Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 3 December 2021 ***************************************************************** Nextcloud boss: You gotta fight ⦠for your right ⦠to 'plug into Windows and offer the exact same service' It's the browser wars all over again â but this time it's cloud storage ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Computers cost money. We only make them more expensive by trying to manage them ourselves And that's bad for your customers â who else is gonna ultimately pay for it? * Nextcloud boss: You gotta fight ⦠for your right ⦠to 'plug into Windows and offer the exact same service' It's the browser wars all over again â but this time it's cloud storage * Meta won't migrate future acquisitions out of AWS The Artist Formerly Known as Facebook and the cloud colossus become best cloudy buds â especially around PyTorch * All your database are belong to us: AWS wants every data silo on its platform Also: Custom SQL Server service, free SageMaker ML, and experts on hand to label data On-Prem * US trade watchdog opposes Nvidia's Arm buy, mostly over fears about data center innovation FTC sues to block deal because it would be bad for competition * Texas' anti-moderation social network law blocked by judge Enforcing rules on content is in everybody's interest, court decides * You've seen the Raspberry Pi CM4 in a mini-ITX case. Now here's four in a mini-ITX case How to coordinate 16 Arms * Co-Operative Bank today 'terminated' Capita's outsourcing contract years before it was due to expire Services ops for mortgages to go back in-house, says High Street lender, can't say how many to TUPE across * Specs appeal: Qualcomm and Meta insist headgear to plug you into the metaverse will 'supersede mobile' 'You're on the go, you take it with you, it's always contextually relevant, you don't have to take it out of your pocket' Security * BadgerDAO DeFi defunded as hackers apparently nab millions in crypto tokens Badger, badger, badger, coin theft, coin theft! * New UK product security law won't be undercut by rogue traders upping and vanishing, government boasts El Reg asks about phoenixing â but will answer convince world+dog? * European Cybercrime Centre confident it's kicked credit card crims â again Poised to reveal similar haul to 2020's â¬40M loss prevention total * Three key ransomware actors changed jobs on October 18 â the same day REvil went dark Underground industry grows in complexity and sophistication, says Santander Group researcher Software * Microsoft makes tweaks to Windows 11 Start Menu for Insiders but stops short of mimicking Windows 10 If it's not broke, don't f- ... never mind * Santa's sack is bulging with browsers: Vivaldi 5.0 arrives full of festive cheer Keeping one's privates private * SiFive's latest top-end RISC-V CPU core supports proper virtualization in hardware Hypervisor extension implemented in P650 processor engine that's stalking Arm's Cortex family * China to create workers' paradise for ride share drivers Communist China (belatedly) recognises that drivers are people who need food, sleep, bathrooms, and unions * Amazon Appstore melts over Android 12 'Snow Cone' Running the latest version of Android? Appstore apps no longer work * Nutanix, VMware end legal fight over CEO Rajiv Ramaswami Now they can get back to arguing about computers and clouds Offbeat * Ubiquiti dev charged with knocking $4bn off firm's value after insider threat spree Prosecutors claim Nickolas Sharp even posed as a whistleblower to press * ESA's Mars Express picks up plaintive bleeps of China's Zhurong rover, adding much-needed comms redundancy We're all ears * UK data watchdog fines government office for disclosing New Year's gong list New IT systems set up incorrectly, published CSV files which included names, addresses * What a bunch of bricks: Crooks knock hole in toyshop wall, flee with â¬35k Lego haul Police still trying to piece everything together ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: