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Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple to crack down on AirTag misuse
Apple plans to introduce a number of changes to make it harder to misuse AirTags to track someone. The button-sized devices are designed to work with Apple's 'Find My' network to locate lost items. The company said its changes to the device will make suspicious tags easier to find, and alert users earlier that an…
Tech Digest daily roundup: New York Times buys Wordle
The New York Times has purchased the popular word game Wordle for an undisclosed seven-figure sum. The free and simple game was created by software engineer Josh Wardle. It was released last October and now boasts millions of players. Mr Wardle said the game's success had been "a little overwhelming", and that he was "incredibly…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple updates safety guide for AirTag
Image: Apple Apple has released an updated safety guide amid ongoing concerns over the company's AirTag devices. The company quietly released the safety portal on Monday. The Personal User Safety Guide offers advice on how people can keep themselves and their data safe. AirTags are designed to locate lost items using…
EE offers 6 months FREE Apple content package
Today, EE has launched an extended Apple content package for new and existing customers, providing six months of free access to Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade. EE’s exclusive content subscription, worth over £175, allows customers to experience over 90 million songs, over 200 games, Apple Originals film and TV shows as well as hundreds…
Leaked images of new Apple iPhone SE 3 revealed
Italian website Pigtou, in collaboration with David from @xleaks7, has printed images and a short video of what it claims is the upcoming Apple iPhone SE 3 2022 based on 3D printed dummy phones. As you see from leaked images, the overall design remains pretty much the same as its predecessor, the iPhone SE 2020.…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Ukraine hit by massive cyber attack
Ukraine has been hit by a "massive cyber attack", knocking a number of key government websites offline and issuing a warning to the public to "expect the worst". The disruption comes at a time of extreme tensions with Russia, which has massed around 100,000 troops at Ukraine's border. Ukrainian cyber police launched an investigation into…
Tech Digest daily roundup: GTA publisher strikes £9.6bn deal with FarmVille
The video games publisher behind Grand Theft Auto has struck a $13bn (£9.6bn) deal for FarmVille owner Zynga in a huge bet on the future of mobile gaming. Take-Two has paved the way for smartphone spin-offs of its biggest console hits by creating one of the industry's largest mobile game publishers with sales of just over…
Tech Digest daily roundup: BMW announces ‘Chameleon Car’
If you have ever grown bored with the colour of your car, then you might like BMW's idea - to change it on a whim. At CES 2022, it showed off how a car's exterior could effectively become ePaper which, when charged with a small electric current, changes colour or creates a pattern. Its "iX…
Apple hoping to revolutionise the tech world with the new AR and VR headsets
Apple is poised to take a brave step into the exciting frontiers of AR (Augmented Reality) and VR (Virtual Reality). In the pipeline are AR and VR headsets, which will be music to the ears of gamers. Apple is set to redesign their ecosystem, and its system will end in rOS. It is suspected that…
TechDigest daily roundup: Apple becomes world’s first $3 trillion company
Apple has become the world’s first company to be valued at $3 trillion as Wall Street bet that the iPhone juggernaut's record run during the pandemic would carry on. Shares climbed by up to 3pc on the first trading day of the new year to send the company’s market value past the milestone. It crossed…