# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=115 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 116 --- ## [Supreme Court Rejects Apple Appeal In Patent Fight With VirnetX](https://onehack.st/t/supreme-court-rejects-apple-appeal-in-patent-fight-with-virnetx/71323)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/supreme-court-rejects-apple-appeal-in-patent-fight-with-virnetx/71323 "2020-02-25T12:43:46Z")
New submitter John Trumpian shares a report from Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Apple’s bid to avoid paying about $440 million in damages for using patent licensing firm VirnetX’s internet s… --- ## [How China Is Hunting Down Coronavirus Critics](https://onehack.st/t/how-china-is-hunting-down-coronavirus-critics/71321)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-china-is-hunting-down-coronavirus-critics/71321 "2020-02-25T12:41:42Z")
“As China ramps up efforts to control the narrative around the coronavirus outbreak, it is also expanding its efforts to leverage online platforms to track down people who dare to speak out,” reports Vice. “From track… --- ## [The Perfect Way To Cook Fried Rice, According To Science](https://onehack.st/t/the-perfect-way-to-cook-fried-rice-according-to-science/71319)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-perfect-way-to-cook-fried-rice-according-to-science/71319 "2020-02-25T12:40:28Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Food & Wine Magazine: Fried rice is one of those dishes where the name practically tells you how to make it. But the key to cooking perfect fried rice is in the details: not ju… --- ## [TSA Bans Employees From Using TikTok](https://onehack.st/t/tsa-bans-employees-from-using-tiktok/71318)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/tsa-bans-employees-from-using-tiktok/71318 "2020-02-25T12:36:00Z")
The Transportation Security Administration told employees to stop posting to TIkTok on Sunday, after New York Senator Chuck Schumer raised security concerns about the China-owned app. The Verge reports: The TSA’s anno… --- ## [Jetman | Dubai 🚀](https://onehack.st/t/jetman-dubai/71226)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/jetman-dubai/71226 "2020-02-24T23:08:06Z")
Humans have dreamed of flying ever since the beginning of history and now, this dream is turning into reality. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, the crown prince of Dubai, posted a video of a man fl… --- ## [Safari Will Stop Trusting Certs Older Than 13 Months](https://onehack.st/t/safari-will-stop-trusting-certs-older-than-13-months/71193)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/safari-will-stop-trusting-certs-older-than-13-months/71193 "2020-02-24T15:40:42Z")
“Safari will, later this year, no longer accept new HTTPS certificates that expire more than 13 months from their creation date…” writes the Register. Long-time Slashdot reader nimbius shares their report: The policy… --- ## [Would Star Trek's Transporters Kill and Replace You?](https://onehack.st/t/would-star-treks-transporters-kill-and-replace-you/71192)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/would-star-treks-transporters-kill-and-replace-you/71192 "2020-02-24T15:39:34Z")
chwit1 quotes Syfy Wire: There is, admittedly, some ambiguity about precisely how Trek’s transporters work. The events of some episodes subtly contradict events in others. The closest thing to an official word we hav… --- ## [Oracle's Allies Against Google Include Scott McNealy and America's Justice Department](https://onehack.st/t/oracles-allies-against-google-include-scott-mcnealy-and-americas-justice-department/71191)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/oracles-allies-against-google-include-scott-mcnealy-and-americas-justice-department/71191 "2020-02-24T15:38:16Z")
America’s Justice Department “has filed a brief in support of Oracle in its Supreme Court battle against Google over whether Java should have copyright protection,” reports ZDNet: The Justice Department filed its amic… --- ## [Google Detects Edge Users Visiting Its Sites, Urges Them to Switch to Chrome](https://onehack.st/t/google-detects-edge-users-visiting-its-sites-urges-them-to-switch-to-chrome/71190)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-detects-edge-users-visiting-its-sites-urges-them-to-switch-to-chrome/71190 "2020-02-24T15:36:01Z")
In Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser, Chrome’s extensions “work as good as they work on Chrome browsers,” argues the MS Power User blog. But guess what happens when you use Edge to visit Chrome’s “Web Store” … --- ## [Open Source CPU Architecture RISC-V Is Gaining Momentum](https://onehack.st/t/open-source-cpu-architecture-risc-v-is-gaining-momentum/71188)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/open-source-cpu-architecture-risc-v-is-gaining-momentum/71188 "2020-02-24T15:33:04Z")
The CEO of the RISC-V Foundation (a former IBM executive) touted the open-source CPU architecture at this year’s HiPEAC conference, arguing there’s “a growing demand for custom processors purpose-built to meet the pow… --- ## [Microsoft Reveals More Xbox Series X Specs](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reveals-more-xbox-series-x-specs/71187)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-reveals-more-xbox-series-x-specs/71187 "2020-02-24T15:30:48Z")
Microsoft revealed new details on its next-generation console, text, on Monday morning, confirming specifications on what the company calls its “superior balance of power and speed” for its new hardware. From a report… --- ## [The Benefits Of A Flash Sale](https://onehack.st/t/the-benefits-of-a-flash-sale/71046)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-benefits-of-a-flash-sale/71046 "2020-02-23T13:39:43Z")
It can be a fun experience when you hold a flash sale. The best part is that both the customer and business are both able to share in the fun. What we mean by flash sale is that a specified article is given a discount… --- ## [Russian Trolls Now Just Push Divisive Content Created By Others](https://onehack.st/t/russian-trolls-now-just-push-divisive-content-created-by-others/71041)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/russian-trolls-now-just-push-divisive-content-created-by-others/71041 "2020-02-23T12:05:15Z")
“Americans don’t need Russia’s polarizing influence operations. They are plenty good enough at dividing themselves,” writes the Atlantic’s national security reporter, arguing that “the new face of Russian propaganda” … --- ## [Nonprofit Argues Germany Can't Ratify the 'Unitary Patent' Because of Brexit](https://onehack.st/t/nonprofit-argues-germany-cant-ratify-the-unitary-patent-because-of-brexit/71038)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nonprofit-argues-germany-cant-ratify-the-unitary-patent-because-of-brexit/71038 "2020-02-23T11:56:26Z")
Long-time Slashdot reader zoobab shares this update from the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a Munich-based non-profit opposing ratification of a “Unified Patent Court” by Germany. They argue such a cou… --- ## [Will Low-Code and No-Code Platforms Revolutionize Programming?](https://onehack.st/t/will-low-code-and-no-code-platforms-revolutionize-programming/71036)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 11:49am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/will-low-code-and-no-code-platforms-revolutionize-programming/71036 "2020-02-23T11:49:44Z")
In a new article in Forbes, a Business Technology professor at the Villanova School of Business argues that the way we build software applications is changing: If you’re living in the 21st century you turn to your clo… --- ## [Did 'The SImpsons' Accurately Portray STEM Education and the Gig Economy?](https://onehack.st/t/did-the-simpsons-accurately-portray-stem-education-and-the-gig-economy/71035)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/did-the-simpsons-accurately-portray-stem-education-and-the-gig-economy/71035 "2020-02-23T11:45:47Z")
Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes: On Sunday, The Simpsons aired The Miseducation Of Lisa Simpson, an episode in which Marge — with the help of a song from John Legend (“STEM, it’s not just for dorks, dweebs and… --- ## [Are APIs Putting Financial Data At Risk?](https://onehack.st/t/are-apis-putting-financial-data-at-risk/71034)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/are-apis-putting-financial-data-at-risk/71034 "2020-02-23T11:42:45Z")
We live in a world where billions of login credentials have been stolen, enabling the brute-force cyberattacks known as “credential stuffing”, reports CSO Online. And it’s being made easier by APIs: New data from secu… --- ## [Amazon Is Collecting Donations For a Scientology-Linked Anti-Drug Charity](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-is-collecting-donations-for-a-scientology-linked-anti-drug-charity/71033)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-is-collecting-donations-for-a-scientology-linked-anti-drug-charity/71033 "2020-02-23T11:40:40Z")
An anonymous reader quotes the Guardian: Amazon has agreed to channel funds to a controversial drug rehabilitation charity linked to the Church of Scientology, the Guardian has learned. The web giant will make donatio… --- ## [Company Buying .Org Offers To Sign a Contract Banning Price Hikes](https://onehack.st/t/company-buying-org-offers-to-sign-a-contract-banning-price-hikes/70972)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/company-buying-org-offers-to-sign-a-contract-banning-price-hikes/70972 "2020-02-22T17:33:08Z")
Ethos Capital, the company controversially buying the .org top-level domain, says it will sign legally binding agreements banning steep fee increases for nonprofit domain holders and establishing an independent “stewards… --- ## [Slickwraps Data Breach Exposing Financial and Customer Info](https://onehack.st/t/slickwraps-data-breach-exposing-financial-and-customer-info/70970)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/slickwraps-data-breach-exposing-financial-and-customer-info/70970 "2020-02-22T17:29:32Z")
Slickwraps, a mobile device case retailer, has suffered a major data breach exposing employee resumes, personal customer information, API credentials, and more. Bleeping Computer reports: … --- ## [FBI Recommends Passphrases Over Password Complexity](https://onehack.st/t/fbi-recommends-passphrases-over-password-complexity/70969)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/fbi-recommends-passphrases-over-password-complexity/70969 "2020-02-22T17:26:29Z")
An anonymous reader shares a report: https://zdnet2.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2020/02/21/61ba779e-317c-40a9-a774-04266013ce27/login-screen.png For more than a decade now, security experts have had discussions about what’s … --- ## [More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try](https://onehack.st/t/more-bosses-give-4-day-workweek-a-try/70968)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/more-bosses-give-4-day-workweek-a-try/70968 "2020-02-22T17:25:04Z")
Companies around the world are embracing what might seem like a radical idea: a four-day workweek. From a report: The concept is gaining ground in places as varied as New Zealand an… --- ## [US Defense Agency That Secures Trump's Communications Confirms Data Breach](https://onehack.st/t/us-defense-agency-that-secures-trumps-communications-confirms-data-breach/70964)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/us-defense-agency-that-secures-trumps-communications-confirms-data-breach/70964 "2020-02-22T17:14:07Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Forbes: The Department of Defense agency responsible for securing the communications of President Trump has suffered a data breach. Here’s what is known so far. The U.S. Defe… --- ## [Scientists Condemn Conspiracy Theories About Origin of Coronavirus Outbreak](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-condemn-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-of-coronavirus-outbreak/70961)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-condemn-conspiracy-theories-about-origin-of-coronavirus-outbreak/70961 "2020-02-22T17:58:43Z")
hackingbear writes: A group of 27 prominent public health scientists from outside China, who have studied SARS-CoV-2 and “overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife” just like many other vir… --- ## [Scientists Found Breathable Oxygen In Another Galaxy For the First Time](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-found-breathable-oxygen-in-another-galaxy-for-the-first-time/70960)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-found-breathable-oxygen-in-another-galaxy-for-the-first-time/70960 "2020-02-24T00:11:32Z")
Astronomers have spotted molecular oxygen in a galaxy far far away, marking the first time that this important element has ever been detected outside of the Milky Way. Motherboard reports: … --- ## [A Quarter of All Tweets About Climate Crisis Produced By Bots](https://onehack.st/t/a-quarter-of-all-tweets-about-climate-crisis-produced-by-bots/70959)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/a-quarter-of-all-tweets-about-climate-crisis-produced-by-bots/70959 "2020-02-22T16:50:41Z")
According to a yet-to-be-published study from Brown University of the origin of 6.5 million tweets about climate and global warming, a quarter of all tweets about climate on an average day are produced by bots, dispropor… --- ## [How Artificial Shrimps Could Change the World](https://onehack.st/t/how-artificial-shrimps-could-change-the-world/70957)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-artificial-shrimps-could-change-the-world/70957 "2020-02-22T16:45:29Z")
Singaporean company Shiok Meats aims to grow artificial shrimp to combat the negative environmental effects associated with farmed shrimp. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from The Economist: For a long time, b… --- ## [Barclays Installed Big Brother-style Spyware on Employees' Computers](https://onehack.st/t/barclays-installed-big-brother-style-spyware-on-employees-computers/70882)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/barclays-installed-big-brother-style-spyware-on-employees-computers/70882 "2020-02-21T22:31:06Z")
Barclays has been criticised by HR experts and privacy campaigners after the bank installed “Big Brother” employee monitoring software in its London headquarters. From a report: Int… --- ## [Powerful Antibiotic Discovered Using Machine Learning For First Time](https://onehack.st/t/powerful-antibiotic-discovered-using-machine-learning-for-first-time/70881)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/powerful-antibiotic-discovered-using-machine-learning-for-first-time/70881 "2020-02-22T06:37:15Z")
A powerful antibiotic that kills some of the most dangerous drug-resistant bacteria in the world has been discovered using artificial intelligence. The Guardian reports: To find new… --- ## [People Are Killing Puppy Clones That Don't Come Out 'Perfect' 🐕](https://onehack.st/t/people-are-killing-puppy-clones-that-dont-come-out-perfect/70880)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/people-are-killing-puppy-clones-that-dont-come-out-perfect/70880 "2020-02-22T06:06:02Z")
An anonymous reader shares a months-old report, which is getting some attention this week: Many clones are born with defects and genetic disorders, and since those imperfections are… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=114) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=116)