Rust rustles up fix for 10/10 critical command injection bug on Windows [Thu Apr 11 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 11 April 2024 ***************************************************************** Rust rustles up fix for 10/10 critical command injection bug on Windows BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * SAP transformation program a 'euphemism' for job cuts, claims European Works Council 8,000 roles affected worldwide, but Germany will bear heaviest losses * US-EAST-1 region is not the cloudy crock it's made out to be, claims AWS EC2 boss It's the region where stuff gets stressed at scale first, says Dave Brown, as he plots variants of Amazon's Outposts * Huawei Cloud reveals the dynamic traffic allocation system it uses to cut bandwidth bills Created during COVID to handle video boom and sliced bandwidth costs by 30 percent On-Prem * India's Uber clone Ola Cabs hails ride out of the international market Australian drivers given two days' notice, UK and New Zealand services also shuttered * Next-gen Meta AI chip serves up ads while sipping power Fresh silicon won't curb Zuck's appetite for GPUs just yet * US broadband internet: Now with mandatory 'nutrition' labels ISPs are just going to have to swallow it * TSMC sees semiconductor bounce as Q1 revenues rise 16.5% Early figures post a $18.44B haul for industry bellwether * Hailo's latest AI chip shows up integrated NPUs and sips power like fine wine All your PC needs for 40 TOPS is an M.2 slot * AI boom is boosting demand even for HDDs, raising prices by up to 20% since Q3 No computer part, even spinning rust, is safe from the hype cycle * CHIPS Act hangover sees most US science agency budgets cut for 2024 2025 unlikely to see more money flow as Congress turns off the tap Security * It's 2024 and Intel silicon is still haunted by data-spilling Spectre Go, go InSpectre Gadget * Rust rustles up fix for 10/10 critical command injection bug on Windows BatBadBut hits Erlang, Go, Python, Ruby as well * X fixes URL blunder that could enable convincing social media phishing campaigns Poorly implemented rule allowed miscreants to deceive users with trusted URLs * Chrome Enterprise Premium promises extra security – for a fee Paying for browsers is no longer a memory from the 1990s Software * US Air Force Secretary so confident in AI-controlled F-16s, he'll fly in one With a pilot as backup of course: VENOM is still emerging tech * US House mulls forcing AI makers to reveal use of copyrighted training data Proposed law doesn't include any ban on use of such stuff to build models, mind you * Healthcare AI won't take jobs – it'll make nursing easier, says process automation founder Something's gotta give in short-staffed, overworked healthcare industry, reckons Thoughtful cofounder and CPO * SharePoint logs are easily circumvented and Microsoft is dragging its heels Now is the perfect time to review those permissions * Virtually and actually, LXC 6 and Incus 6 are here – both LTS versions There's a new version of Canonical's LXD too, but its community fork seems to be thriving * Intel CEO suggests AI can help to create a one-person Unicorn And possibly replace entire business units too * Microsoft brings World of Warcraft and other Blizzard titles back to China Battle with NetEase ends, peace deal will see games cross the Great Firewall - in both directions Offbeat * Peter Higgs, daddy of the Higgs boson, dies at 94 The particle bearing his name lives on ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: