Will Shanklin

photo of The European Union is investigating Meta’s election policies image The EU has officially opened a significant investigation into Meta for its alleged failures to remove election disinformation. While the European Commission’s statement doesn’t explicitly mention Russia, Meta confirmed to Engadget the EU probe targets the country’s Doppelganger campaign, an online…

Ubisoft promises “the same experience as the console version,” which we enjoyed. The newest Assassin's Creed game will soon arrive on iPhone and iPad.

photo of Assassin’s Creed Mirage finally arrives on June 6 for iPhone and iPad image The newest Assassin’s Creed game will soon arrive on iPhone and iPad. Assassin’s Creed Mirage, the 2023 installment that takes you to ninth-century Baghdad, will be available on June 6 for the iPhone 15 Pro series and iPads with an M-series chip. Ubisoft says the mobile version of the AAA title offers…

Block appears to be squarely in the government’s sights. Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York are reportedly probing extensive compliance lapses at the parent company of Square and Cash App.

It turns out the lay of today's AI landscape can be traced back to — what do you know — fear, jealousy and intense capitalist ambition.

photo of Microsoft’s OpenAI partnership was born from Google envy image It turns out the lay of today’s AI landscape can be traced back to — what do you know — fear, jealousy and intense capitalist ambition. Emails revealed in the Department of Justice’s antitrust case against Google, first reported by Business Insider, show Microsoft executives expressing alarm and envy…

Apple and Google started supporting them in 2022. Microsoft is celebrating World Password Day (IT folks deserve holidays, too!) by helping to kill them.

The AUD 8.99 plan is likely an answer to Spotify's recent audiobook push.

Until the company issues a fix, the only workaround is to skip or uninstall it.

photo of Microsoft’s latest Windows security updates might break your VPN image Microsoft says the April security updates for Windows may break your VPN. (Oops!) “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update (KB5036893) or the April 2024 non-security preview update,” the company wrote in a status update. It’s working on a fix.…