Oracle demands $12K from network biz that doesn't use its software [Mon Oct 7 2019]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 7 October 2019 ***************************************************************** Oracle demands $12K from network biz that doesn't use its software Mistake, fishing expedition, or attempt to hold a company liable for its customers? ***************************************************************** Business * HP polishes the redundancy cannon, prepares to fire 16% of workforce That's up to 9k jobs to go in lurch to 'create shareholder value'. Plus: $5bn to be spent on share buy-backs * The immovable object versus the unstoppable force: How the tech boys club remains exclusive The solution? A generation of woman being preferred for promotion over men * Oracle demands $12K from network biz that doesn't use its software Mistake, fishing expedition, or attempt to hold a company liable for its customers? * EU's top court sees no problem with telling Facebook to take content down globally Just use automated filters, how hard can that be? Data Centre * Who you gonna call? Avaya grabs $500m investment from RingCentral to cut whopping debts Tie-up greenlit by both boards * When the satellite network has literally gone glacial, it's vital you snow your enemy Oh, the weather outside is frightful and the signal's not delightful DevOps * Worried about the future? Learn how to apply chaos to your infrastructure with us... Plan for surprises: Join us at our hype-free serverless computing shindig Emergent Tech * Google causing more facial recognition problems, machine learning goes quantum and losing a job if an AI doesn't like your face Also, TensorFlow 2.0 is finally out and more! * Tetraplegic patient can now move his four limbs with the help of a badass neuroprosthetic suit Also Brown University and Intel also want to develop an AI brain-machine interface too Personal Tech * Cosmo Communicator: More phone than the Gemini, more pocket computer than phone Android at launch on Planet Computers' latest, Linux support to follow * Linky revisited: How the evil French smart meter escaped Hell to taunt me The sulphurous green demon has set up home on my doorstep Security * A Nord VPN bug, a(nother) bad Microsoft patch, Zynga data farmed out, and more Plus, NSA's Ghidra found to contain faulty code * Google sounds the alarm over Android flaw being exploited in the wild, possibly by NSO Pixel, S-Series, Moto Z3 among vulnerable gear * GPS cyberstalking of girlfriend brings surveillance and indictment for alleged American mobster 20 supposed wiseguys charged because one was possessive * Here we go again: US govt tells Facebook to kill end-to-end encryption for the sake of the children Uncle Sam calls on tech giants to open up platforms for government snooping * Iran tried to hack hundreds of politicians, journalists email accounts last month, warns Microsoft No confirmation from Trump yet whether he asked them to do it * Dead simple: Plenty of Magecart miscreants still looking to skim off your credit card deets Average breach not even noticed for 3 weeks ... that's a lot of $$$ * TalkTalk says WalkWalk if you've got a mouldy Tiscali email address, or pay £50 a year to keep it UK ISP gives legacy ex-customers an ultimatum * Egyptian government caught tracking opponents and activists through phone apps Intelligence services developed system, says security outfit Software * Surprise! Copying crummy code from Stack Overflow leads to vulnerable GitHub jobs Boffins find sharing snippets of code has a downside * PostgreSQL puts the pedal to the metal with some smart indexing tweaks in version 12 Open-source veteran not above the odd speed increase Science * Watch out! Andromeda, the giant spiral galaxy colliding with our own Milky Way, has devoured several galaxies before Only four billion years to wait to watch the pair duking it out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 14 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2019 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: