Good news: HMRC offers a Linux version of Basic PAYE Tools. Bad news: It broke [Wed Mar 27 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 27 March 2024 ***************************************************************** Good news: HMRC offers a Linux version of Basic PAYE Tools. Bad news: It broke Python 2 has been dead for four years ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Alibaba bins listing for its Cainiao logistics limb Havingalready backed away from cloud spinout, it's gradually breaking up with its own breakup plan * Scaleway shows off its new RISC-V devices at Kubecon Looking for feedback before pressing the production button * Cloudflare says it has automated empathy to avoid fixing flaky hardware too often 'Error budget' and other server maintenance/site reliability secrets revealed On-Prem * Dell doubles down on layoffs, literally: 13,000 gone in the past year Sigh, AI to the rescue, sigh * Intel Meteor Lake makes unexpected leap to socketed motherboards But not, we repeat, not on the desktop * US sanctions spree continues with 15 more for Russian entities Financial firms that help evade existing restrictions in crosshairs * SK hynix said to be building $4B memory packaging plant in Indiana Up and running in 2028, making crucial HBM, among other tech, reportedly * SAP ordered to pay $26.4M in South Africa energy firm dispute SA Special Investigating Unit orders payment within 7 days following alleged breach of public finance laws * Sun Microsystems co-founder charged with insider trading Andreas Bechtolsheim is paying out less than $1M to SEC amid allegations he illegally bought options * RISC-V PCIe 5 SSD controller for the rest of us hits 14GB/s Speed-reading flash drives no longer just an Arm wrestle * New Zealand to world: China attacked us, too! Reveals 2021 incident that saw parliamentary agencies briefly probed * After threatening to block Binance for months, Philippines does the deed Points out scofflaw crypto outfit needs a license Security * Uncle Sam's had it up to here with 'unforgivable' SQL injection flaws Software slackers urged to up their game * Ransomware can mean life or death at hospitals, but DEF CON hackers have a plan ARPA-H joins the challenge, adds $20M to cash rewards * FreeBSD Foundation hands out Beacon gongs for safer software Multiple CHERI-related projects win money for important research that prizes safety over speed * UK elections are unaffected by China's cyber-interference, says deputy PM Sanctions galore for APT31, which has been blamed for two major attacks on democracy * Row breaks out over true severity of two DNSSEC flaws Some of us would be happy being rated 7.5 out of 10, just sayin' Software * Intel chases smaller code shops with expanded AI PC dev program, NUC kit Chipzilla wants more apps coded for NPUs, not Nvidia * Chrome for Windows-Arm laptops officially lands in time for Snapdragon X Elite kit At last, no more crappy emulation or experimental builds * Canva acquires Affinity, further wounding a regulator-bruised Adobe Yet another reason to reconsider that overpriced Creative Cloud subscription * Nvidia software exec Kari Briski on NIM, CUDA, and dogfooding AI A RAGs to riches story * Microsoft gets new Windows boss as Start Menu man Parakhin 'to explore new roles' More MS moves just a week after new AI unit and other changes announced * UXL Foundation readying alternative to Nvidia's CUDA for this year An open standard challenger appears * Good news: HMRC offers a Linux version of Basic PAYE Tools. Bad news: It broke Python 2 has been dead for four years * Fujitsu set to be preferred bidder in UK digital ID scheme Selection comes despite Japanese supplier's role in Post Office scandal * SWIFT embraces central bank digital currencies after sandbox success Promises it can handle digi-bucks and tokenized assets without new infrastructure, maybe next year Offbeat * Intricate mission to de-ice a space telescope is go: Euclid's 'eye' is clear 100 minutes of heating to melt a frozen heart... 1.5 million kilometers away from Earth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: