Month: June 2025
The Nintendo Switch 2 launch mania makes me miss the early iPhone launch days
The Nintendo Switch 2 launch is upon us, full of sound and fury, signifying the clickity-clack of a million Joy-Cons, and I’m rather enjoying it. There aren’t many tech gadgets that generate this kind of buzz, though I guess Nintendo can be depended on to create it. I still remember…
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Elon Musk discovers Trump doesn’t stay bought
I have been watching, with some grim amusement, Elon Musk discovering the limits of being just another political donor. While he was at DOGE, he literally could control the Treasury and DOD — he effectively had the IT reins of the entire country, and could simply gut things he hated…
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Apple ordered to keep web links in the App Store
Apple will have to continue allowing web links and external payment options in the App Store after its request to halt a judge’s order was rejected today by a higher court. In April, a federal judge demanded that Apple begin allowing web links, cease restricting how links are formatted, and…
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James Bond game 007 First Light gets first trailer
Sony’s showcase had a pleasant surprise: the debut trailer for 007 First Light. The James Bond game — which has some definite Uncharted vibes — doesn’t have a release date, but is slated to launch sometime in 2026. And while it was announced at a PlayStation event, the debut trailer…
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PlayStation reveals a new arcade-style fighting stick
PlayStation has announced Project Defiant, an arcade-style fighting stick that looks like it’ll be perfect to use with the newly announced Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection. Sony teased the device during the State of Play on Wednesday before revealing more details in a blog post, which says the controller will let…
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Malware affiliate pyramid scheme is shuttered by US feds: here’s how to keep safe
FBI’s huge Qakbot bust only paused the malware’s reign; it returned stronger and stealthier Qakbot’s new spam bomb attacks trick employees into unleashing ransomware inside their own companies Despite billions seized, the Qakbot mastermind remains free in Russia, far from US law enforcement In a major cybercrime crackdown, the FBI…
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