March 2025

After a year-long delay, Meta has commenced the rollout of its AI assistant, Meta AI, across Europe. Starting this week, users in 41 European countries and 21 overseas territories can access Meta AI on WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.

For the first time in over a decade, Plex has announced significant price increases for its Plex Pass subscription service, alongside notable changes to its remote streaming policies. These adjustments, effective April 29, 2025, reflect Plex's efforts to adapt to evolving operational costs and user demands.

Intel has released a new graphics driver update, version 32.0.101.6647 WHQL, designed to optimize performance for Assassin's Creed Shadows. This update will provide gamers with an enhanced experience, particularly for those using Intel Arc B-series and A-series graphics cards.

The 32.0.101.6647 WHQL driver includes these:

Microsoft is doing a commendable job when it comes to Windows security. Keeping billions of devices secure is no small feat. Sometimes, however, it appears that someone at Microsoft is pushing the breaks regarding specific vulnerabilities.

Apple’s recently launched Passwords app was vulnerable to phishing attacks for nearly three months before the company quietly patched the issue in a software update.

Apple has lost its appeal against a German regulatory assessment, resulting in heightened antitrust scrutiny within the country. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the Federal Cartel Office's 2023 designation of Apple as a "company of paramount cross-market significance for competition," a status that subjects the tech giant to stricter oversight aimed at curbing potential market dominance.

Atari is bringing classic gaming nostalgia to the smartwatch market with the Atari 2600 My Play Watch, a $79.99 wearable that allows users to play retro games like Pong, Missile Command, Super Breakout, and Centipede directly from their wrists. Designed for both old-school gamers and tech enthusiasts, the device blends classic Atari aesthetics with basic smartwatch features.

Google has introduced two major updates to its Gemini AI assistant: Canvas and Audio Overview, expanding its AI’s capabilities to include real-time coding collaboration and AI-generated podcast-style summaries.

Microsoft is sending out emails to customers who still run the Windows 10 operating system to inform them that support for Windows 10 is ending later this year.

The email begins harmlessly enough: "End of support for Windows 10 is approaching" is displayed in big letters at the top of the email. Below is a button to check the eligibility for an upgrade to Windows 10 and an ad to explore new computers.

Vivaldi browser has been updated to version 7.2. The new version brings a handful of improvements, notably for the address bar, keyboard shortcuts and Vivaldi Mail.