‘Insurers don’t really know how to measure their risk exposure’, warns one expert
Google Spin-Off's Newest Self-Driving Minivans Start Road Tests This Month
“We’re at an inflection point where we can begin to realize the potential of this technology,” the CEO of Waymo said today. An anonymous reader quotes The Verge: Waymo, the self-driving car startup spun-off from Google late last year, will…
Interviews: Ask Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst A Question
Jim Whitehurst joined Red Hat in 2008, as its valuation rose past $10 billion and the company entered the S&P 500. He believes that leaders should engage people, and then provide context for self-organizing, and in 2015 even published The…
What's Happening As The University of California Tries To Outsource IT Jobs To India
Long-time Slashdot reader Nova Express shares an epic column by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik. It details what’s happening now as the University of California tries to outsources dozens of IT jobs — about 20% of their IT workforce —…
Google Abandons Their Google Hangouts API
“Once again we’re seeing the hazards of developing using a third party service API,” writes Slashdot reader BarbaraHudson, reporting that Google “will be discontinuing support for the Google Hangouts API going forward… Google Hangouts is now so insignificant that the…
Browser Autofill Profiles Can Be Abused For Phishing Attacks
An anonymous reader quotes Bleeping Computer: Browser autofill profiles are a reliable phishing vector that allow attackers to collect information from users via hidden form fields, which the browser automatically fills with preset personal information and which the user unknowingly…
Macbook Saves Man's Life During Fort Lauderdale Airport Shooting
A 37-year-old credits his MacBook Pro laptop with saving his life during a shooting at the baggage claim of the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. An anonymous reader quotes WPLG Miami: He placed it in his backpack, but didn’t think of…
Ask Slashdot: How Would You Deal With A 'Gaslighting' Colleague?
An anonymous reader writes: What’s the best unofficial way to deal with a gaslighting colleague? For those not familiar, I mean “bullies unscheduling things you’ve scheduled, misplacing files and other items that you are working on and co-workers micro-managing you…
TV News Broadcast Accidentally Activates Alexa, Initiates Orders
ShaunC writes: In San Diego, TV news anchor Jim Patton was covering a separate story about a child who accidentally ordered a doll house using her family’s Echo. Commenting on the story, Patton said “I love the little girl, saying…
Google Boosts Python By Turning It Into Go
An anonymous reader quotes InfoWorld: Grumpy, an experimental project from Google, transpiles Python code into Go, allowing Python programs to be compiled and run as static binaries using the Go toolchain… In a blog post announcing the open source release,…