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MailerLite cuts free tier to 250 subs, deadline Aug 13
The free plan lost half its subscriber cap and about 80% of its send volume, and over-limit accounts get locked out of sending and editing after August 13.
The vendor you never signed with had a key to your CRM
A dead 2022 credential at a sales-intelligence company you have probably never heard of exposed CRM records belonging to customers of LastPass, Snyk, Gong, Jamf and dozens more.
Copilot's flat rate is gone. The $10 price tag isn't.
GitHub Copilot now meters most AI features against a monthly credit pool that doesn't roll over — the sticker price held, but what it buys is now variable.
Atlassian ties your AI data control to what you pay
From August 17, Jira and Confluence content feeds Atlassian's AI by default on cheap plans — and only Enterprise can refuse metadata collection at all.
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