# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=118 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 119 --- ## [Google Ends Its Free Wi-Fi Program, Station](https://onehack.st/t/google-ends-its-free-wi-fi-program-station/70192)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-ends-its-free-wi-fi-program-station/70192 "2020-02-17T23:20:26Z")
Google said on Monday that it is winding down Google Station, a program that rolled out free Wi-Fi in more than 400 railway stations in India and “thousands” of other public places in… --- ## [Samsung's Changes To Android Are Making Its Phones Less Secure, Says Google](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-changes-to-android-are-making-its-phones-less-secure-says-google/70191)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-changes-to-android-are-making-its-phones-less-secure-says-google/70191 "2020-02-17T23:18:42Z")
Google scolded Samsung this week for an issue discovered on the Korean phone maker’s Galaxy A50. From a report: Google says Samsung made “unnecessary changes to Android’s core kernel,” adding the changes Samsung made… --- ## [Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change](https://onehack.st/t/jeff-bezos-commits-10-billion-to-fight-climate-change/70190)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/jeff-bezos-commits-10-billion-to-fight-climate-change/70190 "2020-02-17T23:12:49Z")
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he’s launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing climate change – a move that comes less than a month after hundreds of Amazon employees criticized wh… --- ## [Microsoft Shares Roadmap For New Microsoft Edge](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-shares-roadmap-for-new-microsoft-edge/70187)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-shares-roadmap-for-new-microsoft-edge/70187 "2020-02-17T23:08:31Z")
Microsoft has published a roadmap for the new Microsoft Edge. The roadmap includes features that are currently planned, in discussion, under review, and not planned. It gives an insight into the new Microsoft Edge’s deve… --- ## [Twitter Locks WikiLeaks Official Account With 5.4 Million Followers, Days Before Julian Assange's Extradition Hearing](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-locks-wikileaks-official-account-with-5-4-million-followers-days-before-julian-assanges-extradition-hearing/70185)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-locks-wikileaks-official-account-with-5-4-million-followers-days-before-julian-assanges-extradition-hearing/70185 "2020-02-17T23:03:17Z")
Days before Julian Assange’s extradition hearings are set to continue, WikiLeaks’ journalist Kristin Hrafnsson reports that the official WikiLeaks twitter account has been locked. “All attempts to get it reopened via … --- ## [Bug In WordPress Plugin Can Let Hackers Wipe Up To 200,000 Sites](https://onehack.st/t/bug-in-wordpress-plugin-can-let-hackers-wipe-up-to-200-000-sites/70183)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bug-in-wordpress-plugin-can-let-hackers-wipe-up-to-200-000-sites/70183 "2020-02-17T22:57:19Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: WordPress site owners who use commercial themes provided by ThemeGrill are advised to update one of the plugins that come installed with these themes in order to patch… --- ## [UK To Spend $1.6 Billion on World's Best Climate Supercomputer](https://onehack.st/t/uk-to-spend-1-6-billion-on-worlds-best-climate-supercomputer/70131)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/uk-to-spend-1-6-billion-on-worlds-best-climate-supercomputer/70131 "2020-02-17T15:23:19Z")
The U.K. said it will spend 1.2 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) on developing the most powerful weather and climate supercomputer in the world. From a report: The program aims to improve weather and climate modeling by … --- ## [Samsung's Second Foldable Smartphone, $1,380 Galaxy Z Flip, is Dead on Arrival, Too](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-second-foldable-smartphone-1-380-galaxy-z-flip-is-dead-on-arrival-too/70130)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/samsungs-second-foldable-smartphone-1-380-galaxy-z-flip-is-dead-on-arrival-too/70130 "2020-02-17T15:20:57Z")
Evan Rodgers, reporting for Input: When Samsung released the Galaxy Z Flip, its newest folding phone, at midnight this past Friday, I was one of many who wasn’t able to snag one due to low stock here in New… --- ## [Many Businesses Still Love COBOL](https://onehack.st/t/many-businesses-still-love-cobol/70129)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/many-businesses-still-love-cobol/70129 "2020-02-17T15:16:34Z")
TechRadar shares some surprising results from a new survey of enterprises using COBOL and mainframe technologies: According to a survey by Micro Focus, which follows data gathered in previous 2017 survey, 70 percent f… --- ## [Uber and Lyft Are Creating Traffic, Not Reducing It](https://onehack.st/t/uber-and-lyft-are-creating-traffic-not-reducing-it/70128)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/uber-and-lyft-are-creating-traffic-not-reducing-it/70128 "2020-02-17T16:37:01Z")
The Wall Street Journal remembers how five years ago, Uber’s co-founder “was so confident that Uber’s rides would prompt people to leave their cars at home that he told a tech conference: ‘If every car in San Francisc… --- ## [Alternative Browser 'Waterfox' Acquired By System1](https://onehack.st/t/alternative-browser-waterfox-acquired-by-system1/70098)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/alternative-browser-waterfox-acquired-by-system1/70098 "2020-02-17T11:24:30Z")
Waterfox is an open-source web browser for x64, ARM64, and PPC64LE systems, “intended to be speedy and ethical, and maintain support for legacy extensions dropped by Firefox, from which it is forked,” according to Wikipe… --- ## [Iran Has Been Targeting VPN Servers to Plant Backdoors](https://onehack.st/t/iran-has-been-targeting-vpn-servers-to-plant-backdoors/70094)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/iran-has-been-targeting-vpn-servers-to-plant-backdoors/70094 "2020-02-17T11:16:01Z")
“A new report published today reveals that Iran’s government-backed hacking units have made a top priority last year to exploit VPN bugs as soon as they became public in order to infiltrate and plant backdoors in compani… --- ## [New KBOT Virus Injecting Malicious Code in Windows Executable Files to Steal the Victim’s Bank & Personal Data](https://onehack.st/t/new-kbot-virus-injecting-malicious-code-in-windows-executable-files-to-steal-the-victim-s-bank-personal-data/69979)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-kbot-virus-injecting-malicious-code-in-windows-executable-files-to-steal-the-victim-s-bank-personal-data/69979 "2020-02-16T14:56:26Z")
You’re hearing the term “Virus” instead of malware after a long time right!! Yes, what you’re hearing is absolutely right. Researchers discovered a new wave of a malicious campaign named “KBOT” that injecting maliciou… --- ## [PoS malware infected systems at 71 locations operated by US store chain Rutter’s](https://onehack.st/t/pos-malware-infected-systems-at-71-locations-operated-by-us-store-chain-rutter-s/69978)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/pos-malware-infected-systems-at-71-locations-operated-by-us-store-chain-rutter-s/69978 "2020-02-16T14:53:19Z")
US store chain Rutter disclosed a security breach, 71 locations were infected with a point-of-sale (POS) malware used to steal customers’ credit card information. The Rutter’s, a U.S. convenience store, fast food restaur… --- ## [Nedbank says 1.7 million customers impacted by breach at third-party provider](https://onehack.st/t/nedbank-says-1-7-million-customers-impacted-by-breach-at-third-party-provider/69977)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nedbank-says-1-7-million-customers-impacted-by-breach-at-third-party-provider/69977 "2020-02-16T14:50:55Z")
Nedbank, one of the biggest banks in the South Africa region, has disclosed a security incident yesterday that impacted the personal details of 1.7 million users. The bank says the breach occurred at Computer Facilit… --- ## [China Quarantines Cash to Sanitize Old Bank Notes From Coronavirus 😷](https://onehack.st/t/china-quarantines-cash-to-sanitize-old-bank-notes-from-coronavirus/69944)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/china-quarantines-cash-to-sanitize-old-bank-notes-from-coronavirus/69944 "2020-02-16T11:01:35Z")
Today China announced it was taking unusual new steps to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. It’s blocking the transfer of old bank notes between provinces and cities affected by the outbreak, according to the deput… --- ## [Twitter accounts of Olympics, FC Barcelona hacked 🤦‍♀️](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-accounts-of-olympics-fc-barcelona-hacked/69941)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-accounts-of-olympics-fc-barcelona-hacked/69941 "2020-02-17T23:34:11Z")
San Francisco: Hackers have used a third-party platform to break into the official Twitter accounts of Olympics and FC Barcelona, to post a message that star player Neymar would come back to the soccer team. … --- ## [Twitter Ran Ads For Human Organs Because Money Is Money 😃](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-ran-ads-for-human-organs-because-money-is-money/69877)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-ran-ads-for-human-organs-because-money-is-money/69877 "2020-02-16T01:14:31Z")
Earlier this week, freelance journalist Tyler Coats had an organ-buying service appear on his feed in the form of a promoted tweet. Gizmodo has the details: https://twitter.com/tylercoates/status/1227713326446239751?s=2… --- ## [Bill Gates Did Not Order a £500m Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-did-not-order-a-500m-hydrogen-powered-superyacht/69876)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-did-not-order-a-500m-hydrogen-powered-superyacht/69876 "2020-02-16T01:10:06Z")
“Billionaire Bill Gates has not commissioned a hydrogen-powered superyacht from designer Sinot,” reports the BBC, citing their direct confirmation from the company itself. It has be… --- ## [FSF Sends Microsoft A Blank Hard Drive For Sending Back The Windows 7 Source Code](https://onehack.st/t/fsf-sends-microsoft-a-blank-hard-drive-for-sending-back-the-windows-7-source-code/69874)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/fsf-sends-microsoft-a-blank-hard-drive-for-sending-back-the-windows-7-source-code/69874 "2020-02-16T01:05:59Z")
The Free Software Foundation sent Microsoft a hard drive for Valentine’s Day – along with a petition calling for the release of the source code for Windows 7 (which is no longer supported by Microsoft): … --- ## [Warning: Microsoft Pulls Windows 10 Security Update After Reports of Serious Bugs 🐛](https://onehack.st/t/warning-microsoft-pulls-windows-10-security-update-after-reports-of-serious-bugs/69873)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/warning-microsoft-pulls-windows-10-security-update-after-reports-of-serious-bugs/69873 "2020-02-16T01:01:44Z")
Slashdot reader golden\_donkey quotes Forbes: Are you booting up your Windows 10 machine and discovering you can’t log in to your profile? It appears you’re not alone. Reports are increasing across Twitter and Micros… --- ## [Google Redraws the Borders On Maps Depending On Who's Looking](https://onehack.st/t/google-redraws-the-borders-on-maps-depending-on-whos-looking/69773)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-redraws-the-borders-on-maps-depending-on-whos-looking/69773 "2020-02-15T15:08:15Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Washington Post: For more than 70 years, India and Pakistan have waged sporadic and deadly skirmishes over control of the mountainous region of Kashmir. Tens of thousands h… --- ## [Activate this 'Bracelet of Silence' and Alexa Can't Eavesdrop](https://onehack.st/t/activate-this-bracelet-of-silence-and-alexa-cant-eavesdrop/69772)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/activate-this-bracelet-of-silence-and-alexa-cant-eavesdrop/69772 "2020-02-15T15:06:09Z")
Ben Zhao and his wife, Heather Zheng, computer science professors at the University of Chicago, designed what they are calling a “bracelet of silence” that will jam the Echo or any other microphones in the vicinity fr… --- ## [Twitter Ran Ads For Human Organs Because Money Is Money](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-ran-ads-for-human-organs-because-money-is-money/69771)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-ran-ads-for-human-organs-because-money-is-money/69771 "2020-02-15T15:03:43Z")
Earlier this week, freelance journalist Tyler Coats had an organ-buying service appear on his feed in the form of a promoted tweet. Gizmodo has the details: The fact that this cropped up in front of his face to begin … --- ## [A New Spin On 3D Printing Can Produce an Object In Seconds](https://onehack.st/t/a-new-spin-on-3d-printing-can-produce-an-object-in-seconds/69770)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/a-new-spin-on-3d-printing-can-produce-an-object-in-seconds/69770 "2020-02-15T15:02:16Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A 3D model is sliced up into hundreds of 2D horizontal layers and slowly built up, one layer at a time. This layer-by-layer process can take hours or even days, … --- ## [HQ Trivia, the Once-Popular Mobile Game, Is Shutting Down](https://onehack.st/t/hq-trivia-the-once-popular-mobile-game-is-shutting-down/69768)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hq-trivia-the-once-popular-mobile-game-is-shutting-down/69768 "2020-02-15T15:00:37Z")
CNN Business has learned that the once-popular live mobile trivia game “HQ Trivia” is shutting down. From the report: When HQ launched in 2017, its first game HQ Trivia quickly attracted millions of people across the … --- ## [Developer Finds USB Chargers Have as Much Processing Power as the Apollo 11 Guidance Computers](https://onehack.st/t/developer-finds-usb-chargers-have-as-much-processing-power-as-the-apollo-11-guidance-computers/69631)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/developer-finds-usb-chargers-have-as-much-processing-power-as-the-apollo-11-guidance-computers/69631 "2020-02-14T15:38:28Z")
An anonymous reader shares a report: It comes as no surprise that the guidance computers aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were impossibly primitive compared to the pocket computers we all carry around 50 years later. B… --- ## [Sony Is Struggling With PlayStation 5 Price Due To Costly Parts](https://onehack.st/t/sony-is-struggling-with-playstation-5-price-due-to-costly-parts/69630)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/sony-is-struggling-with-playstation-5-price-due-to-costly-parts/69630 "2020-02-14T15:36:40Z")
Scarce components have pushed the manufacturing costs for Sony’s next PlayStation to around $450 per unit, forcing a difficult price-setting decision in its battle with Microsoft, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing s… --- ## [Nevada Democrats To Use iPads Loaded With Google Forms To Track Caucus](https://onehack.st/t/nevada-democrats-to-use-ipads-loaded-with-google-forms-to-track-caucus/69628)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nevada-democrats-to-use-ipads-loaded-with-google-forms-to-track-caucus/69628 "2020-02-14T15:35:12Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Nevada’s Democratic Party said Thursday it plans to use iPads loaded with survey app Google Forms to calculate voting results in next week’s caucuses. The system is an ef… --- ## [Ohio Man Arrested For Running Bitcoin Mixing Service That Laundered $300 Million](https://onehack.st/t/ohio-man-arrested-for-running-bitcoin-mixing-service-that-laundered-300-million/69626)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ohio-man-arrested-for-running-bitcoin-mixing-service-that-laundered-300-million/69626 "2020-02-14T15:32:50Z")
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