Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 19 March 2024 ***************************************************************** TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE is the future primary focus ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Microsoft reseller Bytes says more than 100 undisclosed share trades linked to ex-CEO Surprise resignation of chief exec happened after FCA probe began, claims filing On-Prem * Nvidia turns up the AI heat with 1,200W Blackwell GPUs Five times the performance of the H100, but you'll need liquid cooling to tame the beast * YouTube creators must now 'fess up to using AI in vids Not everything requires tagging so feel free to maintain unrealistic beauty standards * US CHIPS Act set to electrify semiconductor scene with billions National Strategy focuses on four goals for silicon heaven * TrueNAS CORE 13 is the end of the FreeBSD version Debian-based TrueNAS SCALE is the future primary focus * The last mile's at risk in our hostile environment. Letâs go the extra mile to fix it The web doesnât work âcos the vandals used a candle * Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 with Eye-of-Sauron camera Wherever you go, whatever you do, your phone is watching * Uber Australia to pay $178M to settle cabbies' class action Nice payday for some, but plenty of Australians still pay extra to help drivers Security * Don't be like these 900+ websites and expose millions of passwords via Firebase Warning: Poorly configured Google Cloud databases spill billing info, plaintext credentials * Fujitsu reveals malware installed on internal systems, risk of customer data spill Sneaky software slips past shields, spurring scramble * More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug A huge attack surface for a vulnerability with various PoCs available * Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they're from AT&T Telco reckons data is old, isn't from its systems * Cyberattack gifts esports pros with cheats, forcing Apex Legends to postpone tournament Virtual gunslingers forcibly became cheaters via mystery means * Infosec teams must be allowed to fail, argues Gartner But failing to recover from incidents is unforgivable because 'adrenalin does not scale' * Filipino police free hundreds of slaves toiling in romance scam operation 875 workers liberated after falling for promises of lucrative work, nine arrested * ChatGPT side-channel attack has easy fix: Token obfuscation Also: Roblox-themed infostealer on the prowl, telco insider pleads guilty to swapping SIMs, and some crit vulns Software * What strange beauty is this? Microsoft commits to two more non-subscription Office editions Just the apps, none of the cloud, forever â for one payment * Grok-1 chatbot code released â open source or open Pandora's box? What hasn't been released by Elon Musk's xAI is also of note * Investment advisors pay the price for selling what looked a lot like AI fairy tales SEC bags $400K in settlements * HashiCorp reportedly considering sale amid growing challenges Who would want to snap up Terraform? * UK tech titan Mike Lynch's US fraud trial begins today 13-year saga continues as jury set to hear claims on both sides of HP's Autonomy acquisition disaster * Sorry, Siri: Apple may be eyeing Google Gemini for future iPhones Famous for keeping everything in-house, Apple may be carving AI-shaped door in its garden wall * Microsoft promises Copilot will be a 'moneymaker' in the long term Exec tells investors to 'temper' expectations as mission to convince customers of price tag continues * Yes, I did just crash that critical app. And you should thank me for having done so Quick thinking turned poor judgement into genius proactivity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 315 Montgomery Street, 9th & 10th Floors, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: