# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=123 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 124 --- ## [Linux 5.5 Released! 🕶](https://onehack.st/t/linux-5-5-released/67244)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/linux-5-5-released/67244 "2020-01-28T05:41:09Z")
jrepin writes: Linus Torvalds has announced Linux 5.5 release, codenamed as Kleptomaniac Octopus.The latest version of the open source operating system kernel brings RAID1 with 3- … --- ## [In 2019, more Americans went to the library than to the movies. Yes, really. 🙃](https://onehack.st/t/in-2019-more-americans-went-to-the-library-than-to-the-movies-yes-really/67243)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/in-2019-more-americans-went-to-the-library-than-to-the-movies-yes-really/67243 "2020-01-28T05:38:07Z")
The US film industry may have generated revenues somewhere in the region of $40 billion last year, but it seems Hollywood still has plenty of work to do if it wants to compete with that most hallowed of American institut… --- ## [Antivirus program selling highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world's biggest companies](https://onehack.st/t/antivirus-program-selling-highly-sensitive-web-browsing-data-to-many-of-the-worlds-biggest-companies/67242)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/antivirus-program-selling-highly-sensitive-web-browsing-data-to-many-of-the-worlds-biggest-companies/67242 "2020-01-28T14:04:42Z")
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data An antivirus program used by hundreds of millions of people around the world is selling highly sensitive web browsing data to many of the world’s bi… --- ## [Mozilla Has Banned Nearly 200 Malicious Firefox Add-ons Over the Last Two Weeks](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-has-banned-nearly-200-malicious-firefox-add-ons-over-the-last-two-weeks/67241)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-has-banned-nearly-200-malicious-firefox-add-ons-over-the-last-two-weeks/67241 "2020-01-28T06:05:40Z")
Over the past two weeks, Mozilla’s add-on review team has banned 197 Firefox add-ons that were caught executing malicious code, stealing user data, or using obfuscation to hide their source code. From a report: The a… --- ## [Google Will Shut Down App Maker on January 19, 2021](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-shut-down-app-maker-on-january-19-2021/67240)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-shut-down-app-maker-on-january-19-2021/67240 "2020-01-28T05:24:10Z")
Google will shut down its low-code development platform, App Maker, early next year. From a report: Google today announced it is killing off yet another service: App Maker, G Suite’s low-code environment for building… --- ## [Microsoft Says it Will Release Black Desktop Bug Fix To All Windows 7 Users For Free](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-says-it-will-release-black-desktop-bug-fix-to-all-windows-7-users-for-free/67239)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-says-it-will-release-black-desktop-bug-fix-to-all-windows-7-users-for-free/67239 "2020-01-28T05:21:36Z")
Mark Wycislik-Wilson, writing for BetaNews: Some Windows 7 users who installed the KB4534310 update found that their desktops turned black. With the operating system having now reached end of life, the company said tha… --- ## [Google Drive Is Down for Some Users](https://onehack.st/t/google-drive-is-down-for-some-users/67238)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-drive-is-down-for-some-users/67238 "2020-01-28T05:18:18Z")
Google Drive and its suite of services – including Google Doc and Sheet – are facing issue, many users said Monday. DownDetector, a popular third-party service, reports it has received over 23,000 outage complaints in th… --- ## [Motorola on the Razr's Folding Screen: 'Bumps and Lumps Are Normal' 📱](https://onehack.st/t/motorola-on-the-razrs-folding-screen-bumps-and-lumps-are-normal/67236)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2020, 5:15am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/motorola-on-the-razrs-folding-screen-bumps-and-lumps-are-normal/67236 "2020-01-28T05:15:34Z")
Last week, Motorola’s Razr handset went on sale for $1499. Alongside the pre-order launch, Motorola has posted a series of videos on its YouTube channel that are somewhere between brief ads and how-tos for the folding ph… --- ## [Coming Soon: an Open Source eBook Reader](https://onehack.st/t/coming-soon-an-open-source-ebook-reader/67146)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 10:16am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/coming-soon-an-open-source-ebook-reader/67146 "2020-01-27T10:16:17Z")
Electronic component distributor Digi-Key will be producing a small manufacturing run of the “open hardware” ereaderfrom the Open Book Project, reports Gizmodo: The raw hardware isn’t as sleek or pretty as devices lik… --- ## [Did America Steal Its Space Force Logo From 'Star Trek'?](https://onehack.st/t/did-america-steal-its-space-force-logo-from-star-trek/67144)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/did-america-steal-its-space-force-logo-from-star-trek/67144 "2020-01-27T10:13:58Z")
On Friday America’s commander-in-chief revealed the logo for the newest branch of its military, Space Force. CNBC immediately reported that the logo “has boldly gone where Star Trek has gone before.” The Pentagon and W… --- ## [Is PHP Still a Worthwhile Language To Learn?](https://onehack.st/t/is-php-still-a-worthwhile-language-to-learn/67110)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-php-still-a-worthwhile-language-to-learn/67110 "2020-01-27T09:57:24Z")
post from Belgium-based programmer Brent Roose: It’s no secret among web developers and programmers in general: PHP doesn’t have the best reputation. Despite still being one of the most used languages to build web app… --- ## [Help NASA Choose the Name For Its Next Mars Rover 👽](https://onehack.st/t/help-nasa-choose-the-name-for-its-next-mars-rover/67108)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/help-nasa-choose-the-name-for-its-next-mars-rover/67108 "2020-01-27T02:36:01Z")
NASA will launch a new rover to Mars this July — and 28,000 American schoolchildren wrote essays with suggestions for what NASA should name it. NASA has now selected the top nine … --- ## [36 Years Ago Today, Steve Jobs Unveiled the First Macintosh](https://onehack.st/t/36-years-ago-today-steve-jobs-unveiled-the-first-macintosh/67005)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/36-years-ago-today-steve-jobs-unveiled-the-first-macintosh/67005 "2020-01-26T05:20:30Z")
On January 24, 1984, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the first Macintosh at Apple’s annual shareholder’s meeting in Cupertino, California, debuting the new computer equipped with a 9-inch black and white displa… --- ## [Trend Micro Set Up a Fake Tech Company and Honeypot To Study Cyber Criminals](https://onehack.st/t/trend-micro-set-up-a-fake-tech-company-and-honeypot-to-study-cyber-criminals/66862)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/trend-micro-set-up-a-fake-tech-company-and-honeypot-to-study-cyber-criminals/66862 "2020-01-25T03:47:53Z")
In an effort to better understand the latest threats to IT systems, antivirus and security company Trend Micro created a fake tech company, complete with AI-generated photos of fake employees, in order to build a honeyp… --- ## [Scientists Re-Create Voice of 3,000-Year-Old Mummy](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-re-create-voice-of-3-000-year-old-mummy/66861)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-re-create-voice-of-3-000-year-old-mummy/66861 "2020-01-26T00:23:53Z")
Longtime Slashdot reader vm writes: You don’t have to wait until next Halloween to get creeped out. Using 3D printing, medical scanners, and an electronic larynx, researchers have recreated the voice of a 3,000-year… --- ## [Wikipedia Now Has More Than 6 Million Articles in English](https://onehack.st/t/wikipedia-now-has-more-than-6-million-articles-in-english/66859)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wikipedia-now-has-more-than-6-million-articles-in-english/66859 "2020-01-25T03:31:43Z")
Wikipedia has surpassed a notable milestone this week: The English version of the world’s largest online encyclopedia now has more than six million articles. From a report: \*The feat, which comes roughly 19 years after… --- ## [Does Your Domain Have a Registry Lock?](https://onehack.st/t/does-your-domain-have-a-registry-lock/66858)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/does-your-domain-have-a-registry-lock/66858 "2020-01-25T03:27:41Z")
Brian Krebs: If you’re running a business online, few things can be as disruptive or destructive to your brand as someone stealing your company’s domain name and doing whatever they wish with it. Even so, most major We… --- ## [Ready For Meat Grown From Animal Cells? A Startup Plans A Pilot Facility](https://onehack.st/t/ready-for-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-a-startup-plans-a-pilot-facility/66852)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ready-for-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-a-startup-plans-a-pilot-facility/66852 "2020-01-25T02:31:45Z")
This chicken from Memphis Meats was produced with cells taken from an animal and grown into meat in a “cultivator.” The process is analogous to how yeast is grown in breweries to produce beer. Allison Aubrey/NPR Mem… --- ## [This map shows the latest spread of the coronavirus](https://onehack.st/t/this-map-shows-the-latest-spread-of-the-coronavirus/66851)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/this-map-shows-the-latest-spread-of-the-coronavirus/66851 "2020-01-25T02:27:16Z")
The total number of coronavirus cases grew as of Friday, with at least 26 people dead and more than 900 people around the world sickened. The majority of cases are in mainland China, with 916 sick. The previously unk… --- ## [New York state wants to ban government agencies from paying ransomware demands](https://onehack.st/t/new-york-state-wants-to-ban-government-agencies-from-paying-ransomware-demands/66850)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-york-state-wants-to-ban-government-agencies-from-paying-ransomware-demands/66850 "2020-01-25T02:21:00Z")
Another NY Senate bill would create a cyber security enhancement fund and restricting the use of taxpayer moneys in paying ransoms Two New York state senators have proposed two bills last week to ban local municipali… --- ## [Free Software Foundation Suggests Microsoft 'Upcycles' Windows 7 As Open Source](https://onehack.st/t/free-software-foundation-suggests-microsoft-upcycles-windows-7-as-open-source/66848)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/free-software-foundation-suggests-microsoft-upcycles-windows-7-as-open-source/66848 "2020-01-25T01:54:53Z")
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is urging Microsoft to open source Windows 7, which is no longer supported by the company. The Register reports: On the face of it, the logic seems pretty simple. On January 14, Wi… --- ## [What Are The Harmful Effects Of Smartphones | You Should Aware Of Them!](https://onehack.st/t/what-are-the-harmful-effects-of-smartphones-you-should-aware-of-them/66814)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/what-are-the-harmful-effects-of-smartphones-you-should-aware-of-them/66814 "2020-01-24T14:32:18Z")
Some of us can remember a time when life was simpler. A time when the only way to correspond with someone was through carrier pigeons. Well, perhaps our memories do not stretch that far backward since none of us lived… --- ## [Pros & Cons Of Hiring A Web Designer Vs Building Your Own Website](https://onehack.st/t/pros-cons-of-hiring-a-web-designer-vs-building-your-own-website/66812)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/pros-cons-of-hiring-a-web-designer-vs-building-your-own-website/66812 "2020-01-24T14:27:36Z")
Unlike the 80s or 90s, building a website is not a million-dollar affair. Of course, having a good one can be an important pillar of your digital identity, but things have become so simpler. More importantly, you have… --- ## [Facebook Trains An AI To Navigate Without Needing a Map](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-trains-an-ai-to-navigate-without-needing-a-map/66773)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 5:06am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-trains-an-ai-to-navigate-without-needing-a-map/66773 "2020-01-24T05:06:28Z")
A team at Facebook AI has created a reinforcement learning algorithm that lets a robot find its way in an unfamiliar environment without using a map. MIT Technology Review reports: Using just a depth-sensing camera,… --- ## [Someone is uninstalling the Phorpiex malware from infected PCs and telling users to install an antivirus](https://onehack.st/t/someone-is-uninstalling-the-phorpiex-malware-from-infected-pcs-and-telling-users-to-install-an-antivirus/66767)
**Author:** [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/someone-is-uninstalling-the-phorpiex-malware-from-infected-pcs-and-telling-users-to-install-an-antivirus/66767 "2020-01-24T02:25:46Z")
Malware analysts believe someone has hijacked the Phorpiex botnet from its creator and is sabotaging its operations by alerting users they’ve been infected. A mysterious entity appears to have hijacked the backend inf… --- ## [German Government To Pay €800,000 In Windows 7 ESU Fees This Year](https://onehack.st/t/german-government-to-pay-800-000-in-windows-7-esu-fees-this-year/66757)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/german-government-to-pay-800-000-in-windows-7-esu-fees-this-year/66757 "2020-01-23T20:14:54Z")
The sum represents ESU fees for over 33,000 government workstations that are still running Windows 7, allowing German government systems to receive security updates for one more year. The German federal government st… --- ## [How I Stopped a Credit Card Thief From Ripping Off 3,537 People – and Saved Our Nonprofit in the Process](https://onehack.st/t/how-i-stopped-a-credit-card-thief-from-ripping-off-3-537-people-and-saved-our-nonprofit-in-the-process/66756)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/how-i-stopped-a-credit-card-thief-from-ripping-off-3-537-people-and-saved-our-nonprofit-in-the-process/66756 "2020-01-23T21:58:13Z")
The teacher who founded freeCodeCamp.org. My 2 year old woke me up by canonballing from my bed’s headboard down onto my face. I groaned and peeled off my eye mask. My phone said it was Wednesday, January 8, 2020 – the b… --- ## [Microsoft To Force Bing Search In Chrome For Office 365 ProPlus Users](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-to-force-bing-search-in-chrome-for-office-365-proplus-users/66755)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-to-force-bing-search-in-chrome-for-office-365-proplus-users/66755 "2020-01-23T19:59:50Z")
Microsoft has announced that they will install a new Google Chrome extension for some Office 365 ProPlus customers that will force the browser to use Bing as the default search engine “to access relevant workplace inf… --- ## [India Likely To Force Facebook, WhatsApp To Identify The Originator Of Messages](https://onehack.st/t/india-likely-to-force-facebook-whatsapp-to-identify-the-originator-of-messages/66754)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/india-likely-to-force-facebook-whatsapp-to-identify-the-originator-of-messages/66754 "2020-01-23T19:51:25Z")
New Delhi is inching closer to recommending regulations that would require social media companies and instant messaging app providers to help law enforcement agencies identify users who have posted content — or sent m… --- ## [The 8 Evolving Trends In Software Development](https://onehack.st/t/the-8-evolving-trends-in-software-development/66727)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/the-8-evolving-trends-in-software-development/66727 "2020-01-23T13:55:10Z")
We’re officially in a new decade and the past decade has shown some of the diverse changes in the software development scene. Each year in the past two decades had its own trends but some of them have managed to evolve. … [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=122) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=124)