Will Shanklin / Engadget:
Anthropic says Claude users on the free plan can now create files, connect to external services, use skills, and more  —  You no longer need a subscription to create files or use Connectors and Skills in Claude.  —  Anthropic is upgrading Claude's free tier, apparently to capitalize …

The El Paso International Airport will apparently not be closed for 10 days, despite an earlier announcement that set off an overnight panic. But the reasons why the closure was announced in the first place are still not quite clear, nor is whether this was a fluke or the prelude to a national security crisis.  […]

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple's Siri upgrade has run into snags recently, possibly pushing some personalized Siri and other features from iOS 26.4 to iOS 26.5, due in May  —  Apple Inc.'s long-planned upgrade to the Siri virtual assistant has run into snags during testing in recent weeks …

Discord recently announced it will restrict features for users without age verification, and the news (unsurprisingly) hasn't gone over well.

Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
OpenAI announced Monday that the US military will get access to ChatGPT via GenAI.mil; sources say the move came after months of deliberation among employees  —  THE SCOOP  —  OpenAI's announcement Monday that the US military will get access to ChatGPT came after months of deliberation …