Claude Code 2.1.119/120: Eight Regressions in 24 Hours
Two patch releases, eight bugs: Claude Code had a rough weekend. Resume crashes, CLAUDE.md gets ignored, and the community recommends rolling back to 2.1.117.
Musk vs. Altman: The $134 Billion Trial Begins
Jury selection starts today in Oakland for the mega-trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI. It's about broken promises, OpenAI's future — and $134 billion.
NEC Goes All-In on Claude: 30,000 Employees, One Partner, One Clear Signal
NEC becomes Anthropic's first global partner in Japan, rolling out Claude to 30,000 employees. This is more than a partnership — it's a statement.
Cohere Acquires Aleph Alpha — Europe's AI Answer Takes Shape
Canada's Cohere is taking over Germany's Aleph Alpha. Backed by Lidl's parent company, the merger creates a transatlantic AI champion valued at $20 billion.
Meta and Microsoft Cut 20,000+ Jobs — the AI Labor Crisis Is Getting Real
Meta is laying off 8,000 workers, Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts for the first time ever. While tech giants pour hundreds of billions into AI, the jobs are vanishing.
$25,000 for a Jailbreak: OpenAI's Bio Bug Bounty for GPT-5.5
OpenAI will pay $25,000 to the first person who can fully jailbreak GPT-5.5 — but only on biosafety questions. A smart move.
US State Department Warns the World: DeepSeek and Others Are Stealing American AI Models
A diplomatic cable instructs all US embassies to warn about Chinese AI distillation. Named: DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax.
Claude Code 2.1.118: Vim Mode, Custom Themes, and MCP Tool Hooks
The latest Claude Code update brings Vim Visual Mode, custom themes, and the ability to call MCP tools directly from hooks.