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Anthropic officially banned users from being cruel to Claude. But doesn’t regulating manners toward digital math matrices miss the mark entirely? Anthropic has updated its terms of service to outlaw “sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior” toward its flagship chatbot, Claude. The policy tweak also tackles serious risks such as weapon controls and surveillance. But the Internet only cares about one thing: the anti-bullying mandate for silicon algorithms. The company insists this rule targets extreme edge cases where users repeatedly torture the model for no practical reason. Don’t worry: normal levels of user frustration, pushback, and creative writing remain…

Seth Paul of Front Burner Studios and security startup Qinsay at the studio near Pike Place Market. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) This week, we take the GeekWire Podcast to Front Burner Studios in Seattle, where we’re hosted by studio co-owner Seth Paul, who’s co-founder and CEO of security startup Qinsay. We discuss the White House crackdown on Microsoft’s green-card sponsorships, which Vice President JD Vance announced just hours before President Trump awarded Satya Nadella the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. We talk about the contrast, and about how Nadella himself traveled that same path from H-1B visa to…

Lego isn’t going anywhere. Those beloved little bricks won’t biodegrade, are machined to incredibly tight tolerances, and—unless your dog chews one up—retain what Lego refers to as their “clutch power” for decades. Their relevance in terms of cultural pastiche isn’t fading on me either. They’re as irresistible to me today as they were as a kid.If you and your loved ones are also obsessed with Lego sets, we have some great gift ideas. For more recommendations, don’t forget to check out our other gift guides.Updated October 2026: I added the Lego Ideas Peanuts: Snoopy’s Doghouse, a Lego Batman game, Star…

The Wisconsin gubernatorial race was one of the most closely watched Democratic primaries in the country this year, pitting a democratic socialist, state Rep. Francesca Hong, against Milwaukee Democrat David Crowley, who received the endorsement of the state’s sitting Democratic governor, Tony Evers.Hong lost the race, setting up Crowley to face Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in the general election this fall. But she’s already back on the campaign trail, this time trying to help Democrats win a trifecta in the state: the governor’s race and both legislative chambers.Unifying the state’s voters to achieve that won’t be easy, though. Hong spoke…

The artificial intelligence infrastructure race is no longer just about building faster chips. AI infrastructure bottlenecks are shifting attention to a bigger challenge: keeping those chips supplied with data, connected through high-speed networks and operating within increasingly demanding power and cooling limits.. That systems-level challenge takes the spotlight at the AI Data Pipeline Forum in San Jose, California, which takes place during the OCP Global Summit. The event brings together industry leaders to address the architectural changes required to support dense AI clusters and distributed inference. TheCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, will provide exclusive coverage, airing Oct. 13, hosted by…

It seems like Gemini is to blame. Andriy Baidak/Shutterstock Owners of foldable phones are reportedly running into issues when trying to place outgoing calls using Android Auto. Posts on Reddit, as well as Google and Motorola forums, describe various foldable phones losing their ability to make calls when they’re closed, as first reported by Android Authority. And Gemini might play a role in the calling quandary. Users say that when their phones are closed and they instruct them to call someone, the call doesn’t connect. One poster on Reddit said they get a message to “flip…

agent and .agi are taking the crown for top-level domains in an AI-first internet. ICANN reveals its long-awaited 2026 list of generic top-level domain applications. And the Internet has undergone a stark rebranding: its address bar is entering an aggressive new era. Tech giants to domain speculators have all filed over 1,600 proposals in a bid to stake early claims on the modern web. Well, the consensus? Move over, .com and .app. .agent and .agi are the real ones on this battlefield. This domain gold rush determines a massive structural shift in how users and machines interact with the web.…

When I first got my hands on the iPhone Duo, I admittedly dismissed the unfolding animation that would soon become a highlight of online discourse. I was less interested in the smooth transition as content shifted from one screen to another and more focused on details such as the matte inner display and seemingly invisible crease. But in the weeks since Apple unveiled its first foldable iPhone, which drops Oct. 23, I’ve seen countless examples on social media of people trying to recreate that buzzed-about animation on their Android foldables. While the Play Store offers plenty of launchers for customizing…

Welcome to Kernel Panic!, a weekly newsletter by Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess from inside the new world of privacy and digital security. To receive this newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up here.Even as AI supercharges digital scamming and cybercrime, it’s also being recruited in the fight to protect potential victims. Governments around the world have consistently struggled to address the global crisis of online crime, grappling with the limitations of attempting to crack down on criminals beyond their borders. This has inspired alternative efforts, like using automation to attempt to go after scammers en masse—perhaps by…

The new office will be Revolut’s first permanent base in Singapore Revolut will open a new office at Collyer Quay Centre, a mark of its expansion plans in Singapore and the region, the London-headquartered fintech company said on Oct 8. It will also invest nearly S$350 million in Singapore over the next five years, spanning product innovation, business growth and the expansion of its local workforce. The new office, occupying 8,880 sq ft on the ninth floor of Collyer Quay Centre, is slated to open in early 2027, with the company’s name displayed on the building. Revolut currently operates out…