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IST News Brief banner saying ChatGPT Pro limits doubled, with cards for the plans that gained usage and what stays unchanged.AI Automation

OpenAI Doubles ChatGPT Pro Usage Limits, Will Test a Merged Chat and Work

OpenAI doubled Work and Codex limits on its Pro plans and Business Premium on October 29 and says ChatGPT and Codex will soon share one allowance.…

IST News Brief banner about the DebugBear monitoring script hijack with steps for site owners.Website Development

DebugBear Tells Customers to Remove Its Monitoring Script After DNS Hijack

DebugBear asked customers to remove its real user monitoring script after attackers hijacked its DNS and used it against Polymarket users. Here's what changed and what…

IST news brief banner saying Gemini in Slides now edits a whole deck, with notes on what it does and what to check.CRM & Integrations

Gemini in Google Slides Can Now Edit a Whole Deck From One Prompt

Google says Gemini in Slides can now edit several slides or a whole deck from one prompt. Here's who gets it and how we'd test it.

IST News Brief banner reading ChatGPT Ads Now Rewrite Your Ads, with cards on checking settings and landing page risk.SEO

ChatGPT Ads Now Rewrite, Translate and Redirect Ads by Default

OpenAI turned on automatic ad rewriting, translation and landing page changes in ChatGPT Ads by default. Here's who it affects and what to check.

IST News Desk banner reading One Robots.txt Rule for AI Training, with cards on AI answers and old NoArchive tags.SEO

Google and Bing Back a Shared AI Training Control: What Site Owners Should Decide Now

Google and Bing will support a shared robots.txt signal for AI training, and Bing adds a separate setting for AI answers. Here's what site owners should…

IST News Brief banner saying Shopify moves variant editing to the product page, for Plus now and all merchants from December.E-commerce

Shopify Moves Variant Editing Onto the Product Page

Shopify now lets merchants edit, filter and bulk-change variants on the product page. Plus stores can try it now; all merchants get it from December.

IST News Brief banner saying a Drupal Commerce flaw is under active attack and stores should update to 3.3.13 or 2.41.Website Development

Drupal Commerce Core Flaw Under Active Attack: Update to 3.3.13 or 2.41

Drupal says a highly critical access bypass in Commerce Core is being exploited. Stores should update to 3.3.13 or 2.41 today and audit recent orders.

IST News Brief banner reading Gemini Now Edits Docs, Sheets and PDFs, with notes on availability and admin controls.CRM & Integrations

Gemini App Now Creates and Edits Docs, Sheets, Slides and PDFs in Chat

Google says the Gemini app can now generate, preview and edit documents, spreadsheets, slide decks and PDFs right in the chat, for all users. Here's what…

IST News Brief banner reading Reddit Plans a Logged-In-Only Site, with notes on the test markets and the open Google indexing question.SEO

Reddit Plans a Logged-In-Only Site as Google Search Traffic Falls

Reddit told investors on October 29 that it will move to a logged-in-only experience, starting with tests outside the US this quarter. Here's what that could…

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