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  "id": 853889,
  "title": "Claude Code returns blank thinking blocks, but reasoning still costs you",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/claude-code-returns-blank-thinking-blocks-but-reasoning-still-costs-853889",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/14/claude-code-returns-blank-thinking-blocks-but-reasoning-still-costs-you/5287557"
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  "summary": "Developers report model thinking blocks being returned empty or truncated",
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        "outlet": "ZDNet",
        "title": "75% of developers I surveyed prefer Claude Code - here's why they choose it over Codex",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/75-of-developers-i-surveyed-prefer-claude-code-heres-why-they-choose",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:06:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Claude Code returns blank thinking blocks, but reasoning still costs you",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/claude-code-returns-blank-thinking-blocks-but-reasoning-still-costs",
        "published": "2026-08-14T07:30:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dev.to",
        "title": "Claude Code can make videos: it records the app, narrates with ElevenLabs, and syncs audio to video automatically",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/claude-code-can-make-videos-it-records-the-app-narrates-with",
        "published": "2026-08-15T03:40:08.000Z"
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