We lose money on repairs, sobs penniless Apple, even though we charge y'all a fortune [Fri Nov 22 2019]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 22 November 2019 ***************************************************************** We lose money on repairs, sobs penniless Apple, even though we charge y'all a fortune Spare a thought for the lives of the creative accountants ***************************************************************** Business * Huawexit means Huawexit! Uncle Sam gets 300 applications to dodge ban on supplying Chinese comms beast Reminds us of a small island nation's attempt to leave a certain political union Data Centre * After 10 years, Google Cloud Print will finally be out of beta... straight into ad giant's graveyard Not so much 'going gold' as 'growing cold' * Tune in and watch online today: How modern data architecture drives cloud transformation From digital strategy to data practicality with the clever folks at Qumulo * Mysterious IT snafu at British Airways causes bunch of inbound flight delays and cancellations Makes you think pen and paper would be a better alternative DevOps * Continuous Lifecycle London 2020: Bag your discount early-bird tickets now before our speaker line-up goes live Save £££s on DevOps, container, continuous delivery, serverless advice and info * Codefresh to chuck 100 million reasons to develop open source at huddled dev masses Free software credits not for you? How about a free tier instead? * The lure of Brexit Britain proves too great for DevOps pipeline wrangler CircleCI A new office for Blighty 'wherever Brexit lands' * Update Docker: Fun bug involving file paths and shared libraries turns out to be a security hole Chroots maneuver Emergent Tech * We(don't)Work: Rent-a-desk outfit cuts 2,400 staff in bid to be a functioning business About 20% of employees worldwide look for new jobs * We know what you want to write: Google injects more AI into G Suite Beyond the spill chucker in G Suite docs - and Google Assistant too * You wanted flying cars and colony worlds. Instead, IKEA furniture-building-ish AI robots Bettåma than nöthurihag Personal Tech * Why can't you be a nice little computer maker and just GET IN THE TRUNK, Xerox tells HP in hostile takeover alert Did you copy that? * We're so, so, sorry you're not able to get PC chips, says Intel to everyone who hasn't gone with AMD yet Epyc apology, Chipzilla * We lose money on repairs, sobs penniless Apple, even though we charge y'all a fortune Spare a thought for the lives of the creative accountants Security * Bad news: 'Unblockable' web trackers emerge. Good news: Firefox with uBlock Origin can stop it. Chrome, not so much Ad-tech arms race continues: DNS system exploited to silently follow folks around the web * Bon sang! French hospital contracts 6,000 PC-locking ransomware infection Good news? They're not paying the ransom * UK tax collectors warn contractors about being ripped-off – and not by HMRC for a change Self-assessment phishing and phone scam alert raised * Orange is the new green: Nigeria scammer bags $1m while operating behind bars Fraudster oversaw operation with contraband phone Science * Astroboffins spot the most energetic photons yet from gamma ray burst – and here's hoping Earth is right in the way of the next one Yes, more energetic than a pedantic Trekkie correcting you Bootnotes * A short note to say I’m off: Vulture taps claws on Reg keyboard for last time 'I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: