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Top 5 most-read product stories on TechUpscale this week (Sep 25–Oct 1, 2026)
The week's most-read product stories, led by "Google Play adds team seats and usage-based billing to subscriptions".
BT launches ‘AI from BT’ portfolio with 24/7 AI Receptionist
BT Business says its new AI portfolio and free adoption hub aim to help UK small firms answer calls around the clock and recover revenue lost to missed calls.
BT Group
Threekit launches AI-native CPQ platform for manufacturers
The Chicago company says its configure-price-quote system lets reps, dealers and website visitors describe a need in conversation and receive a rules-checked quote.
Company press releases (PR Newswire)
Rubio says US first-time passport applications move online
The State Department says first-time applicants will be able to complete the entire passport process online, with a redesigned 2028 passport to follow.
US State Department
Meta launches Forum, a standalone app for Facebook Groups
Meta says the app, now downloadable in the US on iOS and Android, syncs a user's Facebook Groups and adds AI-powered search and a new member role.
Meta
Microsoft ships Windows 11 26H2 as small enablement package
Microsoft says the Windows 11 2026 Update installs like a monthly update on eligible 25H2 and 24H2 devices and resets the support lifecycle.
Microsoft
Google Play adds team seats and usage-based billing to subscriptions
Google says Android developers will be able to sell multiple subscription seats in one transaction, meter AI usage and bundle subscriptions with other developers.
Google
Cloudflare launches Threat Signals for all accounts, free
Cloudflare says its new agentic skills turn open-source threat reports into tagged, contextualized indicators that can feed WAF rules, with one RSS feed free per account.
Cloudflare
Cisco Talos launches Executive Threat Detection hunting service
Cisco Talos Incident Response says the retainer-based service runs monthly human-led threat hunts on systems tied to up to 10 executives.
Cisco Talos
AWS adds Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 5.5 to Bedrock and Claude Platform
Amazon Web Services says the new Sonnet model improves coding and knowledge work at a lower cost per task, and is available through two AWS access paths.
Amazon Web Services