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A city official said the building management company wouldn’t turn the heat off in a senior housing facility despite outdoor temperatures reaching the 90s.

Hinting at a tone unlike anything we’ve seen in the Star Wars universe, the Andor teaser gave us an exciting glimpse into the future of the franchise, by way of its past. One element of that is Andor’s score, composed by Nicholas Britell (Succession). From the chilling ringing of bells rhythmically rooting its story…

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“He wanted to be an officer to protect and serve people — and not like the officers here in Uvalde.”

FromSoftware says it’s one step closer to restoring the PC servers for its Dark Souls games, months after the discovery of a remote code execution exploit forced the studio to take them offline.

“We are currently in the process of restoring the online servers for the Dark Souls series on PC,” FromSoftware told PC Gamer. “We plan to restore online service for each game progressively, bringing back servers for Dark Souls 3 once we complete the necessary work to correct the problem.”

From did not say precisely when it would start bringing its servers back online but promised to share additional details as soon it settled on a final schedule. In a statement Dark Souls publisher Bandai Namco later shared with The Verge, the company clarified the restoration process would start with Dark Souls 3. “We want to thank all our players for your patience and understanding as we work to fix this issue,” From said.

The statement follows FromSoftware’s February 9th announcement that it had identified the cause of the remote exploit issue. At the time, the studio said the PC servers for Dark Souls would remain offline until after the February 25th release of Elden Ring. From’s latest game has had online issues as well. In March, hackers found an exploit that could force PC players into an endless death loop. Thankfully, From swiftly dealt with the problem that same month.

Cydia’s antitrust case against Apple can move forward, according to Reuters. On Thursday, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, the same judge that oversaw the case between Apple and Epic Games, ruled Cydia’s creator, Jay “Saurik” Freeman, could present his claim against the company after rejecting a bid by Apple to dismiss the complaint.

Freeman first sued Apple at the end of 2020, alleging the company had an “illegal monopoly over iOS app distribution.” Judge Gonzalez Rogers dismissed Cydia’s initial complaint against Apple, ruling the suit fell outside the statute of limitations. But she also granted Freeman leave to amend his case, which is what he did. In its latest complaint, Cydia argues that iOS updates Apple released between 2018 and 2021 constituted “overt” acts that harmed distributors like itself. That’s a claim Judge Gonzalez Rogers found credible enough to explore.

“To the extent plaintiff’s claims rely on Apple’s technological updates to exclude Cydia from being able to operate altogether, those claims are timely,” the judge said in her ruling.

Cydia is seeking damages from Apple (the company stopped processing purchases in 2018) and hopes to force the tech giant to open iOS to third-party payments and app distributors. Opening the App Store to more competition is something US lawmakers are considering as well, with the Senate Judiciary Committee recently advancing the Open App Markets Act. If enacted, the law would force Apple to allow sideloading on iOS and prevent the company from locking developers into its payments system.