A hot potato: Psyonix in its latest update for the popular soccer-with-cars game Rocket League has done away with the title’s loot box-like Crates, replacing them with Blueprints that can build items in exchange for credits. The decision isn't being universally accepted, however, as many are upset with the new pricing structure.

Players will notice that any crates that remained in their inventory have now been converted into Blueprints. Similarly, Keys have been converted into credits based on the following conversion chart

Facepalm: When you think of the hobbies that US politicians might pursue, gaming is probably not at the top of your list. However, it seems that's precisely what US congressmen Duncan Hunter chose to spend part of his money on after swiping a sizable chunk of his campaign funds for personal purchases.

The congressman has been under investigation for these allegations for a couple of years, but now, he's officially pled guilty to them. According to the Department of Justice, Hunter "illegally" converted over $

In brief: The US Justice and Treasury departments want 17 individuals associated with an organization called "Evil Corp" to be brought to justice after they were found to have stolen in excess of $100 million using banking malware. There's even a $5 million reward for information on the hacking group leader, Maksim Yakubets.

When it comes to hacking, the consensus seems to be that Russian hackers are the fastest, managing to move freely through an organization's network only 20 minutes after the

Why it matters: In case you are out of the loop (or are not a parent), TikTok is all the rage with the kids these days. The app lets users share short and sometimes funny music and lip-syncing videos. The company has gotten in hot water over child privacy violations more than one occasion, the latest of which it settled in less than 24 hours.

On Tuesday, a group of parents filed a class-action lawsuit against TikTok for allegedly collecting and exposing the data and personal

Facepalm: Perhaps the one deeming quality of the 2019 Rewind is the fact that YouTube owned up to last year’s blunder and didn’t try to sweep it under the rug or act like it never happened.

YouTube on Thursday published its annual Rewind, a compilation meant to highlight the top trends, videos and personalities that emerged on the platform over the past year. Usually a fun trip down memory lane, last year’s effort was a total flop. In fact, it quickly became the

A hot potato: Apple is reportedly planning to drop the Lightning connector on its highest-end iPhone due for launch in 2021. If true, it would be the first iPhone from Apple to offer a completely wireless experience. How are consumers going to respond to yet another port going away?

The intelligence comes courtesy of a new research note from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo is regarded as one of the top Apple analysts in the industry and is well-connected among component suppliers.

In his

WTF?! It has happened numerous times: a company leaves customer data exposed on the internet, and when discovered, apologizes for the "error" or "launches an internal investigation" and then moves on. When are firms going to get spanked really hard for exposing our personal information?

Analysts at Fidus Information Security , a UK-based penetration testing firm, discovered an Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket unprotected on the internet. The find contained more than 260,000 documents belonging to cell

The big picture: Huawei is one of the biggest losers in the trade war between China and the US, but the company isn't giving up so easily. After seeing its license to buy from and sell to American companies being approved and denied at the whim of political actors, Huawei decided to sue the FCC in hopes of proving that national security concerns were a merely a pretext without evidence.

Last month, the FCC issued a ban order on subsidies for carriers that wanted to use them to purchase network equipment from

In a nutshell: The Federal Communications Commission in 2017 committed up to $4.53 billion in funding over a 10-year period to help bridge the digital divide in rural areas that lacked unsubsidized 4G LTE service. As it turns out, some carriers weren't honest in their self-assessment of coverage.

Carriers interested in receiving funding were required to submit updated coverage maps of their 4G LTE service to help identify areas eligible for Mobility Fund Phase II (MF-II)