Anthropic released a web version of Claude Code for Pro and Max subscribers, allowing developers to create AI coding agents from their browsers. The previously CLI-only tool has grown tenfold since May, generating $500 million in annualized revenue. Despite competition from GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Google and OpenAI, Claude Code remains popular as AI coding tools evolve from autocomplete to autonomous agents.

An Amazon Web Services outage caused by DNS issues disrupted major websites, banks, and government services globally. AWS, which hosts millions of companies and controls 30% of the cloud market, reported that services are returning to normal after several hours. The incident follows other significant outages in recent years, including CrowdStrike's 2024 update bug and Akamai's 2021 DNS malfunction.

Professor Ann Lipton expects shareholders to approve Elon Musk's compensation package despite ISS recommendations against it. Critics, including state treasurers and comptrollers, argue the pay plan has vague goals and rewards Musk despite his commitments to other companies. They claim the board has allowed Musk to be overcommitted for years while receiving unprecedented compensation.

Former OpenAI researcher Liam Fedus and Google Brain colleague Ekin Dogus Cubuk launched Periodic Labs with $300M seed funding led by Felicis. The startup combines LLMs, simulations, and robotic labs to discover new materials, particularly superconductors. They've assembled top AI and scientific talent and established a lab, though their robotic systems remain in development.

OpenEvidence, the AI medical tool compared to ChatGPT for doctors, has secured $200 million at a $6 billion valuation. This comes just three months after raising $210 million, highlighting strong investor interest in specialized AI. Trained on medical journals, the platform helps verified professionals access medical knowledge, with monthly consultations doubling to 15 million since July.