The rise of digital credentials and digital competencies is a major trend in 2026, with increasing focus on competency-based education platforms and rapid skill acquisition for developers[6].

Augment Code announced a Code Review Agent, an AI assistant to relieve code review pressure and improve developer workflow.[7]

Anthropic is advancing Claude Code, which reached a $1B run rate in six months, with expectations for further developer-focused launches like data analysis interfaces.[6]

Claude Opus 4.5 leads in coding with 80.9% SWE-bench score; GPT-5.2 close at 80.0%; Claude remains default for Cursor and Anthropic focuses on enterprise coding.

By stacking multiple active components based on new materials on the back end of a computer chip, this new approach reduces the amount of energy wasted during computation.[3]

Anthropic's Claude Code reached a $1B run rate in six months, with expectations for further investments in data analysis interfaces.

Valve added a Steam Store feature alerting users if a game in their cart is cheaper in a bundle, aiding savings during Winter Sale.

Cisco reported Chinese hackers exploiting customers via a new zero-day vulnerability.

ExpressVPN released a major Qt update to boost speed and unify desktop apps.

Microsoft integrated Claude Opus 4.5 into GitHub Copilot and Copilot Studio within days of its release.