Ship stranded in Suez Canal shifts, but not before spawning some choice tech memes [Tue Mar 30 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 30 March 2021 ***************************************************************** Ship stranded in Suez Canal shifts, but not before spawning some choice tech memes And not just the obvious ones about containers ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Bad news for automakers: That fire at the Renesas chip plant was worse than expected Estimate of damaged fab equipment revised upwards by 54% * OVH reveals it's scrubbing servers – to get smoke residue off before rebooting Quite a few have come back online, but it takes seven hours to restore each rack Offbeat * Satellites, space debris may have already brightened night skies 10% globally – and it's going to get worse Goodbye darkness, my old friend * Distorted light from ancient explosion when the Universe was 3 billion years old helps point astroboffins to intermediate black hole Gamma-ray burst technique could figure out how commonplace these tricksy customers are * Deloitte settled HPE's Autonomy lawsuit for $45m back in 2016 and agreed to cooperate with US DoJ So that's why they're not named alongside Lynch and Hussain * Ship stranded in Suez Canal shifts, but not before spawning some choice tech memes And not just the obvious ones about containers On-Prem * Trustify CEO gets eight years for lying to investors, spending millions on homes, private jets, sports tickets 'Uber of private investigators' failed to live up to its name * No JavaScript, no trackers, no SSL security: Retro computing boffin gives Google News a Netscape 1.1 makeover Why, you ask? Why not? Security * Intel accused of wiretapping because it uses analytics to track keystrokes, mouse movements on its website Session monitoring scripts prompt dozens of privacy lawsuits against Big Biz, mainly in California and Florida * After oil giant Shell hit by Clop ransomware, workers' visas dumped online as part of extortion attempt Another day, another data nightmare * Sitting comfortably? Then it's probably time to patch, as critical flaw uncovered in npm's netmask package Are you local? Catastrophically local? * UK terror law reviewer calls for prison sentences if suspects refuse to hand passwords over to investigators Cops should be exempted from regulatory safeguards, says lawyer * Scottish National Party members found among list of names signed up to rival Alba Party after website whoopsie Freeeedommm! (for your data) * PHP repository moved to GitHub after malicious code inserted under creator Rasmus Lerdorf's name Backdoor quickly spotted and reverted * Patch alert for Apple fans: Cybercrooks have already been exploiting this flaw in iPhones, iPads, and watches Plus: Did Google expose a Western spying op? Who cares? You're safer * Blockchain may be the machinery of mischief, but it can't help telling the truth It's still totally bananas, though * Which cyberthreat should you care about most? Here’s a clue … all of them Which is why you need to apply a little big data Software * Rails waves goodbye to mimemagic, welcomes Marcel to fix GPL MIME drama If the license doesn't fit, you must commit * Google's AI ethics firings garner more trouble – $60,000 Chocolate Factory boffin grant turned down over issue Plus: Amazon delivery drivers forced to consent to being surveilled by AI * MoJ cancels £100m ERP procurement to get in line with UK government shared service strategy Hmmm. Shared services... that always works out really well, right? * Vegas, baby! A Register reader gambles his software will beat the manual system The house always wins. Even in the Casino back office * Taiwan to create new mega tech Ministry spanning industry policy, security, comms, and more Led by proper CompSci boffin who wants to create a software development industry capable of earning billions * Working from home is the future, yet VMware just extended vSphere 6.5 support for a year because remote upgrades are too hard Death of Flash means vAdmins still have work to do to stay alive even with relaxed new deadline ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: