Now that China has all but banned cryptocurrencies, GPU prices are falling like Bitcoin [Wed Jun 23 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 June 2021 ***************************************************************** Now that China has all but banned cryptocurrencies, GPU prices are falling like Bitcoin Let's just check BTC-USD, oh yeah, waaay down ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Your data is too valuable not to embrace database-as-a-service Unlock its potential at The Nutanix Database Summit * What knocked out Brit cloud slinger Memset for the night? A busted fibre cable upstream of its data centre, apparently Multi-hour outage and customers left in the dark * Made it onto the cloud? Congratulations. 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But getting to that point can be a whole other ball game Don’t take no for an answer, but be prepared to give it. * Now that China has all but banned cryptocurrencies, GPU prices are falling like Bitcoin Let's just check BTC-USD, oh yeah, waaay down Security * Sure looks like someone's pirating the REvil ransomware, tweaking the binary in a hex editor for their own crimes It's a crook-eat-crook world out there * SEC still digging into SolarWinds fallout, nudges undeclared victims US markets watchdog sniffs around potential insider trading, data violations relating to hack * 'Set it and forget it' attitude to open-source software has become a major security problem, says Veracode Study finds a whole sea of outdated third-party libraries * There's no 'Skype' in Teams: Microsoft lets signing key for its Debian Skype repository slip gently into the night Summer Solstice: A time for dancing, druids, and certificate errors * Zephyr OS Bluetooth vulnerabilities left smart devices open to attack The 'S' in 'IoT' stands for 'security' * MI5 still risks breaking the law on surveillance data through poor controls – years after it was first warned Yet spy agency overseer IPCO seems to be working as the public hoped * US Air Force announces plan to assassinate molluscs with hypersonic missile No word on whether top brass considered just shelling them into submission * To CAPTCHA or not to CAPTCHA? 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VMs will make them viable Never bet against a technology that has matured over decades * Hyundai takes 80 per cent stake in terrifying Black Mirror robo-hound firm Boston Dynamics Korean giant sees bots as helping it become ‘Smart Mobility Solutions Provider’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: