GitLab is overhauling how it throttles requests on GitLab.com, moving from flat limits to caps tied to each subscription plan, applied per user and per top-level group. Free accounts and unauthenticated traffic hit the new limits on October 19, 2026, with two brownout previews on October 7 and 14; Premium and Ultimate users follow in January 2027. Unauthenticated requests, including automation hitting the API without credentials, will be capped at 60 requests per hour per IP regardless of account tier.
about.gitlab.com
· 2026-09-17
Meta introduced a new set of paid subscription plans called Meta One, expanding on the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp subscriptions it launched earlier this year. The lineup ranges from $2.99 single-app plans to bundled tiers combining app perks with AI tools, plus business-focused plans priced up to $149 a month that add features like scheduled Stories, clickable link embeds, and delegated account access.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-15
Reddit users report receiving personalized win-back offers on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with one subscriber getting a 30% discount ($16.09 vs $22.99 monthly) after repeatedly canceling and resubscribing over two years. Other users have shared similar discounted offers, including an $18 rate for 12 months on a secondary Xbox account.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-09
MS NOW, formerly MSNBC, is rolling out a subscription program called Membership that aims to convert casual viewers into paying fans centered on its on-air talent, including Chris Hayes, Stephanie Ruhle and Rachel Maddow. Network president Rebecca Kutler said the offering followed a survey of 18,000 people before finalizing the plan, which she discussed in an interview ahead of the launch.
wired.com
· 2026-09-09
A randomized controlled trial across 243 French high schools and 9,628 students tested giving teenagers a free one-year digital subscription to a major national newspaper and running media-literacy classes taught by teachers. Researchers tracked actual online reading behavior and found subscriptions sharply increased news consumption and even led some students to pay for subscriptions on their own nearly a year later. Students in poorer schools showed the biggest knowledge gains, and combining free access with media education produced the strongest literacy improvements, especially with experienced teachers.
cepr.org
· 2026-09-08
A class action lawsuit filed by former FTC attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan accuses Anthropic of misleading Claude Max subscribers about how much extra usage their $100 or $200 monthly plans actually provide. The suit claims Anthropic's '5x' and '20x' usage claims, prominently advertised, are undercut by fine print restricting those multipliers to rolling five-hour windows capped by weekly limits, rather than a straightforward overall usage boost.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-08
LWN, the Linux and open-source news site that has run on a reader-subscription model since 2002, announced its first price increase since early 2022. The new monthly rates rise by about 20%, mirroring US consumer-price inflation over that period, moving to $6, $11, $19 and $55 across its four subscriber tiers. Existing prepaid subscriptions remain valid until they expire, and current monthly subscribers keep the old rate for six more months.
lwn.net
· 2026-09-02
Security researcher Bruce Schneier reported receiving a flood of AI-generated, one-line 'thank you' replies to the confirmation emails his Crypto-Gram newsletter sends to verify subscriptions. The messages came from dozens of throwaway Gmail addresses that never actually completed the subscription process, and none of the senders responded when he replied back.
schneier.com
· 2026-09-01
The FTC, joined by attorneys general from 22 states, filed a lawsuit accusing Amazon of quietly inflating prices in its ad auctions since 2019. Instead of letting the winning bidder pay one cent above the second-highest bid as its auction system promises, the complaint alleges Amazon substituted a higher, internally calculated 'proxy' price to boost its own profits. Regulators estimate this scheme extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers, costs they say were largely pushed onto consumers—an allegation Amazon disputes, calling the suit misguided.
theverge.com
· 2026-08-31
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Work on July 9th as a paid feature for $20+/month subscribers, and it actually comes in two forms: a cloud-based version accessible via chatgpt.com and mobile apps, and a local version built into the desktop app (formerly Codex) that can access files and run programs on a user's computer. The cloud version, described as the more interesting of the two, adds capabilities not found in standard ChatGPT Chat, including selection among multiple models and reasoning-effort levels.
simonwillison.net
· 2026-08-31
Apple has increased subscription prices for Apple TV and Apple One bundles, with some plans rising by as much as 20%. The change affects both standalone Apple TV subscribers and those paying for bundled Apple One tiers that combine multiple services.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-08-28
Apple has again raised subscription prices, with Apple TV climbing from $13 to $15 per month and its annual plan jumping 20 percent from $99 to $119. The individual Apple One bundle, which includes Apple TV, Music, Arcade, Fitness+, News+ and iCloud+, rose from $20 to $22 monthly. Existing subscribers get one month's notice before the new rates take effect.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-08-28
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