# News & Articles **URL:** https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=98 [Latest](https://onehack.st/latest.md) · [Categories](https://onehack.st/categories.md) · [Tags](https://onehack.st/tags.md) **Page:** 99 --- ## [AWS Launches 'Amazon Honeycode', a No-Code App Building Service](https://onehack.st/t/aws-launches-amazon-honeycode-a-no-code-app-building-service/94221)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/aws-launches-amazon-honeycode-a-no-code-app-building-service/94221 "2020-06-28T14:24:58Z")
“Amazon Web Services on Wednesday launched Amazon Honeycode, a fully-managed service that enables companies to build mobile and web applications without any programming,” reports ZDNet: Customers can use the service … --- ## [Apple 'Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users', Claims Forbes](https://onehack.st/t/apple-suddenly-catches-tiktok-secretly-spying-on-millions-of-iphone-users-claims-forbes/94220)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-suddenly-catches-tiktok-secretly-spying-on-millions-of-iphone-users-claims-forbes/94220 "2020-06-28T14:23:16Z")
In February, Reddit’s CEO called TikTok “fundamentally parasitic,” according to a report on TechCrunch, adding “it’s always listening, the fingerprinting technology they use is truly terrifying, and I could not bring … --- ## [Charter Seeks FCC Permission to Impose Data Caps and Charge Fees to Video Services](https://onehack.st/t/charter-seeks-fcc-permission-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/94083)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/charter-seeks-fcc-permission-to-impose-data-caps-and-charge-fees-to-video-services/94083 "2020-06-27T15:51:35Z")
“Charter Communications has asked federal regulators for permission to impose data caps on broadband users and to seek interconnection payments from large online video providers, starting next year,” writes Ars Technic… --- ## [Rosetta 2 is Apple's Key To Making the ARM Transition Less Painful](https://onehack.st/t/rosetta-2-is-apples-key-to-making-the-arm-transition-less-painful/94005)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/rosetta-2-is-apples-key-to-making-the-arm-transition-less-painful/94005 "2020-06-27T04:33:46Z")
At WWDC 2020 earlier this week, Apple announced that it’s moving Macs away from Intel processors to its own silicon, based on ARM architecture. To help ease the transition, the company announced Rosetta 2, a translati… --- ## [Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead](https://onehack.st/t/google-blew-a-ten-year-lead/93920)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2020, 10:13am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-blew-a-ten-year-lead/93920 "2020-06-27T10:13:04Z")
An anonymous reader shares a column: Back when there were rumors of Google building an operating system, I thought “Lol.” Then I watched then-PM Sundar Pichai announce Chrome OS. My heart raced. It was perfect. I got… --- ## [As Advertisers Revolt, Facebook Commits To Flagging 'Newsworthy' Political Speech That Violates Policy](https://onehack.st/t/as-advertisers-revolt-facebook-commits-to-flagging-newsworthy-political-speech-that-violates-policy/93919)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/as-advertisers-revolt-facebook-commits-to-flagging-newsworthy-political-speech-that-violates-policy/93919 "2020-06-26T21:50:13Z")
As advertisers pull away from Facebook to protest the social networking giant’s hands-off approach to misinformation and hate speech, the company is instituting a number of stronger policies to woo them back. From a re… --- ## [Microsoft is Permanently Closing All Physical Retail Stores](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-permanently-closing-all-physical-retail-stores/93863)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-permanently-closing-all-physical-retail-stores/93863 "2020-06-26T15:25:13Z")
Microsoft has announced it will permanently close all of its physical retail stores and transfer most of its resources to online channels. From a report: This comes after the computing giant shuttered the outlets in … --- ## [Leaked Microsoft Document Hints at Second Next-Gen Xbox](https://onehack.st/t/leaked-microsoft-document-hints-at-second-next-gen-xbox/93840)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/leaked-microsoft-document-hints-at-second-next-gen-xbox/93840 "2020-06-26T14:25:00Z")
Microsoft has been planning a second, cheaper and less power next-gen Xbox console. Codenamed Lockhart, it’s designed to take most of the key next-gen improvements found in the Xbox Series X and provide them at a lowe… --- ## [Hey Email App Open To All After Apple 'Definitively' Approves It](https://onehack.st/t/hey-email-app-open-to-all-after-apple-definitively-approves-it/93732)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hey-email-app-open-to-all-after-apple-definitively-approves-it/93732 "2020-06-25T19:46:34Z")
Basecamp’s Hey email app is now open to everyone after Apple “definitively approved” it for the App Store. No invite code is required for users to sign up. Engadget reports: Basecamp CTO and co-founder David Heinemei… --- ## [Facebook Will Show Users a Pop-up Warning Before They Share an Outdated Story ](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-show-users-a-pop-up-warning-before-they-share-an-outdated-story/93731)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-will-show-users-a-pop-up-warning-before-they-share-an-outdated-story/93731 "2020-06-25T19:43:59Z")
Facebook announced Thursday that it would introduce a notification screen warning users if they try to share content that’s more than 90 days old. From a report: They’ll be given the choice to “go back” or to click t… --- ## [Safari 14 Will Let You Log in To Websites With Your Face or Finger ](https://onehack.st/t/safari-14-will-let-you-log-in-to-websites-with-your-face-or-finger/93729)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/safari-14-will-let-you-log-in-to-websites-with-your-face-or-finger/93729 "2020-06-25T19:41:17Z")
With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to log in to websites using Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID biometric authentication. That’s a powerful endorsement for technology called FIDO – Fast Iden… --- ## [Google Says It Will Keep Less Browser History and Location Data By Default ](https://onehack.st/t/google-says-it-will-keep-less-browser-history-and-location-data-by-default/93700)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/google-says-it-will-keep-less-browser-history-and-location-data-by-default/93700 "2020-06-25T17:35:58Z")
Google said Wednesday it was changing the defaults on its services in an effort to store less browser history and location data on its servers. NBC News reports: Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in a blog post that the f… --- ## [Safari 14 Removes Flash, Gets Support for Breach Alerts, HTTP/3, and WebP](https://onehack.st/t/safari-14-removes-flash-gets-support-for-breach-alerts-http-3-and-webp/93699)
**Author:** [@TheStrength](https://onehack.st/u/TheStrength)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/safari-14-removes-flash-gets-support-for-breach-alerts-http-3-and-webp/93699 "2020-06-25T15:39:36Z")
Safari 14, scheduled to be released later this fall with iOS 14 and macOS 11, is a release that is packed choke-full with features. From a report: The biggest and most important of the new additions is support for We… --- ## [Millions of Telegram Users Data Exposed on Darknet](https://onehack.st/t/millions-of-telegram-users-data-exposed-on-darknet/93587)
**Author:** [@fd2013](https://onehack.st/u/fd2013)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2020, 2:10pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/millions-of-telegram-users-data-exposed-on-darknet/93587 "2020-06-26T14:10:20Z")
Telegram’s built-in contact import feature was exploited to leak the personal data of millions of users onto the darknet. :fire: Telegram, a major privacy-focused messaging app, has suffered a data leak that exposed s… --- ## [Facebook's $5.7 Billion Jio Stake Approved by India Regulator ](https://onehack.st/t/facebooks-5-7-billion-jio-stake-approved-by-india-regulator/93560)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:17am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebooks-5-7-billion-jio-stake-approved-by-india-regulator/93560 "2020-06-25T00:17:41Z")
India’s antitrust regulator approved Facebook’s purchase of a 9.99% stake in the digital services unit controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, giving the social media giant another foothold in one of the world’s fast… --- ## [Amazon Is Looking To Add Live TV To Prime Video](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-is-looking-to-add-live-tv-to-prime-video/93553)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/amazon-is-looking-to-add-live-tv-to-prime-video/93553 "2020-06-24T14:43:30Z")
Amazon is looking to add 24/7 live programming to its Prime Video service, according to Protocol. The new channels could include live news, music and sports as well as scheduled movies and TV show showings. From the r… --- ## [Microsoft Is Adding Linux, Android, and Firmware Protections To Windows](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-adding-linux-android-and-firmware-protections-to-windows/93552)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-adding-linux-android-and-firmware-protections-to-windows/93552 "2020-06-24T14:42:00Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Microsoft is moving forward with its promise to extend enterprise security protections to non-Windows platforms with the general release of a Linux version and a… --- ## [Hackers Leaked 269 GB of U.S. Police and Fusion Centers Data Online](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-leaked-269-gb-of-u-s-police-and-fusion-centers-data-online/93325)
**Author:** [@moaxs1](https://onehack.st/u/moaxs1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/hackers-leaked-269-gb-of-u-s-police-and-fusion-centers-data-online/93325 "2020-06-23T10:01:37Z")
A group of hacktivists and transparency advocates has published a massive 269 GB of data allegedly stolen from more than 200 police departments, fusion centers, and other law enforcement agencies across the United States… --- ## [What Happens If Apple Switches to Its Own ARM Chips for Macs?](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-if-apple-switches-to-its-own-arm-chips-for-macs/93197)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/what-happens-if-apple-switches-to-its-own-arm-chips-for-macs/93197 "2020-06-22T05:35:19Z")
CNN reports that Apple could announce “a long-rumored switch” from Intel chips to its own ARM-based chips for Macs at its WWDC conference Monday – citing a report from Bloomberg. Then they consider the possible advan… --- ## [Facebook Research Releases Tech To Create 3D Models of People From Photographs](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-research-releases-tech-to-create-3d-models-of-people-from-photographs/93196)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-research-releases-tech-to-create-3d-models-of-people-from-photographs/93196 "2020-06-22T05:32:54Z")
Facebook Research has released technology to create 3D models of people from photographs, reports shirappu: The technology, called PIFuHD, takes photographs of people and reconstructs them in 3D. The tech works on de… --- ## [Should Microsoft Release an Edgebook?](https://onehack.st/t/should-microsoft-release-an-edgebook/93101)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/should-microsoft-release-an-edgebook/93101 "2020-06-21T15:28:31Z")
“All the pieces are coming together for Microsoft to launch a direct competitor to Chromebooks…” argues an industry analyst writing for ZDNet: Since adopting the Chromium rendering engine, Microsoft Edge has featured… --- ## [Facebook Advertising Boycott Targets Misinformation and Hate Speech](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-advertising-boycott-targets-misinformation-and-hate-speech/93100)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/facebook-advertising-boycott-targets-misinformation-and-hate-speech/93100 "2020-06-22T04:25:33Z")
Two major outdoor-goods retailers “have joined a boycott of Facebook after six civil rights groups called on businesses to stop advertising on Facebook in July,” reports CNET, “to push the social network to do more to… --- ## ['Adobe Flash Is Actually Going to Die' In 194 Days ](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-flash-is-actually-going-to-die-in-194-days/92990)
**Author:** [@Shayla](https://onehack.st/u/Shayla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/adobe-flash-is-actually-going-to-die-in-194-days/92990 "2020-06-21T13:31:10Z")
An anonymous reader quotes Gizmodo: Three years ago, long after the rise (and fall) of Flash, Adobe announced that its once-ubiquitous multimedia platform was finally going away. But Adobe never provided a specific d… --- ## [Microsoft's GitHub Offers Open-Source Developers 'One Linter to Rule Them All'](https://onehack.st/t/microsofts-github-offers-open-source-developers-one-linter-to-rule-them-all/92989)
**Author:** [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsofts-github-offers-open-source-developers-one-linter-to-rule-them-all/92989 "2020-06-20T23:35:02Z")
“GitHub says it’s open-sourcing its in-house linting tool, the GitHub Super Linter, to clean up code,” reports ZDNet: Having a tool that checks source code for programming blunders and other errors is useful for deve… --- ## [Stack Overflow Explores Why Developers Love TypeScript More Than Python ](https://onehack.st/t/stack-overflow-explores-why-developers-love-typescript-more-than-python/92988)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/stack-overflow-explores-why-developers-love-typescript-more-than-python/92988 "2020-06-21T01:25:29Z")
Stack Overflow asked 65,000 programmers for their favorite programming language, and this year Microsoft’s TypeScript knocked Python from the #2 spot. So they interviewed Microsoft’s principal engineering lead for the… --- ## [Has the Time Finally Come for Generics in Golang?](https://onehack.st/t/has-the-time-finally-come-for-generics-in-golang/92987)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/has-the-time-finally-come-for-generics-in-golang/92987 "2020-06-20T23:32:47Z")
An anonymous reader quotes technology columnist Mike Melanson: The debate around adding generics to the Go programming language has been going on for years now, often with much resistance, but it’s starting to look l… --- ## [Academics Studied DDoS Takedowns and Said They're Ineffective, Recommend Patching Vulnerable Servers](https://onehack.st/t/academics-studied-ddos-takedowns-and-said-theyre-ineffective-recommend-patching-vulnerable-servers/92936)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/academics-studied-ddos-takedowns-and-said-theyre-ineffective-recommend-patching-vulnerable-servers/92936 "2020-06-20T14:32:20Z")
A team of Dutch and German academics has studied the aftermath of a major crackdown against DDoS providers and concluded that law enforcement takedowns are largely ineffective, recommending that authorities rather focu… --- ## [Apple Rejects Facebook's Gaming App, For At Least the Fifth Time ](https://onehack.st/t/apple-rejects-facebooks-gaming-app-for-at-least-the-fifth-time/92935)
**Author:** [@BlueHacker](https://onehack.st/u/BlueHacker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/apple-rejects-facebooks-gaming-app-for-at-least-the-fifth-time/92935 "2020-06-20T14:32:18Z")
After a few weeks of consideration, Apple denied Facebook’s new Gaming app. “Since February, Apple has rejected at least five versions of Facebook Gaming,” reports The New York Times. “Each time, Apple cited its rules… --- ## [Mozilla To Launch VPN Product 'in the Next Few Weeks'](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-to-launch-vpn-product-in-the-next-few-weeks/92806)
**Author:** [@NoBody](https://onehack.st/u/NoBody)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/mozilla-to-launch-vpn-product-in-the-next-few-weeks/92806 "2020-06-19T13:47:12Z")
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: \*Mozilla has announced today that its highly anticipated VPN (virtual private network) service will launch later this summer, "in the next few weeks." The product has a… --- ## [To Evade Detection, Hackers Are Requiring Targets To Complete CAPTCHAs](https://onehack.st/t/to-evade-detection-hackers-are-requiring-targets-to-complete-captchas/92731)
**Author:** [@Astrid](https://onehack.st/u/Astrid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/to-evade-detection-hackers-are-requiring-targets-to-complete-captchas/92731 "2020-06-19T02:49:07Z")
CAPTCHAs, those puzzles with muffled sounds or blurred or squiggly letters that websites use to filter out bots (often unsuccessfully), have been annoying end users for more than a decade. Now, the challenge-and-respo… [Previous page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=97) [Next page](https://onehack.st/c/news-articles/30.md?page=99)