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Facepalm: Apple’s iOS 15 (and iPadOS 15 by nature) has been an extremely buggy release. In addition to several flaws that crippled iPhone 13s, the operating system has had at least two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities that Apple engineers had to patch quickly. On Monday, Apple issued an urgent security fix for a zero-day flaw…
Forward-looking: Kernel-level driver-based anti-cheat methods are a concern for privacy-conscious PC gamers, and yet they continue to grow in popularity across an increasingly wide variety of new and existing titles. Valorant was one of the most notorious games to include kernel-level anti-cheat technology known as “Vanguard”, but now, Call of Duty: Warzone and Call of…
The big picture: A report from The New York Times has shed some more light on why Electronic Arts is considering changing the name of its FIFA soccer games. There may be a dispute going on between EA and FIFA over how much the name is worth and what EA should be able to do…
Enlarge / An American Airlines Boeing 787 lands at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.Getty Images | Joshua Olson American Airlines and Southwest Airlines said they will not comply with the Texas governor’s ban on vaccine mandates, saying that the US vaccine mandate for federal contractors takes precedence. Both airlines are headquartered in Texas. “We are…
These lawsuits will never end — Epic swapped Google Play IAPs in 2020, but the contract says it couldn’t do that. Ron Amadeo – Oct 13, 2021 4:52 pm UTC Epic Games Epic Games keeps piling up lawsuits with app store owners. This time, Google is countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Epic signed contracts…
Battlefield 2042’s beta had all the frantic action you’d expect, when it was working. The beta’s only map was Orbital, a massive peninsula. DICE Loadouts and the deployment screen are relatively unchanged from previous games. DICE The Frostbite engine makes for some pretty scenery. DICE Specialists like the engineer (who can place an automated turret…
In brief: Smartphone vendors have been in a constant state of flux as it relates to shipments over the past several quarters. But when it comes to revenue and profit, Apple has firmly established itself as the market leader. Counterpoint Research in its latest market report has charted manufacturers’ progress in shipments, revenue and profit…
Highly anticipated: Bethesda has long been the dominant player in the first-person RPG genre thanks to titles like Skyrim, Morrowind, and Fallout 4 but no king rules forever. Obsidian challenged Bethesda’s dominance with the release of The Outer Worlds in 2019, and it seems keen to do so again with the upcoming Avowed: its first…
In brief: The latest audio eyewear is coming from Anker or, more specifically, its Soundcore sub-brand. Whether or not you like the concept, device manufacturers are banking on it to become a popular wearable in the coming years, even if it’s not quite as futuristic or intriguing as, say, augmented reality glasses. Anker is the…