JustAnotherOldGuy quotes Threatpost: A high-severity bug impacting two popular command-line text editing applications, Vim and Neovim, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands. Security researcher Armin Razmjou warned that exploiting the bug is as easy as tricking a target into clicking on a specially crafted text file in either editor. Razmjou outlined his research…

Most readers of this site are familiar by now with the OpenSCAD 3D modeling software, where you can write code to create 3D models. You may have even used OpenSCAD to output some STL files for your 3D printer. But for years now, [nophead] has been pushing OpenSCAD further than most, creating some complex utility…

An anonymous reader quotes the Daily Beast: The online forum where alleged Chabad of Poway shooter John Earnest shared a livestream of the shooting was served a search warrant in April for the IP and metadata information on Earnest’s posts, as well as those who commented on them. The warrant served to 8chan said the…

“Caterpillar Inc. is trying to stop a tiny cafe from using the word cat,” reports Fast Company. Long-time Slashdot reader UnknowingFool writes: Caterpillar wishes to cancels the coffee shop’s trademark claiming that the trademark on shop’s apparel and footwear is too similar to theirs and would cause confusion for consumers. For reference, the coffee shop’s…

Cybercrime could be a $6 trillion business by 2022. Emerging tech like AI might be the only way to one step ahead. …read more Source:: CNet

Python reached another new all-time high on the TIOBE index, now representing 8.5% of the results for the search query +” programming” on the top 25 search engines. Python overtook C++ this month for the #3 spot, now placing behind only Java (#1) and C (#2). That’s prompted TIOBE to make a bold prediction: If…

The early history of microprocessors is a surprisingly complex one, with more than one claimant for the prize of being the first, and multiple competing families. That the first commercially available part was the Intel 4004 is a matter of record, but it’s fair to say that few of us will have ever encountered one….

FiiO’s hardly a newcomer to headphones, but their FH5 is miles ahead of what came before. …read more Source:: CNet

The Audiophiliac’s ears-on review of the Triangle Esprit Titus EZ speakers. …read more Source:: CNet

Commentary: What the latest iPod Touch lacks in screen and battery life, it makes up for in apps, games, AR and a headphone jack. …read more Source:: CNet