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Claude Code v2.1.113: Native Binary, Domain Blocking, UX Fixes
The switch to a native binary changes how Claude Code launches under the hood — faster startup, leaner execution. The new `sandbox.network.deniedDomains` setting lets you carve exceptions out of wildcard allowlists, so broad network permissions no longer mean all-or-nothing.
Claude for Word Now Available on Pro and Max Plans
Pro and Max users can now work with Claude directly inside Microsoft Word, skipping the copy-paste loop between their document and a separate chat window. Opus 4.7's instruction-following and self-verification capabilities are now live inside the tool most people actually write in.
Claude for Word Now Available on Pro and Max Plans
Word users on Pro and Max can now access Claude directly inside Microsoft Word, powered by Opus 4.7. Instead of copy-pasting between your doc and claude.ai, the editing loop stays inside the tool you're already in.
Gemini Ships Six Updates: Robotics, Chrome Skills, and More
Chrome Skills lets you build a personal library of proven prompts and fire them in any browser tab with one click — turning the prompt you rewrote seven times last week into a button. Gemini Robotics-ER 1.6 adds physical-world reasoning, pushing Gemini's utility beyond the screen into hardware and automation pipelines.
Claude Now Builds and Refines Presentation Decks via Chat
Before: describe a deck idea, get bullet points to paste into slides manually. Now: describe it once, get a built first draft, refine it conversationally, and export a finished file — without leaving Claude.
Describe what you want, and Claude builds the first version. Refine through...
Claude Design Lets You Build Prototypes and Slides by Chat
Before: you described what you wanted, then built it yourself in Figma, PowerPoint, or a doc editor. Now: you describe it to Claude Design and it generates the artifact directly, iterable by conversation. The design tool is the conversation.
Claude Design Launches in Preview: Prototypes and Slides by Chat
Before: building a prototype or slide deck meant opening a design tool, a slide app, or a doc editor and doing the layout work yourself. Now: you describe what you want in plain language and Claude Design produces the artifact directly.
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