Cloudflare explains how it managed to break the internet [Wed Jun 22 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 22 June 2022 ***************************************************************** Cloudflare explains how it managed to break the internet 'Network engineers walked over each other's changes' ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Cloudflare explains how it managed to break the internet 'Network engineers walked over each other's changes' * HashiCorp tool sniffs out configuration drift OK, which of those engineers tweaked the settings? When infrastructure shifts away from state defined by original code * End of the road for biz living off free G Suite legacy edition Firms accustomed to freebies miffed that web giant's largess doesn't last On-Prem * Top chip foundries grow amid electronics spending slowdown. Except Samsung Chaebol hit by lower demand for smartphones and TVs plus 4nm yield issues * Toyota wants 'closed loop' EV batteries in its future cars Automaker wants to develop recycling, remanufacturing processes * Lenovo, Barcelona Supercomputing Center sign joint research deal Collab to 'generate significant returns' for Europe in science, tech, economy * AMD refreshes Ryzen Embedded line with R2000 series The target? Thin clients and industrial devices – with new SoC family running up to 4 independent displays * Investors start betting against Bitcoin with short-trade products Some crypto-bros keep the faith in the face of market onslaught * Micron aims 1.5TB microSD card at video surveillance market Ideal for corporate fleet dash cameras, smart home security, police bodycams, VSaaS and more, says chip giant * Linux Foundation thinks it can get you interested in smartNICs Step one: Make them easier to program * Google, EFF back Cloudflare in row over pirate streams Ban akin to 'ordering a telephone company to prevent a person from having conversations' over its lines * Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio: Too edgy for comfort? And perhaps too heavy, which is a weighty issue for a machine that turns into a tablet Security * Info on 1.5m people stolen from US bank in cyberattack Time to rethink that cybersecurity strategy? * 1Password's Insights tool to help admins monitor users' security practices Find the clown who chose 'password' as a password and make things right * A great day for non-robots: iOS 16 will bypass CAPTCHAs A bot says what? Apple relies on IETF standards to remove annoyance, citing privacy and accessibility * How refactoring code in Safari's WebKit resurrected 'zombie' security bug Fixed in 2013, reinstated in 2016, exploited in the wild this year * CISA and friends raise alarm on critical flaws in industrial equipment, infrastructure Nearly 60 holes found affecting 'more than 30,000' machines worldwide Software * Samsung invests in ML chip startup NeuReality Coining the term hardware-based 'AI hypervisor' has to be worth several million, dontcha think? * Microsoft promises to tighten access to AI it now deems too risky for some devs Deep-fake voices, face recognition, emotion, age and gender prediction ... A toolbox of theoretical tech tyranny * For a few days earlier this year, rogue GitHub apps could have hijacked countless repos A bit of a near-hit for the software engineering world * GitHub's AI code assistant Copilot takes flight. And that'll be $10 a month, please You wanna bug fix and chill? * RISC OS: 35-year-old original Arm operating system is alive and well 1980s refugee, open source, and runs on modern kit * Microsoft pulls Windows 10/11 installation websites in Russia Big Tech sanctions continue to roll in, Putin retaliates with counter sanctions * UK's Post Office shells out for SAP software it thought it had 'Significantly under-licenced' but didn't factor in Customer Success Manager when dealing with reseller Offbeat * AWS buys before it tries with quantum networking center Fundamental problems of qubit physics aside, the cloud giant thinks it can help * Tesla lawsuit alleges unlawful layoffs at Nevada gigafactory It's the second time a Musk-owned company has been accused of WARN Act violations * NASA tricks Artemis launch computer by masking data showing a leak Plus it aborts ISS reboost. Not the greatest start to the week, was it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: