Galaxy Unpacked

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The new Galaxy S26 lineup is here. Remote control for Claude is here. But is Anthropic about to wash its hands when it comes to working with the Pentagon? Could Stripe buy PayPal. Oh, and speaking of AI and war, you might not want to hear how often AI chose thermonuclear war when it was asked to play a wargame. I tried the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and need the Privacy Display feature on my iPhone ASAP (ZDNet) Gemini is getting its first agentic capabilities (The Verge) Exclusive: Hegseth gives Anthropic until Friday to back down on AI safeguards (Axios) Anthropic digs in heels in dispute with Pentagon, source says (Axios) Anthropic just released a mobile version of Claude Code called Remote Control (VentureBeat) Payments Processor Stripe Expresses Interest in PayPal (Bloomberg) AI Models Deployed Nuclear Weapons in 95% of War Game Simulations, Study Finds (Implicator.ai) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the TechBoo right home for Wednesday. February 25th, 2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. The new Galaxy
0:09.6	S-26 lineup is here. Remote control for Claude is here, but is Anthropic about to wash its hands
0:15.6	when it comes to working with the Pentagon? Could stripe buy PayPal? Oh, and speaking of AI and war, you might not want to hear
0:23.2	how often AI chose thermonuclear violence when it was asked to play a war game. Here's what you
0:29.2	miss today in the world of tech. At unpacked this afternoon, Samsung announced the Galaxy
0:37.0	S-26 and S-26 Plus, featuring a
0:40.6	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip set, starting at $899 and $1,099 respectively, which
0:48.8	it should be noted represents a $100 price hike. They also launched the $179 Galaxy Buds 4 and $249 Buds 4 Pro, keeping the
0:59.7	AirPods-esque design with better battery life and noise canceling, available March 11th.
1:05.0	But the headline is, of course, the $1,299 plus Galaxy S-26 Ultra with a new privacy display feature that limits the
1:15.1	screen legibility, an all-new agentic AI, improved night mode, and more.
1:20.6	Quoting ZDNet.
1:22.1	From the pixel-level privacy display feature to an all-new agentic AI and improved night mode videos. The Galaxy
1:28.7	S-26 Ultra seems like a solid upgrade over its predecessor. I used it for an hour ahead of launch,
1:34.0	and here's why I think it's a bigger upgrade than the last two generations. Last year, Samsung
1:39.5	slashed the weight of its Galaxy S-25 Ultra, but the handset wasn't comfortable to hold or use for long
1:45.7	durations. The flat sides with sharp edges were an ergonomic nightmare, and I'm glad Samsung has
1:50.6	fixed it to an extent. The new Galaxy S-26 Ultra has a similar design to its predecessor. You get
1:56.8	flat edges, rounded corners, minimal bezels on the display, and buttons on the right side.
2:02.0	However, it feels more comfortable to hold and is a big step up from the Galaxy S-25 Ultra.
2:08.4	Samsung says the new Galaxy S-26 Ultra is its slimmest Ultra yet. It is shaved off a decent.
2:14.4	0.3 millimeters and thickness landing at a respectable 7.9 millimeters at 214 grams. It is also
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