Yes, there's nothing quite like braving the M4 into London on the eve of a bank holiday just to eject a non-bootable floppy [Mon Mar 29 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 29 March 2021 ***************************************************************** Yes, there's nothing quite like braving the M4 into London on the eve of a bank holiday just to eject a non-bootable floppy I can indeed make things magically disappear if I shout loudly enough ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Salesforce to face trial after software used by Backpage 'to track sex traffickers, pimps, johns on social media' Cloud giant manages to dismiss only part of lawsuit brought against it * Microsoft 365 tries again at filtering swearing, bad behavior: Classifiers for seven languages offered Meanwhile, Outlook on Windows gets magical email completion powers Offbeat * Sadly, the catastrophic impact with Apophis asteroid isn't going to happen in 2068 Astroboffins are so confident, this once dangerous near-Earth object has now been struck off official risk lists * Rogue elements: Hades and Loop Hero manage to draw on the same legacy while having very little in common Let's go round again, maybe we'll turn back the hands of time * Tesla broke US labor law with anti-union efforts – watchdog And Elon Musk must delete 2018 tweet threatening loss of benefits for unionizing * Oracle sorely wanted case alleging improper inflation of cloud sales to disappear. But the judge said no A couple of execs have been let off the hook, though * Diary of a report writer and his big break into bad business Ow. Thank you sir may I have another * NASA's Perseverance rover in brick form: China set vs unofficial Lego fan design The Register goes a-building once more – no glue required this time * BOFH: Bullying? Not on my watch! (It's a Rolex) Aye, me hearties... it is time to call H-ARRRRRGH On-Prem * Apple iPad torched this guy's home, lawsuit claims Lawyers hope to recover repair cost shelled out by insurer * 5-year-old Fairphone 2 is about to receive a major update to Android 9 Yes, it's old, but the handset has been supported for much longer than the big dogs usually manage * Is your tech team a strategic partner or cost center? Check out this assessment tool A little self-knowledge can take you a long way, says Nutanix * Yes, there's nothing quite like braving the M4 into London on the eve of a bank holiday just to eject a non-bootable floppy I can indeed make things magically disappear if I shout loudly enough * ‘Radiation upset’ confused computers and caused false alarm on International Space Station Crew Dragon briefly thought its power supply had problems. Also on the ISS: an Ethernet upgrade and missing wastewater * Xiaomi grows fast, warns chip shortages will impact product releases Takes number one smartphone sales slot across swathes of Europe Software * Linus Torvalds worries kernel 5.12 might be ‘one of those releases’ that lands a tad late Driver and networking changes keep coming and io_uring is being noisy * Semi-autonomous cars sales move up a gear with 3.5 million units leaving forecourts Will you visit me please, if I open my door... in cars? * Red Hat pulls Free Software Foundation funding over Richard Stallman's return 'Many contributors have told us they no longer plan to participate in FSF events, and we stand behind them' * Microsoft pivots on Pivot, admits that yanking touch control from WinUI 3 toolset 'was obviously poor judgment' Wow, Redmond actually said soz! * OpenCollective opens cash conduit between tech biz and unappreciated developers For organizations inclined to give, there's now some supporting infrastructure * Mac OS X at 20: A rocky start, but it got the fundamentals right for a macOS future For pity's sake, don't thank Jobs * SAP community suggestions for on-prem database canned as app giant looks cloudwards We've taken your comments on board but... * What links ML, lasers, and tiny gold-plated micro-bots? Answer: Smart medicines 'Drug delivery would certainly be an intriguing application,' prof tells us * Mysterious case of Arizona state senators skipping a vote on tackling Apple and Google's app commissions Law bill to give developers a choice to opt out vanishes this week ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2021 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: