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Products · NewsMeta's commercial terms for October 30: the AI-training crawling clause it rewrote, and what still appliesMeta's new commercial terms, effective October 30, 2026, let it crawl websites linked to business accounts. After publishers objected, Meta removed the word 'train' on October 17 and limited the clause to its ads and business products. What changed, who it covers and what's still unclear.Oct 18·5 min read

Products · ExplainerCharacter.AI files for bankruptcy: what happens to the app, your chats and the Disney dealCharacter.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on October 12, 2026, with Disney as the $20 million opening bidder for a license to its technology. Is the app down, are subscriptions still running, and what happens to your chats and characters in the sale?Oct 16·9 min read

Products · ExplainerWhy is Claude 18+? Anthropic's age rule, how accounts get flagged as minors, and how to get back inWhy is Claude 18+? Anthropic's consumer terms require Claude users to be adults, and the company disables accounts its systems think belong to minors. Here's how flags happen, what the Yoti age check involves, and the documented ways to unlock a wrongly flagged account.Oct 16·7 min read

Products · GuideChatGPT Ads Manager for advertisers: pricing, minimum spend, formats, targeting and the APIA guide to ChatGPT Ads Manager for advertisers: who can sign up, how CPM and CPC pricing and the $25 minimum daily budget work, which ad formats and targeting exist, what's banned, and what the Ads API does. Built from OpenAI's Help Center, ad policies and developer docs, checked October 16, 2026.Oct 16·9 min read

Products · ExplainerCharacter.AI alternatives after the bankruptcy: what to switch to, age rules, and how to export your chats firstLooking for a Character.AI alternative after its October 12, 2026 bankruptcy filing? Export your chats first, since it takes three to four weeks. Then compare five options on what their official pages say about age limits, data export, pricing and availability.Oct 16·8 min read

Products · ExplainerAds in ChatGPT explained: who sees them, how targeting works and how to turn them offChatGPT ads have run on the Free and Go plans since February 9, 2026, and OpenAI is about to test visual ads during image generation. How ChatGPT ads work, what data targets them, how to limit or remove them, and what The Information reports about OpenAI cutting ad prices.Oct 16·7 min read

Products · NewsGPT-Live-1.1 and Grok Voice 3.0: what's new in ChatGPT Voice and xAI's voice APIOpenAI began rolling out GPT-Live-1.1 and a smaller GPT-Live-1.1 Quip in ChatGPT Voice on October 15, 2026, with 13 new voices and better accents. A day earlier, xAI released Grok Voice 3.0 in its Voice Agent API at an unchanged $0.08 a minute.Oct 16·5 min read

Products · NewsApple HomeView and HomePod mini 2: price, release dates, Siri AI and why HomeView skips the EUApple announced the $299 HomeView smart display and the $149 HomePod mini 2 on October 13, 2026. HomeView ships November 13 with Siri AI in beta; HomePod mini 2 arrives October 30 but gets Siri AI only in a later update. HomeView won't be sold in the EU.Oct 14·5 min read

Products · ExplainerChatGPT plans compared (October 2026): Free, Go, Plus, Pro 100/200/500, Business and Enterprise prices and limitsChatGPT now has eight price points, from $0 to the $500 Pro 500 plan. Prices, models, Work and Codex allowances, dots, Ultrafast and context windows for every ChatGPT plan, from OpenAI's own pages, as of October 12, 2026.Oct 13·7 min read

Products · NewsClaude Max and Team API credits: how the free $100–$500 a month worksSince October 7, 2026, Claude Max subscribers get $100 or $200 a month in Claude API credits and Team plans get up to $500 pooled. Who qualifies, how to claim them, what they cover (not interactive Claude Code), and when they expire.Oct 13·5 min read

Products · GuideHow to use Claude in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides: setup, admin controls and limitsClaude for Google Workspace entered public beta on October 6, 2026, for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. How to install the add-on, open the sidebar, use connectors, roll it out as an admin, and what it can't do.Oct 13·7 min read

Products · ExplainerWhat happened to Sora? OpenAI's shutdown timeline, why it closed, and what happens to your videosOpenAI announced Sora's end on March 24, 2026, closed the app and website on April 26 and shut the Sora API on September 24. Here's the timeline, the reasons OpenAI and reporters gave, how to export your videos, and where to go instead.Oct 13·6 min read

Products · ExplainerGemini-powered Siri explained: what shipped in iOS 27, what Google actually does, and what's still comingSiri AI arrived as an English-only beta in iOS 27 on September 14, 2026, built on Apple models developed with Google's Gemini. Where it stands in October: who can use it, how much Gemini is really inside, and what Apple hasn't delivered yet.Oct 13·7 min read

Products · NewsClaude Dashboards and Claude Motion launch in beta; Docs, Slides and Design now free for everyoneOn October 8, 2026, Anthropic launched Claude Dashboards (live data dashboards, paid plans) and Claude Motion (code-built animations, Team and Enterprise) in beta, and took Claude Docs, Slides and Design out of beta on every plan, including Free.Oct 13·5 min read

Products · NewsMidnight Mimosa: Bitdefender finds malware preinstalled in the firmware of cheap Android phones. How to check yoursBitdefender says Midnight Mimosa ships inside the firmware of some low-cost Android phones built on MediaTek chips, including Doogee and Cubot models, and can't be uninstalled. What it does, which phones are named, and how to check yours.Oct 13·5 min read

Products · NewsGemini's new skills are replacing Gems. Here's what changes and whenGoogle's reusable instructions can be built from your chats, called with a slash and combined. Gems for personal accounts go away in November.Oct 9·5 min read

Products · CompareChatGPT vs Gemini for research: deep research, long documents, prices and privacy comparedBoth now write cited research reports. The real differences are how much each plan can read at once, how they handle your PDFs, and what happens to your data.Oct 9·Checked Oct 9

Products · CompareChatGPT vs Claude for coding and writing: plans, models and limits comparedBoth start at $20 and go to $200 or more. We compare the models each plan gets, Codex vs Claude Code, context, limits and what leaderboards show.Oct 9·Checked Oct 9

Products · ExplainerHow Gemini handles a 900-page PDF: the limits, the costs and what long-context benchmarks showOn paper, a 900-page document fits comfortably in Gemini's 1M-token context. Whether it works depends on file size, your plan and what you ask.Oct 9·6 min read

Products · ExplainerThe Claude app, explained: plans, models, Cowork and how usage limits workClaude now covers chat, the Cowork agent, a Chrome extension and Claude Code under one subscription. Here's what each plan gets in October 2026.Oct 9·7 min read

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