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IsHollow Knight: Silksongtoo hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”

IsHollow Knight: Silksongtoo hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”

The Ars Difficulty Matrix™ helps us analyze the many dimensions of Silksong’s challenges.

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Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases

Gmail reorganizes its order-tracking and promotion filters ahead of the holiday season.

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The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware

The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware

And new countries are linked to the dangerous software.

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HBO Max is “way underpriced,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says

HBO Max is “way underpriced,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says

People used to pay $55 a month for TV, Zaslav recalls.

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Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”

Wyden says default use of RC4 cipher led to last year’s breach of health giant Ascension.

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One of Google’s new Pixel 10 AI features has already been removed

One of Google’s new Pixel 10 AI features has already been removed

The Pixel 10 Daily Hub has vanished, but Google says it will come back when it’s ready.

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Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.

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Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools

Spotify sent a warning to stop data sales, but developers say they never got it.

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Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic

Microsoft will end OpenAI’s exclusive hold on its productivity suite, adding second AI supplier.

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