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One of the new games that launched inside Fortnite last week, Psyonix's Rocket Racing, made waves for the wrong reasons when its slate of cosmetics came with extra-steep prices--but that's about to change, because Epic is permanently adjusting the prices downward on all Rocket Racing cars.The uncommon (green) rarity cars will now cost 1,500 V-Bucks, down from 2,500, and the rare (blue) ones are going from 4,000 V-Bucks down to 2,500. The only rare car currently in the shop, the Diesel, was technically the…

Apple has released security updates for iPhones, iPads and Macs to patch against two vulnerabilities, which the company says are being actively exploited to hack people. The technology giant rolled out new software updates, iOS and iPadOS 17.1.2, and macOS 14.1.2, following a vulnerability disclosure by security researchers at Google’s Threat Analysis Group, which investigates government-backed cyberattacks. In the updates rolled out Thursday, Apple said it fixed two vulnerabilities in WebKit, the browser engine that…

Lately, Marvel has been sinking into plotholes of its own making and it is planning to temporarily shift (not fix or resolve) one of its errors with Deadpool 3’s release in 2024. Just like the many levels of hype Deadpool 3 has crossed — with it joining the MCU to bringing Hugh Jackman in as Wolverine to giving him a comic book-accurate costume — its release date has shuffled around just as much. But both the writers’ strike and the SAG-AFTRA strike are now over, allowing the film to complete its production without…

Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic? Javier Bardem as Galactus? You thought those Fantastic Four casting reports were crazy. Try this one on for size: Anya Taylor-Joy as Silver Surfer. OK, let’s establish some context. Insider Daniel “RPK” Richtman has shared that Taylor-Joy is being eyed by Marvel Studios to play a female villain role in the upcoming Fantastic Four reboot. Although the scooper doesn’t necessarily specify which part she’s allegedly up for, this news comes just days after it was widely rumored that Silver…

Cities: Skylines II developer Colossal Order is delaying the city building simulation’s expansion roadmap. After numerous complaints about the PC game’s performance (and the delay of console versions until 2024), the team decided to pause rapid patches, digging instead into more time-consuming performance and bug fixes. CEO Mariina Hallikainen apologized for the delay in a blog post, explaining, “We must not rush new content out before the base is ready for it.”The development delay pushes most Cities: Skylines II…

Andy Boxall / Digital Trends When Android 7.0 Nougat arrived in 2016, Google introduced a new seamless update system that allowed users to keep using their devices while the update was installed in the background. Down the road, Google made it mandatory for all smartphone makers, and it’s most prevalent on Google’s own Pixel smartphones. But the system was not without its fault — even on the latest Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro devices. Now, it seems like the latest Android 14 QPR update has considerably sped things…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has been fielding a fair few questions recently from federal agencies about the dangers of his ChatGPT chatbot. Unfortunately, he just lost his trust and safety head.Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi (Getty Images)ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is going through a bit of a shakeup. The company is adding more features that will help the chatbot remember instructions, though developers will also be spending a lot more time making sure the current version of the company’s precious language model is working as intended. But…

The Neopets Team has huge plans for the once-beloved virtual pet website in hopes that it could finally catch up with the times. In a lengthy post on Medium, the team has announced that a new Neopets website is coming on July 20th. It'll still live on the same URL, but it'll contain all the brand's announcements and links to all its different games and products. The people behind the revamp are currently trying to resolve bugs and mobile browser compatibility issues. They're also exploring the use of Ruffle, a Flash…

Ads in the Today tab on the App Store for your iPhone will finally be getting a redesign to make them more approachable and less of an eyesore when reading through the tab's curated content.On a new post on its Apple Search Ads site, Apple shows the ad will instead just have an icon, the title, and a brief description in a rounded green box to better tell you that it's an ad.Since the Apple Store was first announced in 2008, there were no ads to be found as you browsed it until ads were announced in May 2021 as Search…

Apple's iOS 17 update is now official after a bumper WWDC 2023 event that saw new hardware also unveiled. But while the Vision Pro headset is getting all of the attention there is still plenty going on in the world of the iPhone.The iOS 17 update brings with it a number of quality-of-life improvements and a new Journal app looks set to help people be more mindful and put a bigger focus on their wellbeing.But one of the more notable improvements to iOS 17 is something we'll all use multiple times every day — Apple says we…