No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon's gravitational pull [Thu Jun 7 2018]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 7 June 2018 ***************************************************************** No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon's gravitational pull Complex tidal forces have drawn out the day ***************************************************************** Business * SoftBank sells off more than half of Arm China for a bargain $775.2m Chinese investors welcome chip designs with open Arms * Watchdog slams TSB boss for underplaying extent of IT meltdown Financial Conduct Authority to probe British bank's tech migration * Lack of governance on new police tech leaves 'worrying vacuum' – Brit biometrics commish Anxieties linger for facial and voice recog * You know who deserves more help from UK.gov? Startup investors, say policy wonks It's almost like nobody's heard of Innovate UK * NHS England fingered over failure to forward patient correspondence Millions wasted and patient harm 'cannot be ruled out' * UK military may recruit wheezy, alcoholic keyboard warriors They don’t need to travel or fight, so chief of defence staff is happy to relax medical rules * Australia wants tech companies to let cops 'n' snoops see messages without backdoors Details on how to see stuff when providers don't have keys coming soon, promise Data Centre * Stern Vint Cerf blasts techies for lackluster worldwide IPv6 adoption Father of the Internet not impressed with slow rollout * Facebook's new data centre cooling system takes the heat like Zuck in front of Congress We're still the good guys! Our AC is super eco-friendly! * Microsoft sinks another data centre with Natick 2 Data is better, down where it's wetter, under the sea * Cloudflare experiments with hidden Tor services Matt Prince sets a daemon to work with the onions * Great time to shift bytes: International bandwidth prices are in free fall Prices on cables plummeting over the past three years, according to number crunchers Emergent Tech * At last: Magic Leap reveals its revolutionary techno-goggles – but wait, there's a catch Look – there it is. Sorry no time for trick questions * IoT CloudPets in the doghouse after damning security audit: Now Amazon bans sales Self-appointed privacy paladin Mozilla points out fatal flaws * UK.gov lobs £25m at self-driving, self-parking, self-selling auto autos Not just the vehicle tech but a data marketplace too * Microsoft partners to fling out collabo-visual Ginormonitors this year Windows Collaboration Displays entirely 'new device category', says Redmond * RoboCop-ter: Boffins build drone to pinpoint brutal thugs in crowds 'Violent behavior' identified and highlighted by surveillance system destined for a police force near you Personal Tech * Monday: Intel touts 28-core desktop CPU. Tuesday: AMD turns Threadripper up to 32 It's crazy how a little competition can cause that * Hey, Mac fanbois: Got $600,000 burning a hole in your pocket? Splash out on this rare Apple I Same price as sixty obsolescent flash Apple Watches * Hear that? Of course it's Indiegogo's deadline for a Vega+ whooshing by Says Retro Computers Limited debt collection is still happening – but where's the money gone? Security * 'Vigilance' hacker charged over Minnesota government attacks Feds finger 19-year-old for failed hacktivism effort * Tech giants! How do you know Jim in accounting isn't Putin moves on you Infosec guru 'surprised' if spooks weren't embedded in top firms * Crappy IoT on the high seas: Holes punched in hull of maritime security Researchers: We can nudge ships off course * In World Cup Russia, our Wi-Fi networks will log on to you! Researchers warn of shady hotspots in host cities Software * SAP cofounder admits: Biz goofed on branding, confused customers, depressed staff 'All these names were changing faster than I could memorise' * Word on the street: Rimini takes Oracle copyright battle to US Supremes Complains costs were 17% higher cos of where case was heard Science * USA! USA! We're No.1! And we want to keep it that way – in spaaaace And we don't want to pay for it! * No lie-in this morning? Thank the Moon's gravitational pull Complex tidal forces have drawn out the day Bootnotes * Mailshot meltdown as Wessex Water gets sweary about a poor chap called Tom Water horrible thing to say * Free whitepaper * Web threats: Challenges and solutions Web threats employ blended techniques, an explosion of variants, and targeted regional attacks. Learn how to to ensure security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing, The Cursitor, 38 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1EN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2018 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: