WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job [Mon Sep 20 2021]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 20 September 2021 ***************************************************************** WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Amazon UK business swelled by 50%+ in 2020, and taxes soared. Lol, no, it means those paid by its staff Jeff Bezos founded biz at the 'apex of the Big Tech tax avoiders' * Still divided on whether teachers, parents or politicians are to blame Can we close the education divide? Maybe, but not by stuffing it with computers and smart boards * Korea's NAVER Cloud outlines global ambitions, aim to become Asia's third-biggest provider Alibaba is number two in much of the region, but is a bit on the nose right now On-Prem * Thanks, Sir Clive Sinclair, from Reg readers whose careers you created and lives you shaped Former staff, kids who got their first taste of tech, a Reg hack, and even Linus Torvalds share what the electronics pioneer meant to them * Sir Clive Sinclair: Personal computing pioneer missed out on being Britain's Steve Jobs Lifelong cost focus was his namesake company's corporate downfall * How long till some drunkard puts a foot through one of BT's 'iconic, digital smart city communication hubs'? Phonebox upgrade dishes out internet and more in Kensington and Chelsea * Snowflake doubters voice reservations over data warehouse's attempt to break into financial services On-prem systems hold advantages in terms of known costs, say insiders * Consultants' eyes light up as UK.gov dangles £4bn over 6 years for 'large-scale digital transformation programmes' Phrase is catnip for software market * Relics from the early days of the Sinclair software scene rediscovered at museum during lockdown sort-out Remember when a games developer could be one guy with a ZX Spectrum? * Electron-to-joule conversion formulae? Cute. Welcome to the school of hard knocks Shake, rattle and roll is incompatible with your PABX * South Korea surfs silicon shortage to record tech exports 42.4 per cent increase in chip sales, and smartphone shipments did even better Security * Yes, of course there's now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux Once dismissed proof-of-concept attack on Microsoft OS through WSL detected in the wild * Something phishy: Tech recruiters jabbed by fake COVID-19 Passport scam Tells clients it is tackling the issue * Is it OK to use stolen data? What if it's scientific research in the public interest? Not always, but Swiss team says you can manage the risks * WTF? Microsoft makes fixing deadly OMIGOD flaws on Azure your job Clouds usually fix this sort of thing before bugs go public. This time it's best to assume you need to do this yourself Software * Apple, Google yank opposition voting strategy app from Russian software stores Oh, sorry, we thought you wanted us to obey the law?! – Silicon Valley * Google extends right-to-be-forgotten to app permissions on older Android devices Software unused after a few months will lose access to sensitive features unless exempted * Microsoft does and doesn't require VMs to meet hardware requirements for Windows 11 Either way, it's bad news for VirtualBox – it's stopped working * Microsoft doles out Office Long Term Servicing Channel for cloud refuseniks Redmond doesn't do things by half – unless it's Long Term Support * Stressed-out IT workers, software devs – we're not being funny but have you tried rebooting your breathing? Forget productivity, find a way to unplug and recover * Royal Navy will be getting autonomous machines – for donkey work humans can't be bothered with No robot killers 'in my lifetime' says admiral * Businesses put robots to work when human workers are hard to find, argue econo-boffins The lure of shiny new tech isn't a motivator, although in the USA bots are used to cut costs * After eight years, SPEC delivers a new virtualisation benchmark Jumps from single-server tests to four hosts – but only for vSphere and RHV Offbeat * Space tourists splash down in Atlantic Ocean after three days in orbit Some sightseeing, music, gambling, chatting to folks back home – just like a regular roadtrip * Punchy Biden-lookalike grandad goes viral for fighting boxing gadget 'If you don't get your timing right you get whacked round the back of the head' admits scrappy octogenarian * Sometimes we all feel a bit like Shutting Down. So just imagine how tired Windows 7 is So many stuck trains, so many cancellations. Giant blue screen of Nope, we salute you. * So I’ve scripted a life-saving routine. Pah. What really matters is the icon I give it J’appuie sur le starter et voici que je quitte la terre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: