Hackers hit EA, steal source code for FIFA 21 and more

From CNET: Hackers tapped into servers at Electronic Arts on Thursday, making off with key game files for popular titles, including FIFA 21. The data is now reportedly up for sale on the dark web.

The hackers claim to have made off with 780GB of data from EA servers, including the source code for...

ASUS Launches Gaming Laptops with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and 3050 Ti

From ASUS Press Release: ASUS today launched the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUs and are offered in a diverse family of ROG and TUF Gaming notebooks, making RTX enhancements and performance available to a wider audience than ever before.

The ROG and TUF Gaming...

JBS paid $11M in Bitcoin to resolve ransomware cyberattack

From CNET: One of the biggest meat producers in the US paid an $11 million ransom to cybercriminals responsible for temporarily knocking out processing plants last week, the company said Wednesday.

JBS USA made the payment to avoid further disruption to production and to limit the impact on...

Bitcoin is now legal tender in El Salvador

From CNET: In a supermajority vote by its Congress, El Salvador has become the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. On Wednesday morning, President Nayib Bukele sent the bill to Congress, where the measure passed the legislature with 62 of the body's 84 votes. News of the move boosted...

Elgato Launches Stream Deck 5.0 App Update

From Corsair Press Release: Elgato today announced the launch of Stream Deck 5.0, a major app update that introduces the Stream Deck Store, an online distribution platform for plugins, icon packs, tutorial videos, and pro tips, plus thousands of royalty-free music tracks and sound effects. Stream...

Adobe launches M1 Mac-native versions of Lightroom Classic and more

From The Verge: Adobe is now shipping new versions of more Creative Cloud apps that run natively on Apple silicon Macs. Lightroom Classic, Illustrator, and InDesign have all been updated for the M1 processor, and Adobe says that you can expect average performance boosts of up to 80 percent across...

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