Iran’s government says it shut down internet to protect against cyberattacks
The government cited the recent hacks on Bank Sepah and cryptocurrency exchange Nobite as reasons to shut down internet access to virtually all Iranians.
X app code points to a physical card coming to X Money
X’s plans for a payments service may extend beyond the digital realm, new data suggests. According to findings from mobile app intelligence firm App Sensa, the X app has been…
Character.AI taps Meta’s former VP of business products as CEO
Karandeep Anand comes to Character.AI with experience running advertising products that reached billions of users on Meta’s apps.
Startups Weekly: Fast and furious
Some startups accrued value at lightning speed this week, and we got confirmation that defense tech is red hot.
Qilin Ransomware Adds “Call Lawyer” Feature to Pressure Victims for Larger Ransoms
The threat actors behind the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme are now offering legal counsel for affiliates to put more pressure on victims to pay up, as the cybercrime group intensifies…
Terraria Invades Palworld Later This Month
Terraria is coming to the world of Palworld with a major update. The update will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and PC on June 25, developer Pocketpair announced…
Sprite + Tea Review: This Crap Needs To Be Outlawed
When I first heard about the actually real product Sprite + Tea, I was intrigued. I like tea. I like Sprite. In fact, I’d go as far as to say…
I’ve already found the best fishing game in Steam’s Fishing Fest, Scale the Depths, which lets you feed fish to Nessie in Loch Ness and hunt for the mythic Beithir
I love a good fishing game, which may be a controversial opinion for the PC Gamer team, but I stand by my convictions. Fishing is a nice, calming experience that…
Trump extends TikTok sale deadline in the US yet again, leaving the whole situation feeling ‘less like a ticking clock and more like a looped ringtone… political Groundhog Day’
US President Donald Trump has once again pushed back a deadline requiring TikTok to be sold by its Chinese owner, Bytedance. Last year the US passed a law requiring either…
Six Things I Wish I Knew Before Setting Up My Switch 2
You wake up at 1 am to score a pre-order. You put yourself in manageable debt to finance it. You confirm the card on file is valid when it ships.…