Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!'; Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It?

[Al Gore Sells $29.5 Million In Apple Stock]( | [Linus Torvalds On Git's Use Of SHA-1: 'The Sky Isn't Falling']( [Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!']( [Al Gore Sells $29.5 Million In Apple Stock]( [Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It?]( [Linus Torvalds On Git's Use Of SHA-1: 'The Sky Isn't Falling']( [Appeals Court: You Have the Right To Film the Police]( [Fasting Diet 'Regenerates Diabetic Pancreas']( [Arizona Bill Would Make Students In Grades 4-12 Participate Once In An Hour of Code]( [$10K Package Of Super Nintendo Games Finally Found By Post Office]( [Severe IE 11 Bug Allows 'Persistent JavaScript' Attacks]( [ZeniMax Files Injunction To Stop Oculus From Selling VR Headsets]( [Scientists Teach Bees How To Play Soccer]( [Machine-Learning AI Now Beats Humans At Super Smash Bros. Melee]( [Are Your Slack Conversations Really Private and Secure?]( [FAA Warns More Drones Are Flying Near Airports]( [Seven Film Studios Want 41 Web Sites Blocked By Australian ISPs]( [Garmin Engineer Shot And Killed By Man Yelling 'Get Out Of My Country!']( From the killed-in-Kansas department lxw56 writes: Garmin engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot and killed at a local bar in Olathe, Kansas, the U.S. headquarters of Garmin. Co-worker Alok Madasani was also injured along with bystander Ian Grillot, who attempted to help the men.... [Al Gore Sells $29.5 Million In Apple Stock]( From the time-to-jump-ship department An anonymous reader quotes a report from AppleInsider: A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday reveals Apple board member Al Gore this week sold 215,437 shares of Apple stock (APPL) worth about $29.5 million. Gore's stock sale,... [Slashdot Asks: Are Curved TVs Worth It?]( From the pros-and-cons department New submitter cherishjoo shares a report written by David Katzmaier via CNET: When the first curved TVs appeared more than three years ago I asked whether they were a gimmick. As a TV reviewer I had to give the curve a fighting chance, however, so... [Linus Torvalds On Git's Use Of SHA-1: 'The Sky Isn't Falling']( From the hashing-things-out department Google's researchers specifically cited Git when they announced a new SHA-1 attack vector, according to ZDNet. "The researchers highlight that Linus Torvald's code version-control system Git 'strongly relies on SHA-1' for checking the integrity of... [Appeals Court: You Have the Right To Film the Police]( From the checks-and-balances department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A divided federal appeals court is ruling for the First Amendment, saying the public has a right to film the police. But the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in upholding the bulk of a lower... [Fasting Diet 'Regenerates Diabetic Pancreas']( From the fountain-of-youth department According to a new study published in the journal Cell, a certain type of fasting diet can trigger the pancreas to regenerate itself. Of course, the researchers advise people not to try this without medical advice. BBC reports: In the... [Arizona Bill Would Make Students In Grades 4-12 Participate Once In An Hour of Code]( From the hour-of-code department theodp writes: Christopher Silavong of Cronkite News reports: "A bill, introduced by [Arizona State] Sen. John Kavanagh [R-Fountain Hills] would mandate that public and charter schools provide one hour of coding instruction once between grades 4... [$10K Package Of Super Nintendo Games Finally Found By Post Office]( From the Mario-where-are-you? department A project to preserve (and validate) every Super Nintendo game ROM had been derailed when the post office lost a package containing 100 games from the PAL region. But now Byuu, the creator of the Higan SNES emulator, reports that the package has... [Severe IE 11 Bug Allows 'Persistent JavaScript' Attacks]( From the persistent-popups department An anonymous reader writes: New research published today shows how a malicious website owner could show a constant stream of popups, even after the user has left his site, or even worse, execute any kind of persistent JavaScript code while the... [ZeniMax Files Injunction To Stop Oculus From Selling VR Headsets]( From the stop-dead-in-your-tracks department ZeniMax, the parent company of Fallout and Skyrim developer Bethesda, has filed for an injunction against virtual-reality company Oculus over the recent stolen technology case. The company had accused Oculus of stealing VR-related code, and was... [Scientists Teach Bees How To Play Soccer]( From the insect-intelligence department Clint Perry, a biologist who studies the evolution of cognition in insects at Queen Mary University of London, and his colleagues have released the results of a creative new experiment in which they essentially taught bumblebees how to play "bee... [Machine-Learning AI Now Beats Humans At Super Smash Bros. Melee]( From the cognitive-Captain-Falcon department "The AI is definitely godlike," one professional player told Quartz. "I am not sure if anyone could beat it." An anonymous reader quotes their report about an AI's showdown with the best players of Super Smash Bros. Melee: Of 10 professionals... [Are Your Slack Conversations Really Private and Secure?]( From the grey-areas department An anonymous reader writes: "Chats that seem to be more ephemeral than email are still being recorded on a server somewhere," reports Fast Company, noting that Slack's Data Request Policy says the company will turn over data from customers when... [FAA Warns More Drones Are Flying Near Airports]( From the unauthorized-flying-objects department Between February and September of 2016, there were 1,274 reports of drones near airports -- versus just 874 for the same period in 2015, according to newly-released FAA research. "The report detailed more than 1,200 incidents of airplane pilots,... [Seven Film Studios Want 41 Web Sites Blocked By Australian ISPs]( From the pirates-of-the-Australasian department angry tapir writes: A group of film studios is undertaking what is set to be the most significant use so far of Australia's anti-piracy laws, which allow rights holders to apply for court orders that can compel ISPs to block their customers from... Follow us on [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Google+]( [Submit a Story to Slashdot!]( You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . To [change your preferences]( receive this in html or text, visit the [Preference Center!]( To unsubscribe, [click here]( or send an email to: unsubscribe-47676@elabs10.com Slashdot | 1660 Logan Ave. Ste A | San Diego, CA 92113 To view our Privacy Policy click [here.](