Andy Hunt is one of the 17 software developers who wrote the Agile Manifesto, and he co-authored The Pragmatic Programmer. Now Slashdot reader cerberusss writes: In an interview with Best Programming Books, Andy Hunt mentions he “hates languages that introduce…
Unpatched Magento Zero Day Leaves 200,000 Merchants Vulnerable
An anonymous reader quotes ThreatPost: A popular version of the open source Magento ecommerce platform is vulnerable to a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability, putting as many as 200,000 online retailers at risk… According Bosko Stankovic, information security engineer at…
GOP Congressman Defending Privacy Vote: 'Nobody's Got To Use The Internet'
Wisconsin congressman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. defended his decision to help repeal broadband privacy rules by telling a constituent, “Nobody’s got to use the Internet.” An anonymous reader quotes the 73-year-old congressman: “And the thing is that if you start…
Cadillac's Hands-Free Driving Option Also Nags Inattentive Drivers
Using LIDAR sensors, Cadillac mapped 160,000 miles of U.S. highways “within five centimeters of accuracy” to give its hands-free-on-the-highway cars the ability to better anticipate the roads ahead — and to know when a human driver should take over. An…
Should Burger King Be Prosecuted For Their Google Home-Triggering Ads?
Slashdot reader Lauren Weinstein thinks Burger King should be prosecuted for successfully running an alternate version of its advertisement to trigger Google Home devices again Wednesday: Someone — or more likely a bunch of someones — at Burger King and…