Astro-boffinry world rocked to its very core: Shock as Andromeda found to be not much bigger than Milky Way [Mon Feb 19 2018]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 19 February 2018 ***************************************************************** Astro-boffinry world rocked to its very core: Shock as Andromeda found to be not much bigger than Milky Way Everything we knew was a lie ***************************************************************** Business * James Damore's labor complaint went over about as well as his trash diversity manifesto When the lawyer thinks you're cruel, that's Damore. When you're thrown on the street with a cloud at your feet... * Facebook told to stop stalking Belgians or face fines of €250k – a day Second privacy ruling to go against Zuck and co in a week * Qualcomm rejects Valentine's Day takeover love-in with Broadcom Cheapo merger terms wouldn't get past regulator, it says * Say goodbye to a chunk of that sweet Aruba payout, hedgies – judge Complainants hoped to squeeze more from HP * Transport for London to toughen up on taxi firms in the Uber age Sort out your safety policies... oh, and share all your travel info with us * Chrome adblockalypse will 'accelerate Google-Facebook duopoly' And publishers – have you thought of trying something new? * If this laptop is so portable, where's the keyboard, huh? HUH? Un-hinged user needed some basic education Data Centre * nbn™'s HFC fix will see connections tested from March to July 2018 Writes to residents to announce on-site inspection * UK mobile customers face inflation-busting price hike Look guys, everyone's doing it * Judges dismisses majority of Cisco's 'insane' IP defence against Arista Switch antitrust case rumbles on * BOFH: Turn your server rack hotspot to a server rack notspot Oh, Sales Guy! You're a riot * Say HCI is an enhanced server. If you don't already sell 'em, it could be game over, man Where enterprise servers go, hyperconverged systems follow * Microsoft's System Center successor edges closer to Hawaii 1-0 Project Honolulu gets a second Tech Preview DevOps * Should AI get to choose a topping in a two pizza team? How DevOps could be about to collide with machine learning Emergent Tech * Reinforcement learning woes, robot doggos, Amazon's homegrown AI chips, and more Why machines aren't really superhuman at all * Helicopter crashes after manoeuvres to 'avoid... DJI Phantom drone' Incident reported to local cops and Federal Aviation Administration * If you don't like what IBM is pitching, blame Watson: It's generating sales 'solutions' now 'Cognitive solutioning' kicks in when you ask Big Blue to solve tricky problems Personal Tech * Oi! Verizon leaked my fiancée's nude pix to her ex-coworker, says bloke Intimate photos somehow ended up on some other guy's mobe, lawsuit claims * Vermont becomes fifth US state to boot up its own net neutrality rules Governor Phil Scott signs executive order as battle lines are drawn * Kentucky gov: Violent video games, not guns, to blame for Florida school massacre First Amendment bad, Second Amendment good? * A computer file system shouldn't lose data, right? Tell that to Apple Alarm raised over APFS sparse disk images tossing documents into the void Security * Crims pull another SWIFT-ie, Indian bank stung for nearly US$2m City Union Bank now reckons it has ‘adequate enhanced security’ * Australia's new insta-pay scheme has insta-lookup of any user's phone number PayID operator says it's a feature that sends money to the right person. It's a bug that harvests data, say others * Global security crackdown, a host of code nasties, Brit cops mocked, and more It's the week in security * Hands up who HASN'T sued Intel over Spectre, Meltdown chip flaws Chipzilla says class-action lawsuit tally stands at 32 * Mueller bombshell: 13 Russian 'troll factory' staffers charged with allegedly meddling in US presidential election Ruskies stole citizen IDs to spread discord – indictment * PM urged to protect data flows post-Brexit ahead of Munich speech Security services facing 'curtailed' EU info sharing if UK doesn't agree terms * UK.gov: Psst. Belgium. Buy these Typhoon fighter jets from us, will you? And have some cyber goodness too – just don't mention the Belgacom hack * Russians behind bars in US after nicking $300m+ in credit-card hacks Pair partly responsible for largest bank-card theft ring in American history * Techno-senator tells Tinder to hook up its app with better security Swipe-a-shag tool gets the dreaded sternly-worded-letter treatment from Wyden Software * Apple to devs: Code for the iPhone X or nothing from April onwards It's therefore safe to assume the notch is not going away any time soon * Ubuntu wants to slurp PCs' vital statistics – even location – with new desktop installs Data harvest notice will be checked by default Science * Astro-boffinry world rocked to its very core: Shock as Andromeda found to be not much bigger than Milky Way Everything we knew was a lie Bootnotes * HomePod, you say? 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