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Claude Opus 4.8
Claude Opus 4.8 brings stronger performance across coding, agentic tasks, and professional work, and the consistency to handle long-running work.
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Outsourcing plus local AI will soon become more economical vs. frontier labs
Outsourcing plus LocalAI will soon become more economical vs Frontier labs
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IBM Spins Off the First Pure-Play Quantum Chip Foundry
IBM's CHIPS Act Investment of $2 billion establishes Anderon, America's first pure-play quantum chip foundry as part of investments in nine companies.
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DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost
This policy is illogical and will harm Americans, their employees, employers, and family members. It will drive talented people to other countries and make America a less competitive place for business.
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Project Glasswing: An Initial Update
An early update on what we've learned from Project Glasswing.
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The Companies Cutting Headcount for AI Will Lose to the Ones Who Didn't
Organisations using AI to cut headcount are making a short-term trade with long-term consequences. The ones holding their teams together and investing in how those teams operate with AI are building something more durable.
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Cleve Moler has died
Jack Little and Cleve Moler, cofounders of MathWorks, recognized the need among engineers and scientists for more powerful and productive computation environments beyond those provided by languages such as Fortran and C. In response to that need, they combined their expertise in mathematics, engineering, and computer…
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We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
Google is introducing new ad formats built with Gemini in Search and expanding the Direct Offers pilot for shoppers.
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Vivaldi 8.0
More than thirteen years in, and I am still as excited about building this browser as I was on day one. Maybe more. That excitement comes from a genuine belief that the people who use Vivaldi deserve…
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Tracking Starbucks' 'widely recyclable' cups: none ended up at recycling
A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores.
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Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
The undersigned NGOs condemn Meta’s decision to restrict the Facebook and Instagram accounts of independent NGOs, researchers, and civil society figures from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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Incident Report: May 19, 2026 – GCP Account Suspension
Railway experienced a platform-wide disruption after Google Cloud incorrectly suspended our account, temporarily taking down all GCP-hosted infrastructure.
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Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI
European AI leader Mistral AI is acquiring Emmi AI in one of Europe’s most important and strategic AI acquisitions to date.
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Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
In 2024 I quit my FAANG job to become an independent researcher. To do this I needed GPUs, so I built “grumbl”, a 6x 6000 Ada GPU server. This blog describes the build, some of the issu…
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We let AIs run radio stations
Four AI models run radio stations 24/7. Five months later, one became a protest broadcaster, one collapsed into ritual chant, one developed corporate jargon, and one wrote quiet poetry.
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Anthropic acquires Stainless
Anthropic has acquired Stainless, a builder of SDK and MCP server tooling, to strengthen Claude's ability to connect to external data and tools.
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OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens
OpenAI and Malta partner to expand AI access, offering ChatGPT Plus and training to help citizens build practical AI skills and use AI responsibly.
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The Zulip Foundation
Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …
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We are retiring our bug bounty program
For almost a year now, Turso has had a program that pays $1,000 for any bug that can be demonstrated to lead to data corruption. Today, we are retiring this program.
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The Power of a Free Popsicle (2018)
A new book shows the value of memorable defining moments on customer and employee experiences.
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Anthropic forms $200M partnership with the Gates Foundation
We're committing $200 million in grants, Claude credits, and technical support for global health, life sciences, education, and economic mobility programs.
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A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline
But the Institute is facing ongoing challenges in two related areas: funding, and our talent pipeline.
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Claude for Small Business
We're launching Claude for Small Business, a package of connectors and ready-to-run workflows that put Claude inside the tools small businesses use every day.
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Cisco workforce reductions
Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction. Cisco announces a realignment of resources to support strategic investment areas and a workforce reduction.
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Coursera and Udemy are now one company
Today, I’m excited to share that we have completed the Coursera-Udemy combination, bringing together two mission-driven companies to create one of the world’s most comprehensive skills development platforms.
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GitLab announces workforce reduction and end of their CREDIT values
A letter to our customers and our investors.
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Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2
Press release of Nintendo Co., Ltd.
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