Testing News of The Week: 12th – 19th December 2015

Welcome to this week’s Quotes of the Week: security testing lacking in UK infrastructure, the best bug reporting software and more.

 

Tech company HP ‘thankful’ for new autistic employees

Joel’s job prospects weren’t looking good until the family heard about Hewlett Packard’s new recruitment drive, one of the first of its type in the world

Josh Bavas reports on the story that HP in Australia have launched a recruitment campaign for people with autism spectrum disorder to join the company. The company has hired a number of new software testers already through this programme and plans to hire more in the future. Read More here

 

The Best Systems for Bug Reports

Normally, folks just send emails or chat message to report bugs. That can get lost in the mix

Eleven members of the  Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) reveal what they use to report bugs to their tech team. Each member has a different favourite bug reporting tool. Read More here

 

The U.K. is lacking in cyber resilience testing

For our country, defending our citizens from hostile powers, criminals or terrorists, the internet represents a critical axis of potential vulnerability

George Osborne, the chancellor of the exchequer of the U.K. discusses the major threats to the infrastructure of industries like electricity, air control and more during a speech at MI5 recently. A report by John Leyden reveals that in the UK, security testing for these major industries is lacking. Read more here

 

Just Cause 3 Has A Few Bugs

Aside from the already documented frame rate problems, players are experiencing disappearing and low-polygon mountain ranges, as well as disappearing water effects.

Just Cause 3 was released recently and it seems that the game has a few bugs. Read More here

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