Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 22 March 2024 ***************************************************************** Truck-to-truck worm could infect â and disrupt â entire US commercial fleet The device that makes it possible is required in all American big rigs, and has poor security ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Japan's NTT and NEC reckon they can boost optical network capacities 12x First tests of manycore fibres hailed as success over oceanic distances On-Prem * Microsoft's first AI PCs Surface with Intel cores and a Copilot key Upgraded fondleslab and laptops limited to business buyers only, for now * Micron bounces back as AI drives up memory prices 'Our HBM is sold out for calendar 2024,' trills CEO * One rack. 120kW of compute. Taking a closer look at Nvidia's DGX GB200 NVL72 beast 1.44 exaFLOPs of FP4, 13.5 TB of HBM3e, 2 miles of NVLink cables, in one liquid cooled unit * UN: E-waste is growing 5x faster than it can be recycled Right to Repair should be the Obligation to Repair, if we want to avoid drowning in trashed electronics * Qualcomm infuses AI support into Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 platform Boosted on-device generative AI's not just for the flagship smartphone kids * Nominet to restructure, slash jobs after losing 'major deal' Prices also set to rise after being frozen since 2020 * Why France this week fined Google â¬250M over web news Google pulls a few coins from the sofa and says whatever, just clarify who needs to be paid for what * Hong Kong promises its latest national security law is not a ban on social media Trust us â we're the government Security * Truck-to-truck worm could infect â and disrupt â entire US commercial fleet The device that makes it possible is required in all American big rigs, and has poor security * FBI v the bots: Feds urge denial-of-service defense after critical infrastructure alert You better watch out, you better not cry, better not pout, they're telling you why * Microsoft faces bipartisan criticism for alleged censorship on Bing in China Redmond says it does what it's told, but still thinks users are better off * Congress votes unanimously to ban brokers selling American data to enemies At least we can all agree on something * Yacht dealer to the stars attacked by Rhysida ransomware gang MarineMax may be in choppy waters after 'stolen data' given million-dollar price tag * UK council won't say whether two-week 'cyber incident' impacted resident data Security experts insist ransomware is involved but Leicester zips its lips * Exposed: Chinese smartphone farms that run thousands of barebones mobes to do crime Operators pack twenty phones into a chassis â then rack 'em and stack 'em ready to do evil * It's 2024 and North Korea's Kimsuky gang is exploiting Windows Help files New infostealer may indicate a shift in tactics â and maybe targets too, beyond Asia Software * Licensing labyrinth for Power Apps and Dynamics 365 must be clarified, warns expert Rules still unclear for Microsoft users making potentially costly decisions on enterprise applications * Cloud Software Group snubs GPL obligations, say critics Spawn of Citrix and Tibco 'no longer able to support the community edition of JasperReports Server' * Uncle Sam, 15 US states launch antitrust war on Apple Lawsuit alleges iGiant rips off fans, stifles dev innovation, makes it tough to dump iOS for rivals * Meta, Microsoft, X, Match pledge selves to Epic battle against Apple App Store You have my sword ... and my bow ... and my axe! * SAP users aren't keen on upping spending right now Cloud and upgrade conversions remain steady if sluggish, according to ERP spending bellwether DSAG * Euro-cloud consortium CISPE calls for investigation of Broadcom Claims members will be bankrupted by new VMware licensing regime, and vital services disrupted * ServiceNow goes to Washington DC, with a suitcase full of AI Claims the tech has brought 38 percent improvement to its own dev cycle time Offbeat * World's first Neuralink patient enjoying online chess, long Civ 6 sessions While excited by the implant, Noland Arbaugh says it's not perfect and there's still work to be done ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: