A simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems
U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems. Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found the vulnerability in Eaton’s SecureConnect, a cloud-based system that allows customers to remotely access, manage, and arm and
Read moreA simple bug exposed access to thousands of smart security alarm systems
U.S. power and electronics giant Eaton has fixed a security vulnerability that allowed a security researcher to remotely access thousands of smart security alarm systems. Security researcher Vangelis Stykas said he found the vulnerability in Eaton’s SecureConnect, a cloud-based system that allows customers to remotely access, manage, and arm and
Read moreMusk woos ad giants in Paris to fix Twitter’s woes
In a steaming-hot, packed, VivaTech hall in Paris today, Twitter owner Elon Musk waxed lyrical on his various accomplishments, but demured over some of the bigger questions hanging over his various companies. After walking on stage and joking that he might be a “hologram or an android”, Musk also quipped
Read moreIntroducing Segment-Lidar: Revolutionizing Unsupervised Instance Segmentation of Aerial LiDAR Data
The beginning of your journey into the world of advanced geospatial analysisPhoto by Joshua Aragon on UnsplashIn the ever-evolving field of geospatial analysis, the processing of aerial LiDAR data has always presented unique challenges. Extracting valuable insights and actionable information from vast volumes of point cloud data requires advanced techniques and
Read moreThe Overflow #182: Self-healing code
Welcome to ISSUE #182 of The Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams. This week: how to make sure the tools you buy get used, when math got imagination, and why a string pointer error grew to two billion
Read moreFeds catch another LockBit hacker, Justice Department announces
The Justice Department has arrested and charged a Russian national for his alleged role in multiple LockBit ransomware attacks against victims in the U.S. and around the world. According to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday, 20-year-old Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov is accused of carrying out five cyberattacks between August 2020
Read moreMulti-Language Support in VSCode Text Documents
VSCode does not allow setting several languages simultaneously for a single document.Extension authors can open a text document for a specific language:await vscode.workspace.openTextDocument({ language: 'mongodb', content });Or set the language for an existing text document:await vscode.languages.setTextDocumentLanguage(document, 'javascript');But there are many use cases when a document should contain several languages at
Read more8 Traits of The Best Teams I’ve Worked With
Cover Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on UnsplashThe best teams I’ve worked with are autonomous and extremely customer-focused. You can trust them to do the right thing because they know what the priorities are. Everyone feels empowered to interact with stakeholders to resolve issues and drive projects to success. The individuals
Read moreAmazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition greenlighted by UK antitrust regulator
The U.K.’s antitrust regulator has given the go-ahead to Amazon’s proposed billion-dollar iRobot acquisition, concluding that the deal “would not lead to competition concerns in the U.K.” Amazon first revealed plans to buy robot vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion last August, though the megabucks deal was always likely to
Read moreReddit CEO lashes out on protests, moderators and third-party apps
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is not backing down amid protests against API changes made by the platform. In interviews with The Verge, NBCNews, and NPR, Huffman defended business decisions made by the company to charge third-party apps saying API wasn’t designed to support these clients. The Reddit co-founder also talked
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