# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=120 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 121 --- ## [Video-Game Makers Ride To Riches on Arc of Keanu Reeves's Career](https://onehack.st/t/video-game-makers-ride-to-riches-on-arc-of-keanu-reevess-career/68804)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/video-game-makers-ride-to-riches-on-arc-of-keanu-reevess-career/68804 "2020-02-07T15:07:16Z")
An anonymous reader shares a report: “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” had just been released and Keanu Reeves was about to hit the big screen in “Speed” when Marcin Iwinski and high school pal Michal Kicinski launched their vid… --- ## [Google Fixes No-User-Interaction Bug In Android's Bluetooth Component](https://onehack.st/t/google-fixes-no-user-interaction-bug-in-androids-bluetooth-component/68803)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-fixes-no-user-interaction-bug-in-androids-bluetooth-component/68803 "2020-02-07T15:05:17Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: Google has patched this week a critical security flaw in Android’s Bluetooth component. If left unpatched, the vulnerability can be exploited without any user interactio… --- ## [China's Mobile Giants Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo, & Vivo will CHALLENGE the Dominance of Google’s Play Store](https://onehack.st/t/chinas-mobile-giants-huawei-xiaomi-oppo-vivo-will-challenge-the-dominance-of-google-s-play-store/68768)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chinas-mobile-giants-huawei-xiaomi-oppo-vivo-will-challenge-the-dominance-of-google-s-play-store/68768 "2020-02-07T09:44:48Z")
China’s Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China to upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously, in a move analysts say is meant to challenge the domi… --- ## [Nvidia Launches Cloud Gaming Service GeForce Now for $5 Per Month](https://onehack.st/t/nvidia-launches-cloud-gaming-service-geforce-now-for-5-per-month/68766)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:37am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nvidia-launches-cloud-gaming-service-geforce-now-for-5-per-month/68766 "2020-02-07T09:37:47Z")
NVIDIA officially launched its GeForce NOW earlier this week, making the streaming gaming service available to all with no waitlisting. It is advertising a free tier which allows 1-hour of game play at a session, and a p… --- ## [Coronavirus | Explained | Hindi | English Subtitles](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-explained-hindi-english-subtitles/68764)
**Author:** [@Ze380y](https://onehack.st/u/Ze380y)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-explained-hindi-english-subtitles/68764 "2020-02-07T09:34:54Z")
--- ## [The Iowa Caucuses App Could Have Been Hacked](https://onehack.st/t/the-iowa-caucuses-app-could-have-been-hacked/68762)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-iowa-caucuses-app-could-have-been-hacked/68762 "2020-02-07T09:15:58Z")
A security firm consulted by ProPublica found that the "IowaReporter" app used to count and report votes from individual precincts in the Iowa Democratic caucuses was vulnerable to hacking. From the report: The Iowa… --- ## [Netflix Will Now Let You Disable Its Awful Autoplaying Feature](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-will-now-let-you-disable-its-awful-autoplaying-feature/68761)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-will-now-let-you-disable-its-awful-autoplaying-feature/68761 "2020-02-07T08:50:35Z")
Netflix announced today that subscribers will now be able to disable the autoplay functionality that occurs on its homepage. The Verge reports: People can choose to disable autoplay in two different formats: one that… --- ## [First Clinical Trial of Gene Editing To Help Target Cancer](https://onehack.st/t/first-clinical-trial-of-gene-editing-to-help-target-cancer/68760)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:53am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/first-clinical-trial-of-gene-editing-to-help-target-cancer/68760 "2020-02-07T08:53:48Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Today, scientists are releasing the results of a clinical trial designed to test the safety of gene editing as a way of fighting cancer. The results are promising, i… --- ## [Google Maps for iOS and Android Redesigned To Help You Plan Better Trips](https://onehack.st/t/google-maps-for-ios-and-android-redesigned-to-help-you-plan-better-trips/68718)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-maps-for-ios-and-android-redesigned-to-help-you-plan-better-trips/68718 "2020-02-06T21:14:32Z")
Google Maps has a new look on iOS and Android today to celebrate turning 15 on February 8. The app icon is all-new – a less playful icon with a multi-colored location pin, set on a white background – and many features th… --- ## [Apple Brings iCloud Photos and More To Android With New Web-Based Apps](https://onehack.st/t/apple-brings-icloud-photos-and-more-to-android-with-new-web-based-apps/68683)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-brings-icloud-photos-and-more-to-android-with-new-web-based-apps/68683 "2020-02-06T16:23:09Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With no fanfare or public announcement, Apple has launched a mobile version of its Web-based interface for accessing iCloud services like Notes, Reminders, and Photo… --- ## [Netflix Starts Streaming AV1 On Android To Save Cellular Data](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-starts-streaming-av1-on-android-to-save-cellular-data/68680)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-starts-streaming-av1-on-android-to-save-cellular-data/68680 "2020-02-06T16:11:29Z")
Netflix announced today that it’s beginning to stream video using AV1 on Android. This high-performance, royalty-free codec provides 20% improved compression efficiency over VP9. 9to5Google reports: Developed by the … --- ## [Signs of Cancer Can Appear Long Before Diagnosis, Study Shows](https://onehack.st/t/signs-of-cancer-can-appear-long-before-diagnosis-study-shows/68673)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/signs-of-cancer-can-appear-long-before-diagnosis-study-shows/68673 "2020-02-06T15:58:56Z")
Early signs of cancer can appear years or even decades before diagnosis, according to the most comprehensive investigation to date of the genetic mutations that cause healthy cells to turn malignant. From a report: … --- ## [Wacom Drawing Tablets Track the Name of Every Application That You Open](https://onehack.st/t/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-the-name-of-every-application-that-you-open/68672)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wacom-drawing-tablets-track-the-name-of-every-application-that-you-open/68672 "2020-09-05T03:11:55Z")
Software engineer Robert Heaton writes: Last week I set up my tablet on my new laptop. As part of installing its drivers I was asked to accept Wacom’s privacy policy. Being a mostly-normal person I never usually read pri… --- ## [Google Releases a Tool To Spot Faked and Doctored Images](https://onehack.st/t/google-releases-a-tool-to-spot-faked-and-doctored-images/68629)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-releases-a-tool-to-spot-faked-and-doctored-images/68629 "2020-02-06T08:32:25Z")
Jigsaw, a technology incubator at Google, has released an experimental platform called Assembler to help journalists and front-line fact-checkers quickly verify images. MIT Technology Review reports: Assembler combines … --- ## [Windows Search Went Down For Hours Because of a Microsoft Services Outage](https://onehack.st/t/windows-search-went-down-for-hours-because-of-a-microsoft-services-outage/68628)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/windows-search-went-down-for-hours-because-of-a-microsoft-services-outage/68628 "2020-02-06T08:26:45Z")
Microsoft’s built-in Windows search went down for more than three hours today due to access and latency issues “with multiple Microsoft 365 services.” While the issues have since been resolved, it comes just days after M… --- ## [More Than a Thousand Scientists Have Built the Most Detailed Picture of Cancer Ever](https://onehack.st/t/more-than-a-thousand-scientists-have-built-the-most-detailed-picture-of-cancer-ever/68627)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/more-than-a-thousand-scientists-have-built-the-most-detailed-picture-of-cancer-ever/68627 "2020-02-06T08:22:38Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: More than a thousand scientists have built the most detailed picture of cancer ever in a landmark study. They said cancer was like a … --- ## [CDPwn vulnerabilities impact tens of millions of enterprise devices](https://onehack.st/t/cdpwn-vulnerabilities-impact-tens-of-millions-of-enterprise-devices/68626)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cdpwn-vulnerabilities-impact-tens-of-millions-of-enterprise-devices/68626 "2020-02-06T08:14:27Z")
CDPwn vulnerabilities can be used to escalate initial access and completely take over entire networks. Security researchers have disclosed today details about five vulnerabilities in the widely-deployed Cis… --- ## [Cryptocurrency-mining botnet uses a Taylor Swift image to hide malware payloads](https://onehack.st/t/cryptocurrency-mining-botnet-uses-a-taylor-swift-image-to-hide-malware-payloads/68624)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cryptocurrency-mining-botnet-uses-a-taylor-swift-image-to-hide-malware-payloads/68624 "2020-02-06T08:11:00Z")
MyKingz (Smominru) botnet hides the malware it deploys on infected hosts inside a JPEG of Taylor Swift. https://zdnet3.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/12/19/6a243720-2d6e-4eef-98f4-a1f7903100a1/resize/470xauto/5c62f785f801d3… --- ## [Bug hunter finds cryptocurrency-mining botnet on DOD network](https://onehack.st/t/bug-hunter-finds-cryptocurrency-mining-botnet-on-dod-network/68622)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bug-hunter-finds-cryptocurrency-mining-botnet-on-dod-network/68622 "2020-02-06T08:09:27Z")
Monero-mining botnet infects one of the DOD’s Jenkins servers. A security researcher hunting for bug bounties discovered last month that a cryptocurrency-mining botnet had found a home and burrowed inside a web server… --- ## [Academics steal data from air-gapped systems using screen brightness variations](https://onehack.st/t/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-using-screen-brightness-variations/68620)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/academics-steal-data-from-air-gapped-systems-using-screen-brightness-variations/68620 "2020-02-06T08:03:02Z")
Israeli researchers use quick flickers in LCD screen brightness to encode and exfiltrate data. Academics from Israel have detailed and demoed a new method for stealing data from air-gapped computers. The m… --- ## [Can Privacy Be Big Business? A Wave of Startups Thinks So](https://onehack.st/t/can-privacy-be-big-business-a-wave-of-startups-thinks-so/68585)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/can-privacy-be-big-business-a-wave-of-startups-thinks-so/68585 "2020-02-05T21:56:12Z")
California helped create the modern Big Data industry, in which tech companies vacuum up and profit off personal information. Now a new law in the state is creating something like a solution to the loss of privacy. Fr… --- ## [How a Bad App Plunged Iowa Into Chaos](https://onehack.st/t/how-a-bad-app-plunged-iowa-into-chaos/68584)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-a-bad-app-plunged-iowa-into-chaos/68584 "2020-02-05T21:50:02Z")
Zeynep Tufekci, writing for The Atlantic yesterday: The morning after caucus-goers filed into high-school gyms across Iowa, the state’s Democratic Party is still unable to produce results. The app it developed for pre… --- ## [Chrome's Ad Blocker Will Expand To Video On August 5](https://onehack.st/t/chromes-ad-blocker-will-expand-to-video-on-august-5/68583)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chromes-ad-blocker-will-expand-to-video-on-august-5/68583 "2020-02-05T21:47:20Z")
An anonymous reader writes: Google today announced that Chrome’s ad blocker is expanding to video on August 5, 2020. As with previous ad blocker rollouts, the date is likely not tied to a specific Chrome version – Goo… --- ## [The FBI Downloaded CIA's Hacking Tools Using Starbuck's WiFi 🕶](https://onehack.st/t/the-fbi-downloaded-cias-hacking-tools-using-starbucks-wifi/68582)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-fbi-downloaded-cias-hacking-tools-using-starbucks-wifi/68582 "2020-02-05T21:42:01Z")
An anonymous reader shares a report: One of the most interesting details from the yesterday’s Joshua Schulte trial involved how the FBI obtained the Vault 7 and Vault 8 materials they entered into evidence yesterday. … --- ## [Bulletproof hosting – there’s a new kid in town | spamhaus ⚠](https://onehack.st/t/bulletproof-hosting-there-s-a-new-kid-in-town-spamhaus/68569)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 5:03am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bulletproof-hosting-there-s-a-new-kid-in-town-spamhaus/68569 "2020-02-06T05:03:50Z")
spamhaus.org - Our researchers have uncovered a new breed of “bulletproof” hosting. Worryingly, the set-up for cybercriminals is more cost-effective, less risky, and provides greater agility compared with that of ‘conv… --- ## [Coffee Shop Refuses an Order Until the Customer Removes His AirPods](https://onehack.st/t/coffee-shop-refuses-an-order-until-the-customer-removes-his-airpods/68470)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coffee-shop-refuses-an-order-until-the-customer-removes-his-airpods/68470 "2020-02-04T13:54:34Z")
At a Chicago coffee shop, “the cashier wouldn’t take my order until I took off my AirPod!” complained a patron named Kevin. “And it was only in one ear! Am I the asshole here?” ZDNet’s “Technically Incorrect” column … --- ## [Coronavirus Forces World's Largest Work-From-Home Experiment](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-forces-worlds-largest-work-from-home-experiment/68469)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coronavirus-forces-worlds-largest-work-from-home-experiment/68469 "2020-02-04T13:52:13Z")
Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege, it’s a necessity. From a report: While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning about plunging foot traffic that is transform… --- ## [Made in China 8-Core x86 CPU Released](https://onehack.st/t/made-in-china-8-core-x86-cpu-released/68468)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/made-in-china-8-core-x86-cpu-released/68468 "2020-02-04T13:49:09Z")
AmiMoJo writes: Zhaoxin, a fabless chip maker based in Shanghai, has produced a homegrown x86 CPU line that’s apparently ready for the DIY scene. The Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-6000 series of processors were originally shown … --- ## [BlackBerry Phones Could Disappear as TCL Partnership Ends](https://onehack.st/t/blackberry-phones-could-disappear-as-tcl-partnership-ends/68466)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/blackberry-phones-could-disappear-as-tcl-partnership-ends/68466 "2020-02-04T13:46:51Z")
The brand keeping BlackBerry phones alive across most of the globe, TCL Communications, plans to stop selling BlackBerry phones later this year. From a report: In a tweet this morning, TCL announced that it “will no l… --- ## ['Hack' Creates Fake Google Maps Traffic Jams With 99 Cell Phones](https://onehack.st/t/hack-creates-fake-google-maps-traffic-jams-with-99-cell-phones/68426)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hack-creates-fake-google-maps-traffic-jams-with-99-cell-phones/68426 "2020-02-04T08:42:07Z")
A German artist illustrated \[video\] how it is possible to create a virtual traffic jam in Google Maps by walking around the streets of Berlin with 99 cell phones. Qbertino shares a report: Google Maps ut… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=119) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=121)