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Claude’s free tier now connects to apps, can create Microsoft Office documents, and more

Anthropic has just launched significant new features to Claude’s free tier. Connecting to apps was previously a pro feature available only to paid subscribers, but this is now included in the free tier.

Claude can connect to a wide range of apps, including Canva, Figma, Monday, Notion, Slack, Square, Wix, WordPress, and Google Workspace apps …

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These Apple Wallet features helped me replace my physical wallet [Video]

When most people think of the Apple Wallet app, they think of just Apple Pay. They think it’s a way to pay for things digitally instead of using a physical card. While this is true, the Apple Wallet App can do so much more and is quietly becoming one of the most useful apps on your iPhone. It can give you public transit access, a form of digital keys for your home or car, peer-to-peer payments, and even storing your physical card information (finally!). Apple Wallet in iOS 26 can realistically replace most of what people still carry in their pockets, as it has for me. If you’ve only used it for Apple Pay, you’re honestly missing the best parts. Here are some of the best Apple Wallet features!

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This robot can fold some of your laundry fairly badly for $8,000 [Video]

Domestic robots have been a fixture in science fiction novels for more than a century, but in the real world we’re still all doing our own domestic chores barring vacuuming.

While a number of companies are working on humanoid robots, with Apple reportedly among them, all we’ve really had so far are promises and extremely limited demos. But you can (maybe) buy a laundry-folding robot today for $8,000 or rent it for $450 a month …

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WhatsApp and Telegram blocked in Russia as Meta designated an ‘extremist organization’

Both WhatsApp and Telegram have been blocked in Russia as the government tries to force people to use its unencrypted WeChat clone, Max. All messages sent and received in Max can be read by the government.

The government also blocked access to Facebook and Instagram, and designated parent company Meta as “an extremist organization” …

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Apple Creator Studio AI usage limits seem dramatically lower than promised

When Apple launched the Apple Creator Studio (ACS) subscription, the company indicated that you could use the AI features to produce 50 Keynote presentations per month “as a minimum.” However, developer and security researcher Steve Troughton-Smith had a very different experience when it came to AI usage limits.

He reported that far from being able to produce 50 presentations, a single Keynote slideshow used half of his monthly ACS limit, so the limit would be just two …

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Apple reportedly pushing back Gemini-powered Siri features beyond iOS 26.4

Despite inking a deal with Google to use Gemini AI as the brains behind upgraded Siri, Apple is reportedly facing internal challenges in getting the final product ready for prime time. The reported delays could stretch into iOS 27 this fall. Apple first announced a more capable version of Siri in 2024; that update hasn’t shipped yet.

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macOS Tahoe 26.3 fixes two annoying design problems [Update: Nope]

Update, 11:10pm ET: Apple has updated its release notes again. The company now says macOS 26.3 doesn’t fix the window resizing bug. Instead, it’s once again listed as a “known issue.” Original post below.


Apple released macOS 26.3 to the public today, and the update fixes two design problems introduced by the Liquid Glass revamp in Tahoe: resizing windows and resizing columns in Finder.

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