Last month, Apple’s VP of software technology, Bud Tribble,participated in a U.S. Senate hearingon mobile privacy. Although the conference was focused on consumer location tracking, at one point the conversation turned to Apple’s App Store policies. The senate expressed their disappointment with the Cupertino company for allowing applications like Fuzz Alert in their App Store, andgave Apple a monthto do something about it… What do you know? A month later, and multiple media outlets are reporting that Apple has just updated their App Store Review Guidelines with a few amendments....

Rumor has it that Apple is considering taking drastic measures to reverse declining music sales. Billboard says the company is looking into several options, including giving its iTunes store a‘drastic’ overhaul, opening up iTunes toAndroid users, and launching an on-demand streaming music service. Apple may also be planning to add high-resolution audio to its digital library soon as part of its turnaround efforts, according to music blogger Robert Hutton. Citing sources familiar with the company’s plans, Hutton says the iPhone-maker could launch new hi-res music downloads as early asWWDC…...

Apple is going to releaseiOS 14.6andiPadOS 14.6to the public very soon. Ahead of that, though, the final release candidate has been seeded to developers. Apple will have a pretty quick turnaround for the latest update to iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 when it’s all said and done. The company onlyseeded the third betaof both mobile operating systems earlier this month, and it looks like the public launch is essentially right around the corner....

Apple is currently working on a new file format for itsiCloudservice, according to reports. Writing forThe Guardian, Charles Arthur cites sources with “inside knowledge” and claims that Apple is set to bring a new format to the music world which will allow for adaptive streaming of music from iCloud, with the quality being altered depending on the playback method. Apple’s iTunes in the Cloud andiTunes Matchboth rely on music being stored on servers owned by the technology company....

Best Place To Find A Wii? At The Midnight Launch For SSBB A while back I told you guys thatSam’s Clubwas going to take pre-orders for Super Smash Bros. What was interesting is that they also decided to do a midnight launch for the game with at least 20 Wiis in stock at each location. I’ve been itching to get myself a Wii for a while now, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity....

Can An Apache Helicopter Fly Upside Down? The Apache helicopter isone of the most feared military helicoptersin the world, and with good reason.The Apache has a top speedof 186 mph, it’s armed to the teeth with a multitude of missiles, rockets, and ballistic weaponry, and it’s incredibly maneuverable, especially compared to other, much simpler helicopters. There’s a reasonthe United States has as many Apache helicoptersin its arsenal as it does: they’re quite effective, to say the least....

CD Projekt Red has recast Ciri’s voice actress with the new thespian taking over the role inThe WitcherIV The Game Awards 2024 announcement trailer. Jo Wyatt, who voiced Geralt’s protege, in The Witcher 3 isn’t returning to the role in the sequel as Ciri takes over the series as the main protagonist. A New Voice for Ciri Some eagle-eared viewers of therecent The Witcher IV trailerduring The Game Awards may have noticed that Ciri’s voice sounds different....

Dead Rising Deluxe Remastertakes us back to the game that started it all, now with a brand new coat of paint thanks to the RE Engine, revamped controls, quality-of-life features, and a lot more. This remaster is closer to a remake in terms of its uplift and has introduced a new modern control scheme as well. Here are the complete Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster controls, whether you’re playing on a controller or keyboard and mouse....

In thefirst partof this 2 part article, we took a look at all the aspects of Demon’s Souls that served to draw players in. This part of the article will build upon what was discussed there and look towards the future on how those design philosophies could be expanded for a future Souls game. Combining Aspects of Previous Games, Could FromSoftware Create the Perfect Souls Game? Quite possibly, yes. Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, and Bloodborne have each had mechanics, weapon concepts, movesets, and level designs that worked incredibly well, but each and every one of these titles also had significant drawbacks that encumbered other aspects of the game....

Jordan Peeleis just getting started. The filmmaker behindGet OutandUshas just signed a new five-year deal at Universal Pictures, which will see him write, direct and produce his next two movies for the studio. It will also see his Monkeypaw Productions company produce original movies, providing other filmmakers a platform to tell their stories. It’s said they will focus on " high-level content that transcends genre." With just two movies, Jordan Peele has asserted himself as one of the most bankable, original storytellers in Hollywood....

Don’t Throw Away Your Broken Switch Controllers, Nintendo Might Fix Them For Free Nintendo will be repairingSwitch gaming consolesaffected by the Joy-Con drift issues with its detachable controllers without any cost, as long as you live in Europe. Nintendo announced yesterday that will offer free repair services for malfunctioning Joy-Con controllers with the “drifting” issue, which causes the control sticks to register an input even when users are not physically interacting with it....

Sinister fishing RPG Dredge sees you captaining a small trawler around a group of islands that seem idyllic by day and then anything but at night. Fishing and dredging allow you to raise funds and find the gear you need to improve your boat, but it’s the characters that bring the game to life. These include four shadowy figures who can really help you out if you help them first. Here we’ve put together our hooded Figure guide for Dredge, including tactics and location for each....

Today marks the one-year anniversary of miHoYo’s highly successful role-playing game,Genshin Impact. With what was supposed to be a day of celebration amidst the game’s fanbase and its developers, Genshin fans have turned to their Google Play stores and iOS Apple stores to down-vote the game’s rating instead. Genshin Impact’s fans are highly upset, to say the least, in regards to the game’s rewards that the developers gave to players to celebrate its one-year anniversary....