Daily Tech Brief · October 3rd

Storyflo Tech — The Daily Tech Brief · Oct 3, 2026 · 4m

From storyflo. This is your daily audio brief. It's Theo. October 3rd, tech roundup — five stories, here's number one. Let's get into it. First, from XDA Developers. Google AI Plus and free users are losing access to Gemini models, and it's happening very soon. About three months ago, Google offered me a deal for the Plus subscription tier where I got it at a ~75% discount for three months. It was a really good deal for improved storage space, more Gemini usage, and, the most important part for me, access to the Gemini Pro model. Unfortunately, Google has seemingly decided that the Plus…