Microsoft previews free Visual Studio Code for the Web [Thu Sep 2 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 2 September 2021 ***************************************************************** Microsoft previews free Visual Studio Code for the Web Browser-based editor will open files on GitHub, Azure repositories or from the local device ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Power users of Microsoft OneDrive suffer massive inconvenience: Read-only files Workaround available for problem which started a week ago * IBM looks to pandemic and post-Brexit fallout, sees nothing but money-making opportunities Makes prediction as revenue sinks and profits evaporate at UK trading arm On-Prem * HPE bags $2bn HPC-as-a-service gig with the NSA Ten-year agreement kicks off in 2022 to help spies do spying * Spring tears down math geek t-shirt listing because it dared to mention the trademarked word 'zeta' Data scientist told he faces ban, biz insists otherwise after pushback * BrakTooth vulnerabilities put Bluetooth users at risk – and some devices are going unpatched Qualcomm, Texas Instruments alleged to be leaving Bluetooth chips open to attack * Chip world veterans gather to design customizable, chiplet-based RISC-V server chips Startup co-founded by former Applied Micro X-Gene execs emerges from stealth * Logitech Bolt devices support secure Bluetooth Low Energy – but forget the 'Unifying Receiver' First experiences suggest connection strength less good than claimed * Western Digital unveils 20TB OptiNAND hard drive, pledges 50TB to follow New flash-and-platter architecture offers 'breakthrough in storage that works differently,' firm claims * Tachyum's Prodigy emulator achieves first boot, runs Linux and says 'hello, world' 'Universal processor' startup still no nearer to proving bold claims of tenfold performance gain over Chipzilla, AMD * World to make 1.37 billion smartphones in 2021 says IDC – about one for every six humans Apple's growth outpaces Android's, and 5G shipments are surging despite hefty prices * Cloudflare says Intel is not inside its next-gen servers – Ice Lake melted its energy budget 64-core AMD Epycs win again as upgrade delivers performance boost without slurping more 'leccy Security * Fired credit union employee admits: I wiped 21GB of files from company's shared drive in retaliation Access should have been revoked ... but wasn't, court told * NSA: We 'don't know when or even if' a quantum computer will ever be able to break today's public-key encryption Then again, it would say that * Indonesian authorities probe million-record leak from national COVID app Someone didn't secure an Elasticsearch database, researchers allege * Singapore adds a third bug bounty program – this time to fortify government digital services HackerOne gets the gig Software * Microsoft previews free Visual Studio Code for the Web Browser-based editor will open files on GitHub, Azure repositories or from the local device * Hyundai reveals the robotaxi it built for Lyft, and a version for its very own metaverse Hey kids? Wanna play with the future of electro-robotic transport? You get to do it two years before Lyft * They've only gone and done it – South Korea forces Apple, Google to allow alternative app store payment systems Big Tech warns favoring SK players won't go down well – yet South Korea loves its software Offbeat * NASA tests flying taxis built by biz that dreams of being the Uber of the sky Joby hopes to push its service live in 2024 * Volkswagen to stop making its best-selling product for Wolfsburg workers: VW-branded sausages Environmentally damaging old bangers to be replaced with greener veggie versions.. in 1 of its canteens, at least * Arms not long enough to reach the plug socket? Room-wide wireless charging is on the way Hold onto your hats, tinfoil brigade! * This drag sail could prevent spacecraft from turning into long-term orbiting junk. We spoke to its inventors ahead of launch Gadget due to be tested 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: