 260 to 780 mm/s, giving you meaningful control over aggressiveness without the tool ever feeling inconsistent under your fingers. A counterweight inside the body moves opposite to the sanding head too, canceling out 85% of handle vibration, which matters enormously during the kind of 30-minute sanding sessions that detail work demands.
Eight sanding head shapes cover pointed tips for crevices, slim and wide flats for panel lines and broad surfaces, half-cylinders and arcs for curved geometry, and acute and right-angle heads for corners and recesses. Pair those with eight grits from coarse 180 all the way to 1500 for polishing, and you have up to 74 possible combinations when you factor in the optional foam-backed sandpapers that conform to irregular surfaces. A color-coded rack keeps everything sorted by grit so you’re not playing guessing games mid-session. HOZO also threw in two saw blades, a curved blade for rough cuts and a jigsaw blade for through-cuts, because the same reciprocating motion that sands also drives a 0.2mm micro-tooth saw with a patented anti-binding pattern.
The whole thing weighs 89 grams (3.13 oz) without a head attached, measures 104 x 53 x 28mm, and runs on a 3.7V 1,100 mAh battery that delivers 45 minutes of heavy use or up to 240 minutes of lighter work. The aluminum alloy and magnesium shell carries an IP54 splash rating, so wet sanding is on the table. Dock charging takes 30 minutes to full, and USB-C keeps things universal. HOZO has shipped eight successful products through Kickstarter before this, including the NeoBlade ultrasonic cutter, and they’ve built out companion tools like the NeoBlock for flat-surface sanding that pair with the NeoSander for a complete finishing workflow.
The NeoSander Pro starts at $69 (against a $99 MSRP) and includes the sander, a basic sanding head set, sandpaper kit, and a carrying case. The Premium Combo, priced at $129, comes with multicolor-coded heads, a saw collection, and a charging dock. For the deep-end makers, the $499 Maker Pro All-In Combo bundles the NeoSander, NeoBlock, and NeoBlade with their full accessory suites at 39% off retail. The campaign runs on Kickstarter with an estimated shipping date of May 2026.
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While Nothing flits with Glyph Matrixes and Bars, Tecno decided to infuse the soul of Thor into its latest phone concept. Dubbed the Pova Neon, this phone was possibly the most unique thing we’ve seen in the phone market in a while. Built inside the back of a phone is an inert gas chamber that emits beams of plasma thanks to high voltages that’s passed through the gas. Touch the glass panel separating you from the plasma, and the lightning gathers around your fingertips, quite like it would around a tesla coil, if you ever saw or owned one as a kid.
The detail (and the execution) is impressive, but it begs the question – who needs this?! Why does this exist? And what exactly is its purpose? Why must I have lightning trapped inside the back of my smartphone? Doesn’t it already do enough?? Or maybe the plasma lights are a great distraction from your doomscrolling habit. I’d probably pick staring at random beams of light than scroll through the news…
Designer: Tecno
The Pova Neon is just a concept. Tecno doesn’t plan on building this at all, not just because it’s complicated – it’s also fragile, fairly dangerous, and really doesn’t do much to make the phone better. Adding inert gases at the back removes the ability to add a wireless charging coil there, which means no MagSafe either. You put a case on the phone and you lose all novelty immediately. And drop the phone and you genuinely risk a fairly serious fire hazard.
But for what it’s worth, the phone is a bundle of fun. In the bright lights of MWC, the plasma wasn’t fairly visible. But the minute we put a coat around the phone to block light out, the lightning looked genuinely amazing. The random patterns, the interaction with your fingertip, it’s all entirely cosmetic, but it’s also somewhat cosmic! Good job flexing your tech chops, Tecno. I mean, besides the fact that they actually built a modular smartphone ecosystem which managed to win YD’s Best of MWC Award!
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Today, X announced some updates to its creator subscriptions platform. The leading change gives participating accounts the option to make part of tweet threads only visible to subscribers. This new Creator Subscriptions feature is called Exclusive Threads, an ironic name choice given X's main text-based social media posting competitor is called Threads.
Creator Subscriptions 2.0 is here: powerful new tools to grow your subscribers and earn more.
— Creators (@XCreators) March 5, 2026
Introducing Exclusive Threads — lock any post in a thread for subscribers only. Tease in the parent, monetize the rest. Subscribe buttons are now embedded directly in the conversation. pic.twitter.com/j8Bg3bMDiW
The new tool allows a creator to tease paywalled content, rather than keeping all of the material behind a subscribers-only gate. A gif shared both by the X Creators account and by the company's head of product, Nikita Bier, show how it will look in practice. Buttons to sign up as a subscriber will be embedded into the post chain, with the hope that the need to see the rest of the thread will be a big enough draw for readers to pay up. X has been making a push to draw content creators, offering other recent features like a 'paid partnership' label for sponsored posts.
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