# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=89 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [New Chinese Laptop Appears With 14nm Loongsoon Quad-Core 3A4000 CPU](https://onehack.st/t/new-chinese-laptop-appears-with-14nm-loongsoon-quad-core-3a4000-cpu/160905)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-chinese-laptop-appears-with-14nm-loongsoon-quad-core-3a4000-cpu/160905 "2020-11-01T16:02:41Z")
“BDY electronics, a Chinese laptop manufacturer, has unveiled an all-new 13.3-inch laptop sporting Longsoon’s new Dragon Core 3A4000 quad-core 14nm CPU,” reports Tom’s Hardware: The biggest feature of this laptop is … --- ## [Software Freedom Conservancy: Microsoft Should Resign from RIAA Over Youtube-DL Takedown Demand ](https://onehack.st/t/software-freedom-conservancy-microsoft-should-resign-from-riaa-over-youtube-dl-takedown-demand/160904)
**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/software-freedom-conservancy-microsoft-should-resign-from-riaa-over-youtube-dl-takedown-demand/160904 "2020-11-01T17:24:07Z")
“We believe that youtube-dl has substantial non-infringing uses,” argues the non-profit Software Freedom Conservancy. But while that software faces a DMCA takedown notice from the Recording Industry Association of Ame… --- ## [Apple Added a Secret Button To Your iPhone](https://onehack.st/t/apple-added-a-secret-button-to-your-iphone/160824)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-added-a-secret-button-to-your-iphone/160824 "2020-10-31T13:22:09Z")
Your iPhone got a new button last month, and you may not have even noticed. The Verge reports: No, Apple didn’t sneak into your house and secretly superglue a button onto your smartphone. But it did release iOS 14, t… --- ## [Seagate Says 20 TB HAMR Drives Will Arrive in December, 50 TB Capacities in 2026](https://onehack.st/t/seagate-says-20-tb-hamr-drives-will-arrive-in-december-50-tb-capacities-in-2026/160823)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/seagate-says-20-tb-hamr-drives-will-arrive-in-december-50-tb-capacities-in-2026/160823 "2020-11-01T11:21:22Z")
Seagate revealed several interesting points about its upcoming releases of next-generation hard drives during its quarterly earnings call this week. From a report: The company has disclosed a shift to a new generatio… --- ## [India's COVID Deaths : The Real Story Beyond Numbers | The Quint](https://onehack.st/t/indias-covid-deaths-the-real-story-beyond-numbers-the-quint/160803)
**Author:** [@Sarah](https://onehack.st/u/Sarah)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/indias-covid-deaths-the-real-story-beyond-numbers-the-quint/160803 "2020-10-31T08:05:51Z")
COVID-19 has killed more than one lakh Indians – some of whom were mothers, fathers, spouses, children, grandparents, and friends. This film steers away from reducing people to mere statistics and instead puts faces to … --- ## [PlayStation CEO Says VR Won't Be a 'Meaningful' Part of Gaming For Years](https://onehack.st/t/playstation-ceo-says-vr-wont-be-a-meaningful-part-of-gaming-for-years/160727)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/playstation-ceo-says-vr-wont-be-a-meaningful-part-of-gaming-for-years/160727 "2020-10-30T12:27:17Z")
Sony PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan says virtual reality won’t be a meaningful part of interactive entertainment in the near future. The Verge reports: Ryan indicated to The Washington Post that VR still has a long way to … --- ## [Google's AI Converts Webpages Into Videos](https://onehack.st/t/googles-ai-converts-webpages-into-videos/160726)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/googles-ai-converts-webpages-into-videos/160726 "2020-10-30T12:25:13Z")
Researchers at Google say they’ve developing an AI system that can automatically convert webpages into short videos. From a report: It extracts assets like text and images and their design styles including… --- ## [Wikimedia Is Moving To GitLab](https://onehack.st/t/wikimedia-is-moving-to-gitlab/160611)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/wikimedia-is-moving-to-gitlab/160611 "2020-10-29T12:29:50Z")
The Wikimedia Foundation, the American non-profit organization that owns the internet domain names of many movement projects and hosts sites like Wikipedia, has decided to migrate their code repositories from Gerrit t… --- ## [New Windows 10 Update Permanently Removes Adobe Flash](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-windows-10-update-permanently-removes-adobe-flash/160610 "2020-10-30T11:39:44Z")
Microsoft has released a Windows update that removes Adobe’s Flash Player before it reaches end of support on December 31, 2020. ZDNet reports: Update KB4577586 is part of Microsoft’s effort to follow through with pl… --- ## [Microsoft Teams Passes 115 Million Daily Active Users](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-teams-passes-115-million-daily-active-users/160515)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-teams-passes-115-million-daily-active-users/160515 "2020-10-28T13:29:04Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: Microsoft Teams is continuing to ride the remote work and learning wave kicked off by the coronavirus pandemic. During Microsoft’s Q1 2021 earnings call, CEO Saty… --- ## ['Iranian YouTube' CEO Sentenced To 10 Years Over Video Uploaded By User](https://onehack.st/t/iranian-youtube-ceo-sentenced-to-10-years-over-video-uploaded-by-user/160388)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/iranian-youtube-ceo-sentenced-to-10-years-over-video-uploaded-by-user/160388 "2020-11-02T09:31:02Z")
The founder and manager of Iran’s main video-sharing platform, referred to by some as Iran’s YouTube, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of “encouraging corruption” over a video posted by a… --- ## [Chrome OS May Finally Be Getting a Dark Mode](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-os-may-finally-be-getting-a-dark-mode/160386)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/chrome-os-may-finally-be-getting-a-dark-mode/160386 "2020-10-29T13:35:46Z")
New submitter andreavenezia shares a report from The Verge: Chrome OS may finally be getting a dark mode, but so far it’s only been spotted in its experimental Canary channel, Android Central reported. Before you go … --- ## [Java Geeks Discuss 'The War for the Browser' and the State of Java Modularization](https://onehack.st/t/java-geeks-discuss-the-war-for-the-browser-and-the-state-of-java-modularization/160286)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 1:15pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/java-geeks-discuss-the-war-for-the-browser-and-the-state-of-java-modularization/160286 "2020-10-26T13:15:40Z")
Self-described “Java geek” nfrankel writes: At the beginning of 2019, I wrote about the state of Java modularization. I took a sample of widespread libraries, and for each of them, I checked whether: It supports t… --- ## [Does Python Need to Change?](https://onehack.st/t/does-python-need-to-change/160177)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/does-python-need-to-change/160177 "2020-10-25T13:02:15Z")
The Python programming language “is a big hit for machine learning,” read a headline this week at ZDNet, adding “But now it needs to change.” Python is the top language according to IEEE Spectrum’s electrical enginee… --- ## [Google Patched an Actively-Exploited Zero-Day Bug in Chrome](https://onehack.st/t/google-patched-an-actively-exploited-zero-day-bug-in-chrome/160176)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-patched-an-actively-exploited-zero-day-bug-in-chrome/160176 "2020-10-25T13:02:13Z")
"Google released an update to its Chrome browser that patches a zero-day vulnerability in the software’s FreeType font rendering library that was actively being exploited in the wild, Threatpost reported this week: S… --- ## ['youtube-dl' Downloading Software Removed From GitHub By RIAA Takedown Notice ](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-dl-downloading-software-removed-from-github-by-riaa-takedown-notice/160090)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/youtube-dl-downloading-software-removed-from-github-by-riaa-takedown-notice/160090 "2020-10-26T18:57:12Z")
Jahta writes: The GitHub repository for the popular youtube-dl utility is offline after GitHub received a DMCA takedown notice from the RIAA. The notice claims that “The clear purpose of this source code is to (i) circu… --- ## [Scientists Capture World's First 3,200-Megapixel Photos ](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-capture-worlds-first-3-200-megapixel-photos/160089)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/scientists-capture-worlds-first-3-200-megapixel-photos/160089 "2020-10-24T14:29:04Z")
Scientists at the Menlo Park, California-based SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have taken the world’s first 3,200-megapixel digital photos, using an advanced imaging device that’s built to explore the … --- ## [Ubuntu Linux 20.10 'Groovy Gorilla' is Here With Renewed Raspberry Pi Focus](https://onehack.st/t/ubuntu-linux-20-10-groovy-gorilla-is-here-with-renewed-raspberry-pi-focus/159988)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/ubuntu-linux-20-10-groovy-gorilla-is-here-with-renewed-raspberry-pi-focus/159988 "2020-10-24T02:48:30Z")
An anonymous reader shares a report: As stated earlier, new Ubuntu versions come April and October, and wouldn’t you know it, we are at the end of the latter. With Halloween a bit more than a week away, Canonical tod… --- ## [Senate Republicans Vote To Subpoena Facebook and Twitter CEOs About Alleged Censorship](https://onehack.st/t/senate-republicans-vote-to-subpoena-facebook-and-twitter-ceos-about-alleged-censorship/159884)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/senate-republicans-vote-to-subpoena-facebook-and-twitter-ceos-about-alleged-censorship/159884 "2020-10-22T14:40:29Z")
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize subpoenas for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to testify about their handling of a recent unverified New York Post article abou… --- ## [VPN provider wins a court fight: Police can't get or use its database](https://onehack.st/t/vpn-provider-wins-a-court-fight-police-cant-get-or-use-its-database/159751)
**Author:** [@Mika](https://onehack.st/u/Mika)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/vpn-provider-wins-a-court-fight-police-cant-get-or-use-its-database/159751 "2020-10-21T19:01:45Z")
Finnish VPN and antivirus provider F-Secure scored a big win in courts this week. It sued Finnish law enforcement authority over a database raid that was conducted in January, 2019. In the raid, Germany’s top law enfo… --- ## ['Hands-On With Amazon's Luna Game Streaming Service'](https://onehack.st/t/hands-on-with-amazons-luna-game-streaming-service/159714)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hands-on-with-amazons-luna-game-streaming-service/159714 "2020-10-21T12:29:55Z")
Last month, Amazon announced a gaming platform called Luna that lets users play games via the cloud. The company is rolling out early access today, starting with a library of 50 games and support for Mac, PC, Fire TV,… --- ## [Microsoft Releases Chromium-Based Edge Preview For Linux](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-releases-chromium-based-edge-preview-for-linux/159713)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-releases-chromium-based-edge-preview-for-linux/159713 "2020-10-22T12:08:05Z")
Last month, Microsoft officials said they’d release a preview of the new Chromium-based Edge browser for Linux some time in October. On October 20, Microsoft made good on the promise, making available the Edge Dev Chan… --- ## [Microsoft Adds Option To Disable JScript In Internet Explorer](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-adds-option-to-disable-jscript-in-internet-explorer/159565)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-adds-option-to-disable-jscript-in-internet-explorer/159565 "2020-10-20T12:54:14Z")
As part of the October 2020 Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft has added a new option to Windows to let system administrators disable the JScript component inside Internet Explorer. ZDNet reports: The JScript … --- ## [Microsoft AI - Be future ready with AI skills](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-ai-be-future-ready-with-ai-skills/159513)
**Author:** [@sqageek](https://onehack.st/u/sqageek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-ai-be-future-ready-with-ai-skills/159513 "2020-10-26T20:30:13Z")
Microsoft AI Classroom series is an initiative by Microsoft in association with NASSCOM FutureSkills® and supported by GitHub to train 1M students over 12 months. The AI Classroom series is divided into three (3) easy t… --- ## [Microsoft Forces Windows 10 Restarts -- To Install 'Unsolicited, Unwanted' Office Apps](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-forces-windows-10-restarts-to-install-unsolicited-unwanted-office-apps/159425)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-forces-windows-10-restarts-to-install-unsolicited-unwanted-office-apps/159425 "2020-10-19T12:57:29Z")
The Verge’s senior news editor complains that without permission, Windows 10 restarted to install "unsolicited, unwanted web app versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook onto my computer." OK, it’s not as bad … --- ## [What If the Government Ran a Social Network?](https://onehack.st/t/what-if-the-government-ran-a-social-network/159424)
**Author:** [@Prometheus](https://onehack.st/u/Prometheus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/what-if-the-government-ran-a-social-network/159424 "2020-10-19T12:57:28Z")
A publicly-funded social network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation “has been proposed as one possible response if Facebook and Google limit services in Australia when the mandatory news code becomes law t… --- ## [Bill Gates Asked Microsoft's 'Junior Engineer' Job Interview Question ](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-asked-microsofts-junior-engineer-job-interview-question/159304)
**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/bill-gates-asked-microsofts-junior-engineer-job-interview-question/159304 "2020-10-18T14:05:20Z")
DevNull127 writes: Let’s say you’re interviewing for a junior engineering position at Microsoft," Bill Gates was asked. “Why should we hire you?” “I like to be on a team,” Gates replies. “I like ambitious goals. I l… --- ## ['No, Microsoft Won't Rebase Windows to Linux' Argues Canonical's Manager for Ubuntu on WSL](https://onehack.st/t/no-microsoft-wont-rebase-windows-to-linux-argues-canonicals-manager-for-ubuntu-on-wsl/159303)
**Author:** [@PlayBoy83](https://onehack.st/u/PlayBoy83)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/no-microsoft-wont-rebase-windows-to-linux-argues-canonicals-manager-for-ubuntu-on-wsl/159303 "2020-10-19T01:27:47Z")
Last month Eric Raymond suggested Microsoft might be moving to a Linux kernel that emulates Windows. ZDNet contributing editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols argued such a move “makes perfect sense”, and open source advocat… --- ## [New Benchmark Shows iPhones Throttle So Hard They Lose Their Edge Over Android ](https://onehack.st/t/new-benchmark-shows-iphones-throttle-so-hard-they-lose-their-edge-over-android/159157)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/new-benchmark-shows-iphones-throttle-so-hard-they-lose-their-edge-over-android/159157 "2020-10-17T13:59:34Z")
MojoKid writes: Apple has repeatedly asserted its dominance in terms of performance versus competitive mobile platforms. And it has been historically true that, in cross-platform benchmarks, iPhones generally can … --- ## [Google Is Beginning the Forced Migration From Hangouts To Chat Next Year ](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-beginning-the-forced-migration-from-hangouts-to-chat-next-year/159156)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-is-beginning-the-forced-migration-from-hangouts-to-chat-next-year/159156 "2020-10-17T13:59:32Z")
Google will officially transition users from Google Hangouts to Google Chat starting next year. The Verge reports: As part of the change, Chat, a messaging service previously only available to customers who pay for G… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=88) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=90)