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There has been an ongoing debate regarding gaming features like loot boxes. Some are calling it gambling, while others claim that it isn’t, and perhaps to avoid further controversy, EA has announced that they will be temporarily suspending Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s microtransaction feature.

According to EA, “We’ve heard the concerns about potentially giving players unfair advantages. And we’ve heard that this is overshadowing an otherwise great game. This was never our intention. Sorry we didn’t get this right.” To that end the publisher has decided that microtransactions will not be a feature available for the game at this time.

The company adds, “We hear you loud and clear, so we’re turning off all in-game purchases. We will now spend more time listening, adjusting, balancing and tuning. This means that the option to purchase crystals in the game is now offline, and all progression will be earned through gameplay. The ability to purchase crystals in-game will become available at a later date, only after we’ve made changes to the game.”

No word on when it will be brought back, but gamers who have felt that this was an unfair system will be pleased to learn that everything can now be earned in-game through the good old fashioned way. In the meantime it also looks like Sledgehammer has delayed its own microtransaction feature for Call of Duty: WWII for a week albeit for a different reason.

EA Temporarily Suspends Star Wars: Battlefront 2’s Microtransactions , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

A couple of weeks ago, Amazon announced Amazon Key. This is basically a system that allows a courier to enter your home and leave your package in your home, which means that even if you’re not home you will still receive your packages as promised. This will cut down on delivery delays and also theft of packages when left on the front door.

If that wasn’t a little dubious already, security researchers at Rhino Security Labs have discovered a flaw in Amazon Key that could allow a courier to disable the Amazon Cloud Cam, which means that they could essentially turn off the security camera and rob you and you wouldn’t have any video evidence of that.

According to Ben Caudill, the founder of Rhino Security Labs, it pretty much renders the whole system moot as the Cloud Cam is what Amazon is trying to reassure customers will help keep an eye on things. That being said, Amazon has since told WIRED that they perform comprehensive background checks on drivers, and with every delivery connected to a driver, they can verify when a driver is at a location and are who they say they are before unlocking the door for them.

They also state that they will be issuing an update that will be able to quickly notify customers if their camera goes offline during a delivery. “Later this week we will deploy an update to more quickly provide notifications if the camera goes offline during delivery.”

Flaw Found In Amazon Key That Could Disable The Cloud Cam , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

As it stands, Apple relies on components from both Qualcomm and Intel for the iPhone’s modem, but according to a report from Fast Company, it seems that future iPhones could use Intel’s hardware more or less exclusively. The report claims that Apple is working with Intel on 5G hardware for future iPhones.

Now you might be thinking that this could have something to do with the lawsuit that Apple and Qualcomm are embroiled in, and while that might have been the reason suggested in an earlier report, Fast Company’s report has indicated that this is purely for professional reasons, and that Intel is apparently willing to meet Apple’s needs when it comes to customizing their components in a way that Qualcomm will not.

The report also claims that Intel currently has a “small army” working on 5G hardware in order to catch up to the competition. Prior to this, there were reports that said that the iPhone would not offer its users gigabit download speeds, and apparently this had to do with the limitations in Intel’s hardware, which meant that even if Qualcomm’s hardware could hit those speeds, Apple would have artificially limited them to ensure an even user experience across the board.

That being said, none of this is official information for now so obviously it should be taken with a grain of salt, but we suppose we will find out in future teardowns if Apple has indeed decided to go with Intel for 5G hardware.

Apple Reportedly Working With Intel On 5G Hardware For Future iPhones , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

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