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Issue No. 002Saturday, October 31, 2026Pricing · Deprecations · Agents · Security

Claude drops the 5-hour cap on Ultra, Opus 4.8 fast mode gets a shutoff date, and Chrome patches a Critical flaw

Anthropic renamed its top Claude plans and removed the 5-hour session limit for verified Ultra accounts, set a Nov 30 removal date for Claude Opus 4.8 fast mode, and Google shipped Chrome 156 with a Critical security fix.

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Chrome 156 fixes a Critical flaw, and a Mac sandbox escape now has a public exploit

Chrome Releases (Oct 29)Chrome Releases (Oct 6)NVD CVE-2026-76024 NVD CVE-2026-106378 PWN.AI

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