Claude Ultra removes five-hour usage cutoff for verified accounts
Anthropic has renamed its highest subscription tiers Max and Ultra, keeping monthly prices at $100 and $200. Weekly usage caps remain in place.
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Altman meets Samsung presidents for AI talks after DRAM comments
Samsung said about 50 presidents from its affiliates joined the session, which followed Altman’s criticism of keeping scarce memory in personal computers.
Turn 10 to become Playground Games Redmond as Forza co-creator retires
The team behind Forza Motorsport will support development of Forza Horizon and Fable following its integration into Playground Games.
Tampered Claude Code extension exposed up to 5,000 Cursor users
Anthropic denied that its systems were compromised, while security researchers said the malicious software appeared under its official marketplace account.
Apple’s Ternus says AI should serve products, not be an end in itself
Apple’s chief executive also discussed autonomous AI agents and user security in a WIRED interview published on 30 October.
Google and AI rivals back common controls for training crawlers
Anthropic already supports the directive, while Microsoft and Google plan to introduce support in 2027.
Nvidia discusses debt guarantee for Nscale’s West Virginia project
Anthropic’s US$45 billion computing agreement depends on Nscale obtaining financing for the campus’s first building, the Financial Times reported.
Anthropic manager removes coding round as Claude outperforms applicants
The decision is limited to one team, while company guidance still asks candidates not to use Claude in interviews or take-home tests unless told otherwise.
Bluesky adds in-app inbox for moderation notices and appeals
The beta tool brings reports, account actions and account standing into one view, though suspension appeals remain on the login screen.
WhatsApp rolls out four updates for group conversations
The changes include a mentions filter, indefinite message pinning, expanded history sharing and statuses restricted to a group.
