# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=75 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 76 --- ## [Microsoft Brings JavaScript To Excel ](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-brings-javascript-to-excel/205960)
**Author:** [@WhiteHat](https://onehack.st/u/WhiteHat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-brings-javascript-to-excel/205960 "2021-11-04T09:10:51Z")
Microsoft announced an update to Excel that brings a new JavaScript API to the venerable spreadsheet app. “With this new API, developers will be able to create custom data types and f… --- ## [Netflix Launches Into Video Games for Android](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-launches-into-video-games-for-android/205884)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-launches-into-video-games-for-android/205884 "2021-11-03T08:56:00Z")
Netflix, the video-streaming giant, began its expected foray into video games with the introduction of five mobile games to its users worldwide, playable initially on Android devices.… --- ## [5D Optical Disc Could Store 500TB For Billions of Year ](https://onehack.st/t/5d-optical-disc-could-store-500tb-for-billions-of-year/205796)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/5d-optical-disc-could-store-500tb-for-billions-of-year/205796 "2021-11-02T08:40:25Z")
https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/110814112305-large-640x426.jpg Researchers from the University of Southampton “have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-de… --- ## [Is Carbon Capture Here? ](https://onehack.st/t/is-carbon-capture-here/205694)
**Author:** [@Hannah](https://onehack.st/u/Hannah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-carbon-capture-here/205694 "2021-11-01T08:11:55Z")
“Is carbon capture here?” asks a headline from the New York Times. A Swiss company named Climeworks “is operating a device in Iceland that sucks CO2 from the air and shoots it into t… --- ## [Why Aren't There More Open Source Solutions for Mobile Devices? ](https://onehack.st/t/why-arent-there-more-open-source-solutions-for-mobile-devices/205592)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/why-arent-there-more-open-source-solutions-for-mobile-devices/205592 "2021-10-31T08:13:54Z")
A Microsoft software engineer working on open-source technologies recently wrote that "you can find an open-source implementation for (almost) anything. “But the mobile landscape is a notable exception.”While there a… --- ## [Hive Ransomware Now Encrypts Linux and FreeBSD Systems ](https://onehack.st/t/hive-ransomware-now-encrypts-linux-and-freebsd-systems/205490)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hive-ransomware-now-encrypts-linux-and-freebsd-systems/205490 "2021-10-30T00:08:24Z")
Hive, a ransomware group that has hit over 30 organizations since June 2021, now also encrypts Linux and FreeBSD using new malware variants specifically developed to target these plat… --- ## [Adobe Brings New Creative Cloud Apps To M1 Macs and The Web](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-brings-new-creative-cloud-apps-to-m1-macs-and-the-web/205315)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-brings-new-creative-cloud-apps-to-m1-macs-and-the-web/205315 "2021-10-27T15:28:01Z")
During Adobe Max 2021 today, the company announced new features for Creative Cloud’s various iPad apps, two more applications running natively on Apple Silicon Macs, and new web versi… --- ## [It's Windows XP's 20th Birthday and Way Too Many Still Use It](https://onehack.st/t/its-windows-xps-20th-birthday-and-way-too-many-still-use-it/205200)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/its-windows-xps-20th-birthday-and-way-too-many-still-use-it/205200 "2021-10-28T12:29:22Z")
Today is the 20th anniversary of Windows XP, and although the operating system reached the end of support in 2014, way too many people continue to use the insecure version of Windows.… --- ## [CPU Benchmarks: Pre-Release Intel Alder Lake Chip Beats Apple's M1 Max](https://onehack.st/t/cpu-benchmarks-pre-release-intel-alder-lake-chip-beats-apples-m1-max/205198)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cpu-benchmarks-pre-release-intel-alder-lake-chip-beats-apples-m1-max/205198 "2021-10-26T13:42:11Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The reign of Apple’s M1 SoC at the top of the Geekbench speed benchmarks may soon be over with the impending arrival of Intel’s 12th-generation Alder Lake mobile proces… --- ## ['Inside Microsoft's Open Source Program Office' ](https://onehack.st/t/inside-microsofts-open-source-program-office/205135)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/inside-microsofts-open-source-program-office/205135 "2021-10-25T15:54:19Z")
https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/OSPO-MSFT-sign.jpg On Friday VentureBeat published a new interview with Stormy Peters, the director of Microsoft’s eight-person open source programs office: “These are… --- ## [Can Windows 11 Run on a 2006-Era Pentium 4 Chip?](https://onehack.st/t/can-windows-11-run-on-a-2006-era-pentium-4-chip/205062)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/can-windows-11-run-on-a-2006-era-pentium-4-chip/205062 "2025-07-11T13:14:32Z")
“Microsoft has been mainly telling consumers that Windows 11 is meant for newer PCs,” reports PC Magazine. “However, an internet user has uploaded a video that shows the OS can actua… --- ## [Intel Open-sources AI-powered Tool To Spot Bugs in Code](https://onehack.st/t/intel-open-sources-ai-powered-tool-to-spot-bugs-in-code/204990)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/intel-open-sources-ai-powered-tool-to-spot-bugs-in-code/204990 "2021-10-23T13:29:39Z")
https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/GettyImages-1208499003-e1631641886627.jpg Intel has open-sourced ControlFlag , a tool that uses machine learning to detect problems in computer code – ideally to reduce… --- ## [Google Removes Support for FTP and Old-gen U2F Security Keys in Chrome 95](https://onehack.st/t/google-removes-support-for-ftp-and-old-gen-u2f-security-keys-in-chrome-95/204811)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-removes-support-for-ftp-and-old-gen-u2f-security-keys-in-chrome-95/204811 "2021-10-21T10:59:19Z")
https://therecord.media/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Google-Chrome.jpg Google today released Chrome v95, the latest version of its popular web browser and a version that contains several changes that will likely cause pro… --- ## [Brave Removes Google as its Default Search Engine ](https://onehack.st/t/brave-removes-google-as-its-default-search-engine/204701)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/brave-removes-google-as-its-default-search-engine/204701 "2021-10-21T01:26:25Z")
https://thurrott.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/10/19110452/brave-search-results.jpg As Paul Thurrott reports, Brave is removing Google Search as its default search engine. From the report: Going forw… --- ## [Apple Introduces M1 Pro and M1 Max](https://onehack.st/t/apple-introduces-m1-pro-and-m1-max/204591)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-introduces-m1-pro-and-m1-max/204591 "2021-10-20T06:59:39Z")
Apple today announced M1 Pro and M1 Max, its new chips for the Mac. Apple: M1 Pro and M1 Max introduce a system-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture to pro systems for the first time. The ch… --- ## [Is the Comic Book Industry Dying or Thriving? ](https://onehack.st/t/is-the-comic-book-industry-dying-or-thriving/204496)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-the-comic-book-industry-dying-or-thriving/204496 "2021-10-18T09:54:37Z")
Somewhere on Yahoo, one writer asks "Is the comic book industry dying or thriving?"There was a time when comic books were sold at newsstands alongside mainstream publications, accordi… --- ## [Canonical Releases Ubuntu Linux 21.10 Impish Indri](https://onehack.st/t/canonical-releases-ubuntu-linux-21-10-impish-indri/204227)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/canonical-releases-ubuntu-linux-21-10-impish-indri/204227 "2021-10-15T08:09:27Z")
Following a brief beta-testing period, Ubuntu 21.10 has finally become available to download in the “final” stable form. BetaNews: Code-named “Impish Indri,” this version of Ubuntu i… --- ## [Acer Launches Bacteria-Resistant PCs](https://onehack.st/t/acer-launches-bacteria-resistant-pcs/204155)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/acer-launches-bacteria-resistant-pcs/204155 "2021-10-14T09:32:48Z")
During its next@Acer event today, the company announced three new PCs – a laptop, a two-in-one, and a tablet – that will be joining its antimicrobial lineup. Ars Technica reports: So… --- ## [Microsoft Warns of New Windows 11 Problems With Apps Using Unusual Registry Keys](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-warns-of-new-windows-11-problems-with-apps-using-unusual-registry-keys/203985)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-warns-of-new-windows-11-problems-with-apps-using-unusual-registry-keys/203985 "2021-10-12T22:46:36Z")
Microsoft has shared details of a new known issue with Windows 11. The company has confirmed that a problem exists with apps that use certain characters in registry keys. From a repor… --- ## [Is It Time to Stop Paying For a VPN?](https://onehack.st/t/is-it-time-to-stop-paying-for-a-vpn/203898)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/is-it-time-to-stop-paying-for-a-vpn/203898 "2021-10-18T10:50:11Z")
https://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/media/2021/08/12/hackers-cryptocurrency-theft-120821-01.jpg/ALTERNATES/w640/hackers-cryptocurrency-theft-120821-01.jpg “I’m done with paying for a virtual private network,” writes t… --- ## [Python Core Developers Release Version 3.10 -- First Major Release Since Transition from Python 2](https://onehack.st/t/python-core-developers-release-version-3-10-first-major-release-since-transition-from-python-2/203818)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/python-core-developers-release-version-3-10-first-major-release-since-transition-from-python-2/203818 "2021-10-10T10:32:08Z")
ZDNet reports: “Python 3.10.0 is the newest major release of the Python programming language, and it contains many new features and optimizations,” CPython maintainers announced in a blogpost… One of the headline fe… --- ## [Firefox Now Sends Your Address Bar Keystrokes To Mozilla](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-now-sends-your-address-bar-keystrokes-to-mozilla/203732)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-now-sends-your-address-bar-keystrokes-to-mozilla/203732 "2021-10-09T14:10:18Z")
https://www.howtogeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/shutterstock\_1486183517.jpg An anonymous reader quotes a report from How-To Geek: Firefox now sends more data than you might think to Mozilla. To power Firefox Sugge… --- ## [Firefox Now Shows Ads As Sponsored Address Bar Suggestions ](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-now-shows-ads-as-sponsored-address-bar-suggestions/203632)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2021, 10:02am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-now-shows-ads-as-sponsored-address-bar-suggestions/203632 "2021-10-08T10:02:11Z")
waspleg writes: Mozilla is now showing ads in the form of sponsored Firefox contextual suggestions when U.S. users type in the URL address bar. Mozilla says the feature was introduced with Firefox 92 in September to … --- ## [Apple Says Apps Must Offer a Way To Delete Your Account Starting In Early 2022](https://onehack.st/t/apple-says-apps-must-offer-a-way-to-delete-your-account-starting-in-early-2022/203497)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-says-apps-must-offer-a-way-to-delete-your-account-starting-in-early-2022/203497 "2021-10-07T00:32:06Z")
Apple says that as of January 31st, 2022, all applications will need to offer people a method of deleting their accounts. This applies to all iOS, iPadOS and macOS apps. Engadget reports: The company announced this r… --- ## [Google Is About To Turn On Two-Factor Authentication By Default For Millions of Users ](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-about-to-turn-on-two-factor-authentication-by-default-for-millions-of-users/203470)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-about-to-turn-on-two-factor-authentication-by-default-for-millions-of-users/203470 "2021-10-06T18:00:04Z")
Google is reminding us that it will enable two-factor authentication for 150 million more accounts by the end of this year. The Verge reports: In 2018, Google said that only 10 perce… --- ## [Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram suffer outage](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-whatsapp-and-instagram-suffer-outage/203276)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-whatsapp-and-instagram-suffer-outage/203276 "2021-10-05T12:08:56Z")
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have been hit by an outage lasting several hours. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or smartphone apps. Downdetect… --- ## [Java's Enhancement Proposals Pursue Virtual Threads, Data Aggregate Types, and Better Communication with C Libraries ](https://onehack.st/t/javas-enhancement-proposals-pursue-virtual-threads-data-aggregate-types-and-better-communication-with-c-libraries/203257)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/javas-enhancement-proposals-pursue-virtual-threads-data-aggregate-types-and-better-communication-with-c-libraries/203257 "2021-10-04T15:08:08Z")
Oracle’s Java magazine takes a look at some current JDK Enhancement Proposals, “the vehicle of long standing for updating the Java language and the JVM.” Today, concurrency in Java is delivered via nonlightweight thr… --- ## [Netflix Reveals Its Most-Watched TV Shows and Movies of All Time](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-reveals-its-most-watched-tv-shows-and-movies-of-all-time/203175)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/netflix-reveals-its-most-watched-tv-shows-and-movies-of-all-time/203175 "2021-10-03T14:40:59Z")
Netflix’s co-CEO revealed a list Monday showing its top shows and movies of all-time, reports NBC News. The list revealed that the 19th-century drama Bridgerton “was its most watched … --- ## [Microsoft Announces Office 2021 Features and Pricing](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-announces-office-2021-features-and-pricing/203071)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-announces-office-2021-features-and-pricing/203071 "2021-10-02T14:14:11Z")
Microsoft is launching Office 2021 on October 5th, and the company is finally detailing the features and pricing today. From a report: Office 2021 will be the next standalone version… --- ## [Developers Are Quitting To Escape From Your Bad Code](https://onehack.st/t/developers-are-quitting-to-escape-from-your-bad-code/202960)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/developers-are-quitting-to-escape-from-your-bad-code/202960 "2021-10-01T12:34:20Z")
An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from a ZDNet article, written by Liam Tung: \[A\] survey has come up with another reason why your engineers might want to quit – their fellow developers’ terrible code. Software en… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=74) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=76)