Claude Sonnet 5 Launches at $2 per Million Tokens, Nearing Opus Performance
Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5: near-Opus 4.8 performance at $2/$10 per million tokens until Aug 31, a native 1M-token context window, and default status in Claude Code.
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Cursor Ships an iOS App: Run Coding Agents From Your Phone
Cursor released its iOS app in public beta on June 29. You can launch coding agents from your phone or remotely steer agents already running on your desktop.
Claude Tag Lets You Mention @Claude in Slack Like a Teammate
Anthropic launched Claude Tag on June 23. Mention @Claude in a Slack channel and it splits work into steps and runs them async, like a teammate. Team and Enterprise beta.
Claude Code Automation Usage Now Splits From Your Subscription
Starting June 15, programmatic Claude usage (Agent SDK, claude -p, GitHub Actions) draws from separate Agent SDK credits, not your Pro/Max subscription. Interactive use is unchanged.
The US Government Just Forced Anthropic to Shut Down Fable 5
On June 12, 2026, Anthropic disabled Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all users — not by choice, but on a US government export-control directive. The striking part isn’t the vulnerability; it’s that a government switched off a deployed commercial model.
Cursor Bugbot Reviews Now Take 90 Seconds, Plus a New /review Command
Cursor cut Bugbot’s average review time from 5 minutes to 90 seconds, shipped a pre-push /review command, and lowered per-run costs by 22% under its new usage-based pricing.
Claude Can Now Reach Your Internal Database: MCP Tunnels Launch
Anthropic shipped two new security features for Claude Managed Agents — MCP Tunnels and Self-Hosted Sandboxes. Agents can now reach internal systems without poking holes in your firewall.
Claude Code Set Fast Mode to Opus 4.7 — Plus 8 New Agent Flags
A single Claude Code changelog batch: Fast mode auto-upgrades to Opus 4.7, claude agents gains 8 CLI flags, worktree isolation can be turned off, and /plugin shows token cost before install.
PwC Is Rolling Out Claude Code to Hundreds of Thousands of Staff
Anthropic and PwC announced an expanded partnership on May 14. Claude Code and Cowork become standard tools across PwC’s global workforce — and a ready-made case for your own rollout.
Claude Code Stops Pausing Every Turn: /goal, /loop, /batch, /background
Anthropic shipped four slash commands that change Claude Code’s default. Turn-by-turn pauses are no longer the only option — condition, interval, isolation, and parallel modes split the runtime.