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EngadgetFeb 25, 2026
Anthropic weakens its safety pledge in the wake of the Pentagon's pressure campaign
Two stories about the Claude maker Anthropic broke on Tuesday that, when combined, arguably paint a chilling picture. First, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly pressuring Anthropic to yield its AI safeguards and give the military unrestrained access to its Claude AI chatbot. The company then chose the same day that the Hegseth news broke to drop its centerpiece safety pledge.

On Tuesday, Anthropic said it was modifying its Responsible Scaling Policy (RSP) to lower safety guardrails. Up until now, the company's core pledge has been to stop training new AI models unless specific safety guidelines can be guaranteed in advance. This policy, which set hard tripwires to halt development, was a big part of Anthropic's pitch to businesses and consumers.

"Two and a half years later, our honest assessment is that some parts of this theory of change have played out as we hoped, but others have not," Anthropic wrote. Now, its updated policy approaches safety relatively, rather than with strict red lines.

Anthropic's quotes in an


ResearchBuzzFeb 25, 2026
Starlink, Anthropic, Full-Page Screenshots, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 25, 2026
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Politico: What happened after Elon Musk took the Russian army offline. "A decision earlier this month by SpaceX to shut down access to Starlink satellite-internet terminals caused immediate chaos […]

EngadgetFeb 25, 2026
How to pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S26 phones and Galaxy Buds 4
During its Unpacked event today, Samsung announced three new Galaxy S-series phones as well as the latest generation of its earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 4 and Galaxy Buds 4 Pro. Pre-orders are now open and the new devices are set to ship March 11. As expected, this year's models aren't drastically different from last year's, but all the phones are equipped to better handle the Galaxy AI experiences such as Now Nudge that offers suggestions based on your activities and a more conversational assitant in Bixby (or Gemini or Perplexity depending on your preferance).

Engadget's own Sam Rutherford is on-site in San Francisco for the new hardware launch and will have hands-on impressions. We'll follow that up with official reviews in the next week. But if you can't wait for our final verdict, here's how to pre-order Samsung's Galaxy S26 phones and the Galaxy Buds 4 today.









Mac RumorsFeb 25, 2026
Samsung Launches Galaxy S26 Ultra With Built-In Privacy Display and New AI Features
Samsung today announced its newest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S26, S26 , and S26 Ultra. Samsung's latest devices are focused on AI, and Samsung says they have the most "intuitive, proactive, and adaptive Galaxy AI features" to date.


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Mac RumorsFeb 25, 2026
iPhone 17 Pro Gets 24x Zoom With Sandmarc's New Tetraprism Lens
California-based accessory maker Sandmarc has launched a new Tetraprism 72mm Lens for iPhone that adds 3x optical magnification on top of the iPhone 17 Pro's built-in tetraprism telephoto camera.


EngadgetFeb 25, 2026
Samsung Galaxy S26 vs. S26 vs. S26 Ultra: Comparing the three new phones
Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26 Ultra, and the company is once again leaning heavily on AI, camera upgrades and refined hardware to move the lineup forward. While the overall design remains familiar, there are some meaningful differences between the three models, particularly when it comes to display tech, charging speeds and camera hardware.

Across the board, the S26 family is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip and runs Android 16 with One UI 8.5. Samsung is also doubling down on Galaxy AI features like Now Brief, Now Nudge and upgraded Circle to Search, positioning the new phones as more proactive assistants than before.

As usual, though, the Ultra model is where Samsung is pushing the envelope the furthest. It gains the most advanced camera system, faster wired and wireless charging and the company's new built-in Privac


CNET How ToFeb 25, 2026
Stop Helping Burglars: All the Places You Should Never Install a Security Camera
There are specific places your security cameras should never go.

EngadgetFeb 25, 2026
Tecno just unveiled a ridiculously thin modular smartphone concept design
Tecno just unveiled a rather intriguing modular smartphone concept design at MWC 2026. The standout feature here is likely the size. Most modular smartphone concepts start bulky and only get bulkier once attaching accessories. Tecno's base smartphone is just 4.9mm thin, which is significantly thinner than a pencil and the iPhone Air.

Of course, the size increases with each attached module. However, snapping on the power bank module makes the thickness comparable to a standard modern smartphone. Another key feature here is how these various modular components stick together. Tecno has developed new interconnection technology that uses both magnets and pin connectors. This should make it easy to both attach and remove components.

The company says this phone has been designed to grow with the user through hardware expansion. To that end, Tecno has developed 10 modules. There are various camera lenses and something that looks like a dedicated gaming controller.

Tecno While the magnets are for attaching, the pin connectors assist with power delivery. Data transmission between the phone and the modules is handled wirelessly, with the ability to switch between Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mmWave depending on


EngadgetFeb 25, 2026
Samsung Galaxy S26 hands-on: A lot more of the same for a little more money
As we prepare to leave the winter months, Samsung announced another family of Galaxy S flagships for those looking to upgrade. As usual, the company put its best components and features into the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but it also added more to the base S26 and S26 . The company has hit its groove with its smaller (and cheaper) flagships, delivering solid devices with increasingly better cameras, occasionally even offering feature parity with its most expensive smartphone.

In 2026, that's what we're getting, with the 6.3-inch S26 ($899) and 6.7-inch S26 ($1,099). Both phones are more expensive than last year, and it's often a game of spot-the-difference when it comes to showing what's new.

Fortunately, the best parts have been retained, too. Samsung has unified the design style across the entire S26 series, with the same corner ratios, curved edges and other design touches. While I tested both phones, I'll focus on the S26. Barring screen differences and battery size, they're identically specced.

This year's S26 color selection has a premium Samsung ‘mood' to it that I can't quite explain. Does purple mean Samsung to my brain? Maybe. Cobalt Violet is the particular shade I'm talking about, but there are also blue, black and white colors. Additional silver and pink-gold options will be available as online exclusives. There's not much else to say about the design: it's another Galaxy S flagship, and if it ain't broke…

Mat Smith for Engadget Samsung has increased the battery capacity to 4,300 mAh on


Mac RumorsFeb 25, 2026
More Lower-Cost MacBook Details Surface Ahead of 'Apple Experience' Next Week
Apple is expected to unveil up to five new products next week, including a lower-cost MacBook, and a few more details about the laptop surfaced today.


CNET NewsFeb 25, 2026
Oura Ring Dropped Its First AI Model for Women: How to Get Access Today
Currently available for testing, Oura wants your feedback on this women's health AI chatbot.

ResearchBuzzFeb 24, 2026
Image Whisperer, Facebook Safety, British Newspaper Archive, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 24, 2026
NEW RESOURCES PetaPixel: This AI Image Detector Checks a Global Database of Debunked Pictures. "AI image detectors are notoriously imperfect, giving an estimated score rather than concrete answers. But a new tool […]

ResearchBuzzFeb 24, 2026
DeadStack, DEF CON, AI Productivity, More: Tuesday ResearchBuzz, February 24, 2026
NEW RESOURCES Spotted on Reddit: DeadStack. From the front page: "DeadStack is your ruthless tech news filter: a real-time aggregator that reads hundreds of sources so you don't have to. It hunts […]

ResearchBuzzFeb 18, 2026
Obama Presidency Oral History, Google I/O, Snapchat, More: Wednesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, February 18, 2026
NEW RESOURCES Columbia University: Complete Obama Presidency Oral History Archive Is Now Available. "Today, just 10 years after President Barack Obama left office, Columbia University's Incite Institute opens the full Obama Presidency […]

eWeekFeb 17, 2026
Cohere's Tiny Aya Models Bring 70 Languages to Offline AI
In the world of generative AI, language support has often been a luxury reserved for a handful of global languages. That's changing fast. Cohere just unveiled a suite of open multilingual models designed to push AI out of data centers and into everyday devices while embracing linguistic diversity at scale. These "Tiny Aya" models underscore […]

The post Cohere's Tiny Aya Models Bring 70 Languages to Offline AI appeared first on eWEEK.


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