Not sure if this is a great innovation or a gateway to chaos, though that’s also been the case with most of Elon Musk’s updates at the platform formerly known as Twitter thus far, so… This week, X has launched new news summaries, powered by its Grok AI engine, which will use X posts to [...]read moreX Adds AI-Generated News Summaries for Premium Subscribers
Social network X is rolling out access to xAI’s Grok chatbot to Premium tier subscribers after Elon Musk announced the expansion to more paid users last month. The company said on its support page that only Premium and Premium+ users can interact with the chatbot in select regions. Last year, after Musk’s xAI announced Grok, [...]read moreX makes Grok chatbot available to premium subscribers
One of the benefits of signing up for Xbox Game Pass is that members get subscription benefits from time to time. Right now, one of those perks is access to YouTube Premium for three months. Game Pass Ultimate members can navigate to the “Perks” tab of their subscription profile to find a page that offers [...]read moreGame Pass Ultimate Subscribers Get Free YouTube Premium Right Now
YouTube is launching a version of Shorts that’s only for members, allowing creators to share short-form videos exclusively with their paying viewers. The new feature gives paying subscribers access to additional content, on top of their current membership perks, which include things like custom emojis, badges, livestreams and more. Members-only Shorts on YouTube could entice [...]read moreYouTube now lets creators share exclusive Shorts with their paying subscribers
One of the perks of the GTA+ subscription is access to a rotating catalog of free games, and now the library has updated with the latest free game. Rockstar’s acclaimed 2010 western Red Dead Redemption is now included with a subscription to GTA+. Not only is the base game included but also the Undead Nightmare [...]read moreRed Dead Redemption Is Now Free For GTA+ Subscribers Alongside These GTA Games
Following Elon Musk’s xAI’s move to open source its Grok large language model earlier in March, the X owner on Tuesday said that the company formerly known as Twitter will soon offer the Grok chatbot to more paying subscribers. In a post on X, Musk announced Grok will become available to Premium subscribers this week, [...]read moreElon Musk says all Premium subscribers on X will gain access to AI chatbot Grok this week
If you’ve not kept up with Backbone lately, we saw its USB-C lineup updated last year for the iPhone 15 series of phones, new controllers, and also had the recent launch of the Backbone One Death Stranding Limited Edition. Backbone also had a special collaboration product with Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile (Free) go up. [...]read moreBackbone One Lightning Controller 2nd Generation Models Now Available, Discount for Backbone+ Subscribers – TouchArcade
Netflix confirms to The Verge that it has begun booting longtime subscribers off their Apple iTunes billing plans, and will require them to pay Netflix directly using a credit card or debit card instead. Earlier today, The Streamable reported that Netflix had begun telling customers in “some territories,” but Netflix representative Momo Zhao confirms to [...]read moreNetflix confirms it’s cutting off Apple billing for grandfathered subscribers
Substack is updating its peer-to-peer recommendation system, the company announced today. With this new update, Substack is helping writers aid other writers in expanding their reach and potentially getting more subscribers and followers, as the company is now allowing writers to curate and share a list of publications for their readers to subscribe to. In [...]read moreSubstack now lets writers curate a ‘network’ of recommended publications for their subscribers