# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=86 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 87 --- ## [Surprise Ending for Publishers: In 2020, Business Was Good](https://onehack.st/t/surprise-ending-for-publishers-in-2020-business-was-good/167915)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/surprise-ending-for-publishers-in-2020-business-was-good/167915 "2020-12-30T16:02:05Z")
Like everybody else, book publishers will be happy to see the end of 2020. But for many of them, the year has brought some positive news, which has been as welcome as it was surprising: Business has been good. From a… --- ## [Apple Launches First-Generation College Student Mentorship Program ](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-first-generation-college-student-mentorship-program/167818)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-first-generation-college-student-mentorship-program/167818 "2020-12-29T16:29:51Z")
Apple this month announced a new Launch@Apple mentorship program that’s designed for first-generation college students, with the program set to launch in early 2021. From a report: According to a PDF describing Launc… --- ## [Apple Experienced iCloud Issues After Christmas Surge](https://onehack.st/t/apple-experienced-icloud-issues-after-christmas-surge/167580)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-experienced-icloud-issues-after-christmas-surge/167580 "2020-12-27T15:37:25Z")
“If you just received a new iPhone 12, Apple Watch or iPad, you might not have gotten immediate satisfaction — Apple was having some iCloud issues,” reports CNET: The issue started early on Christmas Day, according t… --- ## [MediaTek Becomes Biggest Smartphone Chipset Vendor](https://onehack.st/t/mediatek-becomes-biggest-smartphone-chipset-vendor/167488)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mediatek-becomes-biggest-smartphone-chipset-vendor/167488 "2020-12-26T15:20:36Z")
MediaTek became the biggest smartphone chipset vendor with 31% market share in the third quarter of 2020, when smartphone sales rebounded during the quarter, according to Counterpoint Research. From a report: MediaTe… --- ## [Crypto's Big Rupture Is Coming In 2021](https://onehack.st/t/cryptos-big-rupture-is-coming-in-2021/167401)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/cryptos-big-rupture-is-coming-in-2021/167401 "2020-12-26T04:56:14Z")
An anonymous reader shares an opinion piece from CoinDesk, written by Ryan Zurrer. Zurrer is founder of Dialectic AG, an alternative-assets focused multi-family office. Previously, he was a Director at the Web3 Founda… --- ## [Photographer Captures ISS Passing Between Jupiter and Saturn](https://onehack.st/t/photographer-captures-iss-passing-between-jupiter-and-saturn/167305)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/photographer-captures-iss-passing-between-jupiter-and-saturn/167305 "2020-12-24T12:49:17Z")
During the Great Conjunction event in which Jupiter and Saturn appeared closer to each other in the sky than they have for hundreds of years, photographer Jason De Freitas captured a photo showing the ISS zipping betw… --- ## [Nintendo Leak Reveals Extreme Measures Taken To Track Hackers](https://onehack.st/t/nintendo-leak-reveals-extreme-measures-taken-to-track-hackers/167216)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/nintendo-leak-reveals-extreme-measures-taken-to-track-hackers/167216 "2020-12-23T13:43:22Z")
An internal Nintendo leak has revealed measures the company took when approaching a 3DS homebrew hacker. The measures are rather extreme and apparently include surveillance of the individual in question, as well as in… --- ## [YouTube Class Action: Same IP Address Used To Upload 'Pirate' Movies and File DMCA Notices](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-class-action-same-ip-address-used-to-upload-pirate-movies-and-file-dmca-notices/167114)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-class-action-same-ip-address-used-to-upload-pirate-movies-and-file-dmca-notices/167114 "2020-12-22T13:15:48Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: YouTube says it has found a “smoking gun” to prove that a class-action lawsuit filed by Grammy award-winning musician Maria Schneider and Pirate Monitor Ltd was … --- ## [Physical Addresses of 270K Ledger Owners Leaked On Hacker Forum](https://onehack.st/t/physical-addresses-of-270k-ledger-owners-leaked-on-hacker-forum/167113)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/physical-addresses-of-270k-ledger-owners-leaked-on-hacker-forum/167113 "2020-12-22T13:06:04Z")
A threat actor has leaked the stolen email and mailing addresses for Ledger cryptocurrency wallet users on a hacker forum for free. BleepingComputer reports: Ledger is a hardware cryptocurrency wallet that is used to… --- ## [3 Million Users Have Installed 28 Malicious Chrome or Edge Extensions, Says Avast ](https://onehack.st/t/3-million-users-have-installed-28-malicious-chrome-or-edge-extensions-says-avast/167010)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/3-million-users-have-installed-28-malicious-chrome-or-edge-extensions-says-avast/167010 "2020-12-21T14:03:37Z")
More than three million internet users are believed to have installed 15 Chrome, and 13 Edge extensions that contain malicious code, reports ZDNet, citing an announcement from cybersecurity company Avast: Avast resea… --- ## [Firefox 84 Claims Speed Boost from Apple Silicon, Vows to End Flash Support](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-84-claims-speed-boost-from-apple-silicon-vows-to-end-flash-support/166932)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/firefox-84-claims-speed-boost-from-apple-silicon-vows-to-end-flash-support/166932 "2020-12-20T13:57:22Z")
The Verge reports:Firefox’s latest update brings native support for Macs that run on Apple’s Arm-based silicon, Mozilla announced on Tuesday. Mozilla claims that native Apple silicon support brings significant perform… --- ## [Report: PHP, C++, Java, and .NET Applications are the Most Frequently Flawed ](https://onehack.st/t/report-php-c-java-and-net-applications-are-the-most-frequently-flawed/166930)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:55pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/report-php-c-java-and-net-applications-are-the-most-frequently-flawed/166930 "2020-12-20T13:55:32Z")
Application-security company Veracode “has released the 11th volume of its annual State of Software Security report, and its findings reveal that flawed applications are the norm, open-source libraries are increasingl… --- ## [As Bitcoin Surges, Prominent Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Aims To Go Public](https://onehack.st/t/as-bitcoin-surges-prominent-cryptocurrency-exchange-coinbase-aims-to-go-public/166827)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/as-bitcoin-surges-prominent-cryptocurrency-exchange-coinbase-aims-to-go-public/166827 "2020-12-19T12:48:12Z")
Cryptocurrency brokerage Coinbase said Thursday that it has filed a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, paving the way for plans for an eventual initial public offering. CNN repor… --- ## [Up To 3 Million Devices Infected By Malware-Laced Chrome and Edge Add-Ons ](https://onehack.st/t/up-to-3-million-devices-infected-by-malware-laced-chrome-and-edge-add-ons/166591)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2020, 6:15am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/up-to-3-million-devices-infected-by-malware-laced-chrome-and-edge-add-ons/166591 "2020-12-18T06:15:46Z")
As many as 3 million people have been infected by Chrome and Edge browser extensions that steal personal data and redirect users to ad or phishing sites, a security firm said on Wednesday. Ars Technica reports: In al… --- ## [Gmail Is Broken Right Now, One Day After a Massive Outage](https://onehack.st/t/gmail-is-broken-right-now-one-day-after-a-massive-outage/166483)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/gmail-is-broken-right-now-one-day-after-a-massive-outage/166483 "2020-12-16T13:57:39Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: While it doesn’t appear to be completely down like it was yesterday morning, we’re hearing many reports from Gmail users that the email service is having major iss… --- ## [Twitter Is Shutting Down Its Periscope Apps](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-is-shutting-down-its-periscope-apps/166482)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/twitter-is-shutting-down-its-periscope-apps/166482 "2020-12-16T13:56:09Z")
Twitter has announced that it’ll be shutting down Periscope as a service, with the company set to discontinue the Periscope applications by March 2021. The Verge reports: Twitter will, however, continue to offer live… --- ## [AWS Introduces New Chaos Engineering as a Service Offering](https://onehack.st/t/aws-introduces-new-chaos-engineering-as-a-service-offering/166481)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/aws-introduces-new-chaos-engineering-as-a-service-offering/166481 "2020-12-16T13:56:06Z")
When large companies like Netflix or Amazon want to test the resilience of their systems, they use chaos engineering tools designed to help them simulate worst-case scenarios and find potential issues before they even… --- ## [Apple Launches New App Store Privacy Labels So You Can See How iOS Apps Use Your Data](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-new-app-store-privacy-labels-so-you-can-see-how-ios-apps-use-your-data/166354)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-launches-new-app-store-privacy-labels-so-you-can-see-how-ios-apps-use-your-data/166354 "2020-12-15T12:38:31Z")
Apple is officially launching its so-called “nutrition label” privacy disclosures for all iOS device owners running the latest version of iOS 14. The Verge reports: Apple says the new labels will be required for apps… --- ## [A History of the American Energy System In One Chart](https://onehack.st/t/a-history-of-the-american-energy-system-in-one-chart/166262)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2020, 12:18pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/a-history-of-the-american-energy-system-in-one-chart/166262 "2020-12-14T12:18:40Z")
Long-time Slashdot reader BoredStiff writes: An energy Sankey diagram \[where the width of arrows is proportional to flow rates\] was published today by the University of Chicago, and shows the history of the American … --- ## [Hackers Are Selling More Than 85,000 MySQL Databases On a Dark Web Portal ](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-are-selling-more-than-85-000-mysql-databases-on-a-dark-web-portal/166133)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-are-selling-more-than-85-000-mysql-databases-on-a-dark-web-portal/166133 "2020-12-13T12:30:07Z")
An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: For the past year, hackers have been breaking into MySQL databases, downloading tables, deleting the originals, and leaving ransom notes behind, telling server owners to contact t… --- ## [Google Will Let You Limit the Alcohol and Gambling Ads You See](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-let-you-limit-the-alcohol-and-gambling-ads-you-see/165998)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-let-you-limit-the-alcohol-and-gambling-ads-you-see/165998 "2020-12-12T09:35:10Z")
On Thursday, Google announced a new setting that lets people limit the alcohol- and gambling-related ads they come across. Gizmodo reports: Per the announcement, the feature will first roll out for YouTube ads in the… --- ## [Microsoft Will Start Force Upgrading Windows 10 For Some Users](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-will-start-force-upgrading-windows-10-for-some-users/165888)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-will-start-force-upgrading-windows-10-for-some-users/165888 "2020-12-11T13:39:40Z")
Ammalgam shares a report from The Redmond Cloud: Starting this month, Microsoft will begin forcing some users to upgrade to Windows 10 version 1909 or version 2004 if they don’t update their PC manually. This is comi… --- ## [Spotify Resets Passwords After a Security Bug Exposed Users' Private Account Information](https://onehack.st/t/spotify-resets-passwords-after-a-security-bug-exposed-users-private-account-information/165887)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/spotify-resets-passwords-after-a-security-bug-exposed-users-private-account-information/165887 "2020-12-11T13:36:59Z")
Jerry Rivers shares a report from TechCrunch, adding: “…and it took the music service seven months to notice.” From the report: In a data breach notification filed with the California attorney general’s office, the m… --- ## [Gmail Will Now Let You Edit Office Documents Directly From Email Attachments ](https://onehack.st/t/gmail-will-now-let-you-edit-office-documents-directly-from-email-attachments/165886)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/gmail-will-now-let-you-edit-office-documents-directly-from-email-attachments/165886 "2020-12-11T13:35:27Z")
Google is making it even easier to work with Microsoft Office files, with the company now allowing users to directly edit attached Office files in Gmail, much like it already allows with Google Docs or Sheets files. T… --- ## [Adobe Releases the Last Flash Update Ever](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-releases-the-last-flash-update-ever/165732)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-releases-the-last-flash-update-ever/165732 "2020-12-10T13:00:47Z")
Adobe has released the final scheduled update to its Flash Player plugin, weeks before Flash’s official retirement. The Verge reports: As noted on Adobe’s site, yesterday marked the last update for Flash outside main… --- ## [Google Will Change How Chrome Extensions Access Data in 2021 ](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-change-how-chrome-extensions-access-data-in-2021/165731)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-will-change-how-chrome-extensions-access-data-in-2021/165731 "2020-12-10T13:00:45Z")
At Chrome Dev Summit 2020 today, Google announced it will change how extensions access data and how extension permissions work in 2021. On January 18, a day before the release of Chrome 88, Google will require that ev… --- ## [Mount Everest, Earth's Tallest Mountain, Just Got Taller By About a Meter](https://onehack.st/t/mount-everest-earths-tallest-mountain-just-got-taller-by-about-a-meter/165612)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mount-everest-earths-tallest-mountain-just-got-taller-by-about-a-meter/165612 "2020-12-09T13:08:02Z")
China and Nepal say they have determined the "most accurate height of Everest that we have ever had," calculating it to be about 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet) high. That’s almost a meter taller than the mountain’s p… --- ## [Will Businesses Make 2021 The Year of the Linux Desktop? ](https://onehack.st/t/will-businesses-make-2021-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/165259)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/will-businesses-make-2021-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/165259 "2020-12-09T17:14:11Z")
Writing for TechRepublic, open source advocate Jack Wallen predicts 2021 will be a year where open source technology dominates the world of big data even more than 2021 (with a big role predicted for SUSE). But he als… --- ## [YouTube and Peacock are Now Streaming James Bond Films For Free](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-and-peacock-are-now-streaming-james-bond-films-for-free/165258)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-and-peacock-are-now-streaming-james-bond-films-for-free/165258 "2020-12-07T21:43:49Z")
The Verge writes: Maybe you’re feeling nostalgic for a classic James Bond film following Sean Connery’s death in late October. Or perhaps you’re simply feeling a gap given that the next film, No Time to Die, got push… --- ## [Does Digital Advertising Actually Work?](https://onehack.st/t/does-digital-advertising-actually-work/165153)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/does-digital-advertising-actually-work/165153 "2020-12-06T12:34:24Z")
“This week’s Freakonomics podcast goes into depth at asking if digital advertising actually works,” writes Slashdot reader Thelasko: Economist Steve Tadelis \[a professor at U.C. Berkeley’s business school\] was intere… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=85) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=87)