Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix [Mon Apr 8 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 8 April 2024 ***************************************************************** Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix You can prove them wrong, but they'll still get you on a non-technicality ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Wipro appoints new CEO: 32-year veteran and current US boss Srini Pallia takes over Plus: YouTube's fake India election ad policy; Singtel not selling Optus; Do Chinese tech stalk former workers? * Taiwan quake to hit chipmakers' capex, not chip supply Some equipment suffered minor damage, but the silicon show must go on On-Prem * Huawei's Iran sanctions evasion trial pushed to 2026 Meng Wanzhou is home, but the case is far from over * Liquid cooling specialist snags Microsoft datacenter wizard as advisor Iceotope will need the help as it navigates the frosty waters of global expansion * AMD to open source Micro Engine Scheduler firmware for Radeon GPUs And it was all thanks to peer pressure * Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more Self-driving to the nearest job center * Local councils struggle with ill-fitting software despite spending billions with suppliers Even when tech crew gets the tweaks approved, vendor lead times are bonkers, says report * Techie saved the day and was then criticized for the fix You can prove them wrong, but they'll still get you on a non-technicality * Chinese schools testing 10,000 locally made RISC-V-ish PCs Today's lesson covers the potential for Loongson's made-in-China architecture to hurt Microsoft and Intel Security * What can be done to protect open source devs from next xz backdoor drama? What happened, how it was found, and what your vultures have made of it all * US government excoriates Microsoft for 'avoidable errors' but keeps paying for its products In what other sphere does a bad supplier not feel pain for its foulups? * Hotel check-in terminal bug spews out access codes for guest rooms Attacks could be completed in seconds, compromising customer safety * Academics probe Apple's privacy settings and get lost and confused Just disabling Siri requires visits to five submenus * World's second-largest eyeglass lens-maker blinded by infosec incident Japan's Hoya also makes components for chips, displays, and hard disks, and has spent four days groping for a fix Software * AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of surveyed executives Biz leaders optimistic it can reduce living, breathing cost centers... er, valued workers * Google sues app devs, claims they're Play Store crypto scammers with 100k+ victims The pair allegedly made 87 apps since 2019 and defrauded folks of tens of thousands of dollars * Microsoft warns that China is using AI to stir the pot ahead of US election Beware random inflammatory questions on social media – they may come from a threat actor * VMware customer reaction to Broadcom may set the future of software licensing Enterprise tech slingers want to see what Hock Tan can get away with – and replicate it * Microsoft hiring Inflection team triggers interest from EU's antitrust chief All sorts of levers being pulled to lure AI developers from here, there, everywhere * Tough luck, bosses, AI is coming for your job, too Algorithms as PHBs – who wouldn't want that? Offbeat * Industrial robots make people feel worse about jobs and themselves Study finds workers' sense of meaningfulness and autonomy declines with automation * Blue Origin to fly another 90-year-old into outer space Ed Dwight, almost America's first Black astronaut, will ride New Shepard rocket * 404 Day celebrates the internet's most infamous no-show Nothing is forever, not even a web page ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: