Spend any amount of time playing video games these days and you’re bound to run into some form of DRM. Whether it’s forced updates, online-checks, or something else, games aren’t as easy to play on ...

Simply mentioning the name “Denuvo” among some gamers is pretty much guaranteed to get you an instant, strong reaction. Just look at the comment threads underneath any Ars article covering Denuvo and ...

The W3C’s endorsement of the DRM-like Encrypted Media Extensions is a terrible move. The EME spec restricts what can be viewed on web browsers. Last week, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)—the ...

Denuvo has proven to be a bit of a problematic DRM for video games. We found several instances in the past where when a game crack is released, the version of the game that removes Denuvo DRM has a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When a lot of people bought Diablo III the one thing they didn't think about was that they didn't ...

DRM, or Digital Rights Management, lets publishers control how you use the software or content you buy or subscribe to. DRM is commonly seen in music, such as in downloaded tracks from streaming ...

Thankfully for Kindle fans, Amazon is rolling back some of those changes, and will be bringing back the ability to download e-books as EPUB files in early 2026. However, not all e-books will be ...