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Apple has laid down some new rules governing the use of APIs on its App Store in the name of preserving user privacy. The change means developers will be required to provide a reason for using data-gathering APIs in their apps, which can determine the identity of a user based on information about their device […]

The Minecraft Malware Prevention Alliance (MMPA) has warned Minecraft players of a new vulnerability that can allow cybercriminals to run remote code and plant malware on victims’ devices. Fortunately, despite being actively exploited, it is an attack that is familiar among the Java community and as such, developers are already well-informed when it comes to […]

Sources report that we can expect Microsoft to premiere a darker (dare I say edgier) look to its proprietary web browser, Microsoft Edge. Now, Edge already has a dark mode, but this new theme will be even darker. At the moment, the dark mode is a combination of grey tones, and apparently it’s due to […]

Our Fast Charge liveblog is a quick round-up of all the day's biggest tech news as it's happening, so you can plug in for a quick firmware update. (Image credit: Oura) Keeping up with the latest tech news can be a fun but energy-sapping challenge, but luckily our Fast Charge liveblog is here to give […]

According to various sources, Nintendo may be gearing up to launch its next console sooner than you may think.  Ever since the Nintendo Switch OLED was released in 2021, we've been wondering when we'll get a Nintendo Switch 2. While we originally theorized that it would be around six years until the next console, placing […]

It's time for your daily dose of Quordle hints, plus the answers for both the main game and the Daily Sequence spin off.  Quordle is the only one of the many Wordle clones that I'm still playing now, around 18 months after the daily-word-game craze hit the internet, and with good reason: it's good fun, […]

Final Fantasy 14's next expansion will be Dawntrail, and it's coming next year. Revealed at this weekend's Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival in Las Vegas, producer and director Naoki Yoshida confirmed that the fifth expansion is set to launch in summer 2024 (or Q3 2024, if you're in the Southern hemisphere and your summer is […]

Classic Korean real-time strategy game, Kingdom Under Fire, has allegedly been “hijacked by a crypto-scam company”. As spotted by Twitterer Tegiminis, Steam player Arsene Lupin – who's on a crusader to “write a review for every game in [their] Steam library” – posted a review on the game's Steam page, reporting that the “future is […]

Hackers have reportedly infected one of the most popular Call of Duty online games with potentially dangerous self-replicating malware. A report by TechCrunch found Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had been targeted by a worm that was able to spread automatically in online lobbies. The game, which was released in 2009 but still counts […]

Intel’s upcoming processor ranges are all on track for launch – or even ahead of their planned schedule – the chip giant has assured us. That’s according to what we were told in Intel’s earnings call for its Q2 2023 results, as Wccftech spotted. Intel’s CEO Pat Gelsinger let us know: “I am pleased to […]