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Discovery+ has increased its monthly subscription prices, with the ad-free plan rising from $10 to $12 and the ad-supported tier from $6 to $7. New subscribers face the higher prices immediately, while existing customers will get 30 days' notice, with new billing starting November 12. The increase comes about a week after Paramount Skydance completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Discovery+'s parent company.
SpaceX Super Intelligence (formerly X/xAI) has launched a single plan called 'The X Subscription' that combines X Premium perks, Grok AI chat and agent tools, and the Cursor coding assistant. The bundle comes in five tiers—free, Plus at $8, Premium at $30, Super at $100, and Ultra at $200 per month—with higher tiers unlocking greater AI usage and access to the newest Grok models.
SpaceXSI, formerly SpaceXAI, has rolled out a unified subscription called the X Subscription that merges access to Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium into tiered plans. Pricing ranges from $8 a month for a basic Plus tier to $200 a month for an Ultra tier with the earliest access to products and 20 times the usage capacity of Plus, with Premium, Super and Ultra also offered to teams and custom plans available for enterprises.
Meta introduced Muse Wonder, an AI model internally codenamed Watermelon, designed to help its Muse personal agent complete real-world tasks like booking reservations without stalling. Access requires a $20 or $100 monthly subscription, and Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang said the model is trained to try alternate approaches rather than giving up when it hits obstacles.
xAI's Grok chatbot remains available at no cost through its web and mobile apps, covering basic chat, voice interaction, and limited web and X search. However, usage caps restrict heavy use, and the most advanced models plus image and video generation tools are reserved for paid subscribers.
New York City's Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has finalized a rule requiring businesses to let customers cancel subscriptions as easily as they signed up. The rule, described as the first of its kind among U.S. municipalities, takes effect October 1, 2026, with violators facing civil penalties starting at $525 and possible consumer refunds.
Microsoft is changing cloud storage rules for Microsoft 365 Family, Premium, and Pro subscribers, replacing the current 1TB-per-user allotment with a single shared 2TB pool for all users on a plan. The change applies at subscription renewal after May 2, 2027, and some users may receive bonus storage when switched, though Microsoft hasn't detailed eligibility. For a six-person family plan, this cuts total available storage by roughly two-thirds.
Spotify announced it is expanding audiobook access to more than 180 markets across Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, starting the rollout immediately and continuing over coming months. The expansion gives over 750 million users access to more than 350,000 titles in over 120 languages, up from a previous footprint limited mostly to English-speaking countries and Germany.
New York City has implemented a local rule, set by a January executive order and effective Oct. 1, requiring businesses to let customers cancel subscriptions as easily as they signed up. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the measure alongside city officials, and the city launched a webpage where residents can file complaints against companies, including those not based in NYC, and request remedies like refunds and cancellations.
Amazon's October Prime Big Deals Days event includes discounts on a range of headphones and earbuds, with several models marked down to or near their lowest recorded prices. Some of these deals require a Prime membership, while others are open to all shoppers, and competing retailers are running their own discounts during the same period.
Apple has increased the number of personalized email addresses users can create per custom domain under iCloud+, from 3 to 10. The change was first spotted by X user pdfu and applies to all iCloud+ subscribers who use the custom email domain feature at no extra cost.
New York City's Click-to-Cancel Rule has taken effect, requiring companies to let customers cancel subscriptions using the same method they used to sign up. The rule, enforced by the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, covers streaming services, gym memberships, subscription boxes and free trials that convert to paid plans. Businesses must disclose price, billing terms and cancellation details before taking payment information, and violations carry fines starting at $525.