DF Direct: Nintendo games impress – even without Switch 2

Despite an early warning that no Switch 2 news would be coming at their June conference, the Nintendo Direct was still an enjoyable summer showcase with plenty of exciting titles. We ran our own Digital Foundry Direct special looking at the announcements, with John Linneman and Oliver Mackenzie highlighting some of the most anticipated games … Read more

FTC sues Adobe to make it harder to cancel subscriptions.

If you tilted your ears in a certain direction on Monday, you could detect a huge cheer from the creative class across social media platforms and various Discord servers. That’s because the Federal Trade Commission sued software company Adobe and two of its executives for “deceiving consumers” by all but coercing them “into one-year subscriptions … Read more

USA bans Kaspersky software | WIRED

Russian cybersecurity software firm Kaspersky’s days of operating in the United States are now officially numbered. The Biden administration said Thursday it is barring the company from selling its products to new US-based customers starting July 20, with the company allowed to provide software updates to existing customers until September 29. The ban is the … Read more