Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins [Tue Apr 16 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 16 April 2024 ***************************************************************** Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins Neither side can afford to lose, but one surely must ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Open source versus Microsoft: The new rebellion begins Neither side can afford to lose, but one surely must * Microsoft hikes Dynamics 365 prices by around ten percent or more First rise in five years varies between 9.26 and 16.67 percent for different products – for no apparent reason On-Prem * Los Alamos Lab powers up Nvidia-laden Venado supercomputer Promises up to ten AI exaFLOPs of grunt – if you turn down the resolution a bit * Samsung snags $6.4B in CHIPS Act funds for Texas fabs Work in Austin, Taylor will include new 2nm facility, packaging plant, and Pentagon partnership * US lawmakers rage over Intel Meteor Lake-powered Huawei PC Special export license granted to Intel by President Trump unlikely to be renewed * Tesla decimates staff amid ongoing performance woe Shares of the worst performing member of the S&P 500 slide some more as news unlikely to please investors * Backblaze cloud storage buzzes with added Event Notifications If you want open system to automate workflows over platform of your choosing, join the queue * World is finally buying more phones and prices are rising Someone forgot to tell Apple and Samsung as Chinese brands rebound * Tired techie 'fixed' a server, blamed Microsoft, and got away with it If you're too exhausted to think, maybe you shouldn't be doing tech support Security * CISA in a flap as Chirp smart door locks can be trivially unlocked remotely Hard-coded credentials last thing you want in home security app * Roku makes 2FA mandatory for all after nearly 600K accounts pwned Streamer says access came via credential stuffing * Delinea Secret Server customers should apply latest patches Attackers could nab an org's most sensitive keys if left unaddressed * US senator wants to put the brakes on Chinese EVs Fears of low-cost invasion and data spies spark call for ban * US House approves FISA renewal – warrantless surveillance and all PLUS: Chinese chipmaker Nexperia attacked; A Microsoft-signed backdoor; CISA starts scanning your malware; and more Software * What's up with AI lately? Let's start with soaring costs, public anger, regulations... 'Obtaining genuine consent for training data collection is especially challenging' industry sages say * Senator Warren slams Intuit's 'junk fees' as America's Tax Day rolls around again Says the IRS can do this stuff for free * Japan turns up heat on Apple, Google with threat of hefty fines Antitrust proposals could stretch to 30% of annual revenues for law-breaking app store monopolies * Microsoft lifts years-old compatibility hold for Windows 11 It probably wasn't only sound driver problems that kept users away * North American S/4HANA migrations ramping among SAP users Skills access still an issue for organizations hoping to beat the 2027 ECC support deadline * Microsoft to use Windows 11 Start menu as a billboard with app ads for Insiders This wasn't what most had in mind when Redmond promised to make the feature 'great again' * After delay due to xz, Ubuntu 24.04 'Noble Numbat' belatedly hits beta Kernel 6.8, GNOME 46, and more apps in Snap packages * MIT breakthrough means there's no material too weird for 3D printing Thanks to sensors and math, machines can 'learn' to adapt to new mediums * Hyundai picks Palantir to help it build automated navy ships Reconaissance vessels first, then set a course for armed drones * Salesforce apparently poised to slurp data management outfit Informatica Investors get excited about using AI to make AI easier Offbeat * NASA tries to jog Voyager 1's memory from 15 billion miles away Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software * Feline firewall woke developer to declaw DDoS disaster System alerts were pinging but cat had no way of knowing what was happening ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: