In IT, no good deed ever goes unpunished [Tue Apr 26 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 26 April 2022 ***************************************************************** In IT, no good deed ever goes unpunished When being helpful can mean being shown the door ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * CAST AI puts out report on extent of enterprises cloud resource overspend Tool relies on platform getting everything right in real time, cautions analyst On-Prem * Meta physical: Facebook parent to open its first real-world store To truly understand virtual reality, first you need to go outside, interact with actual people... * Hawaiian Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi via SpaceX's Starlink Fly to some paradise, tweeting as you go, arrive, relax under the stars only to watch those same satellites in the sky * Elon Musk to buy Twitter in $44bn deal, promises stuff Pretty cool all other problems a billionaire could reasonably tackle are solved, leaving this one * Apple and Intel likely the first to use TSMC’s 2nm node in 2025 Meanwhile, Intel is catching up to TSMC in leading-edge manufacturing nodes * Elon Musk edges closer to Twitter mega purchase Report says social media platform's board close to accepting $54.20-a-share offer * Mastering metadata key to shifting data fast, says Arcitecta A new transmission protocol can work lightning fast, but only with very thorough records to pull from * Foxconn factories near Shanghai cease operations over COVID-19 cases Factories were operating in 'closed loop,' now parts are being made in 'backup' facilities * FTC probes Broadcom for anti-competitive behavior again – reports Chip designer allegedly cites supply chain issues to lock customers in exclusively * Microsoft exposes glue-free guts of the Surface Laptop Studio Broken your headphone jack? No problem. Want some more RAM? Er, about that... * Timetable for industrial action ballot against BT imminent CWU deputy secretary demands better pay for staff amid cost-of-living crisis Security * Intuit sued over alleged cryptocurrency thefts via Mailchimp intrusion Financial software giant slammed for 'poor security practices' * Homeland Security bug bounty program uncovers 122 holes in its systems Thinking of another word for this US govt department's name * Flaw could have granted criminals control over Ever Surf crypto wallets Check Point uncovers web vulnerability that could have led to cryptocurrency theft * FBI: BlackCat ransomware scratched 60-plus orgs Plus: Cisco Umbrella flaw patched, lid blown off TeamTNT, and ICS security folks join JCDC party Software * Pony.ai lassos China's first autonomous taxi license 100 self-driving cabs will wander streets of Guangzhou * Oracle to release on-prem software usage tools to prep cloud switch Experts advise caution in sharing data with Big Red – it could be used in license audits * Debian faces firmware furore from FOSS freedom fighters Convenience or purity? You can only choose one * Google Docs' AI-powered inclusive writing auto-correct now under fire Plus: IBM's CEO says we have to tackle ML ethics or intelligent systems will become monsters Offbeat * Could a leaky capacitor be at fault on ESA's Sentinel-1B? Prepare your 'turn it off and on' jokes as engineers get ready to flip the heaters * EU eyes tech giant revenues as Digital Services Act clears hurdles Fines worth 6 percent of annual turnover survived draft in provisional agreement * Your AI can't tell you it's lying if it thinks it's telling the truth. That's a problem Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of ML? Er, nobody * In IT, no good deed ever goes unpunished When being helpful can mean being shown the door ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2022 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: