What Is Apple One? A Breakdown of Plans, Pricing, and Included Services

[ What if you scored a free trial of Apple TV+ for three months, or you have six free months of Apple Music through an offer you redeemed? Unfortunately, Apple One will cut those free trials down to the standard one-month period, after which you will start to pay the Apple One plan price you … Read more

14 Best Subscription Boxes for Kids (2024): All Ages, STEM, Books, and Snacks

[ Here’s a proposition: Rather than delight your kid once or twice a year with a big, expensive present that will eventually get put aside, why not surprise them with a small, delightful package once a month? I have two kids, a 6-year-old and a 9-year-old. They are thrilled when something arrives in the mail … Read more

What Is Google One? A Breakdown of Plans, Pricing, and Included Services

[ Photograph: Simon Hill In the unlikely event that 2 TB is not enough, you can increase your storage, but the option to upgrade to an even larger plan is available only for current subscribers and in select countries. Here are the plans (no annual discount on the 10-, 20-, or 30-TB plans): 5-TB Plan: … Read more

What Is OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus? Here’s What You Should Know

[ In this scenario, do you still pull the lever and sacrifice the person with the higher Ethical Score to save the five people with lower scores? Or do you allow the trolley to continue on its course, killing the five people with lower scores? This twist adds an extra layer of complexity to the … Read more

HP Wants to Rent You a Printer That It’ll Monitor at All Times

[ HP launched a subscription service Thursday that rents people a printer, allots them a specific amount of printed pages, and sends them ink for a monthly fee. HP is framing its service as a way to simplify printing for families and small businesses, but the deal also comes with monitoring and a years-long commitment. … Read more

ChatGPT vs. Gemini: Which AI Chatbot Subscription Is Right for You?

[ The problem with testing AI chatbot subscriptions like Google’s Gemini Advanced and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Plus is their generality. The same tool is used for disparate applications; the same software service that developers in San Francisco are using to build their latest app might also be used by parents in Kansas to plan a Paw … Read more

Gemini Advanced Is a Central Part of Google’s Subscription Future

[ Google got to where it is mostly by offering free services stuffed with ads, but it has increasingly experimented with a different business model: selling subscriptions for extra perks. Its first subscription offering, debuted in 2006, provided additional photo storage for users who didn’t want to have to hit the delete button. You can … Read more

How to Get Gemini Advanced, Google’s Subscription-Only AI Chatbot

[ Google just upgraded its AI chatbot. Access to the new Gemini Advanced chatbot is available right now through a monthly subscription to Google One, the company’s cloud backup service. With today’s release, there’s a new tier of Google One service called the AI Premium plan, which costs $20 per month; subscribe and you’ll get … Read more

Best Ebook Subscription and Audiobook Services (2023)

[ While an ebook subscription might sound ideal, you should take some time to consider the pros and cons of each one. These digital reading services are often billed as the equivalent of Netflix or Spotify for books, and there are similarities, but ebook subscriptions also have some unexpected restrictions. Content: All ebook subscription services … Read more