Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments [Thu Mar 21 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 21 March 2024 ***************************************************************** Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments First they came for McDonald's and I did not speak out because I have even worse taste in food ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * First the Super Bowl, now this: Kansas City getting a Google bit barn Exact location, power source, and go-live date unknown. But don't worry, there'll be digital jobs * Britain enters period of mourning as Greggs unable to process payments First they came for McDonald's and I did not speak out because I have even worse taste in food On-Prem * US may sanction those rumored to be in covert Huawei chip network Crouching entity list candidate, hidden semiconductor ... or that's the idea, anyway * Canadian arrested for 'stealing secret' to speedy Tesla battery production Special tech allegedly lets Musk's assembly lines produce 5-10 times more kit than rivals * Intel scores $8.5B in government cheddar to supercharge fab builds Department of Commerce says it's the largest such investment in US semiconductor manufacturing * Brits blissfully unbothered by snail-paced mobile network speeds Too busy not using X to notice * How to improve Chinese TV? Better censorship, says top tellie-maker Sales are down at home and poor compared to other nations * Alibaba's research arm promises server-class RISC-V processor due this year And teases a laptop to show off its current silicon – running the open edition of Huawei’s CentOS spinout * India's competition regulator orders Google Play payment probe Choice of alternative payment providers labelled 'illusory' – because none existed Security * It's tax season, and scammers are a step ahead of filers, Microsoft says Phishing season started early with crims intent on the hooking early filers * US task force aims to plug security leaks in water sector From a trickle to a flood, threats now seen as too great to ignore * London Clinic probes claim staffer tried to peek at Princess Kate's records First: Not being able buy a meat pie with a credit card. Now this * Serial extortionist of medical facilities pleads guilty to cybercrime charges Robert Purbeck even went as far as threatening a dentist with the sale of his child’s data * Stalkerware usage surging, despite data privacy concerns At least 31,031 people affected last year * Five Eyes tell critical infra orgs: Take these actions now to protect against China's Volt Typhoon Unless you want to be the next Change Healthcare, that is * Australian techie jailed for accessing museum's accounting system and buying himself stuff Also down under, researchers find security-cleared workers leaking details of their gigs Software * Back of the net? Google's DeepMind is coming for football tactics 2026 FIFA World Cup in US could be first to see ML models play a part... and you thought video referees were crap * UK awards £1.73M to AI projects to advance net zero goals Great! Just ignore the energy needed to train them, process queries, keep the lights on in datacenters ... Offbeat * Nutanix catapults IP theft sueball at DBaaS startup Tessell Claims former staff ripped off IP and even did demos for their new company on Nutanix computers * DARPA tasks Northrop Grumman with drafting lunar train blueprints Um. Let's successfully land on Moon without immediately faceplanting first, amirite? * Garlic chicken without garlic? Critics think Amazon recipe book was cooked up by AI Twitter tipster points to suspicious signs from author producing thousands of recipes * Euclid space telescope needs de-icing Warm water and a scraper not an option when you're 1.5 million kilometers from home * European Space Agency to measure Earth at millimeter scale Awards contracts for spacecraft to bring the IoT to space ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: