Improve Linux performance with this one weird trick [Tue Jul 19 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 19 July 2022 ***************************************************************** Improve Linux performance with this one weird trick Unless anyone else ever accesses your PC in any way ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Uber to pay millions to settle claims it ripped off disabled people with unfair fees Effectively charging folks in wheelchairs for taking too long to get into ride? Not a great look * You can liquid cool this Linux laptop to let the GPU soar Or to make the fans shut up. Either way, you won’t be moving much with this setup * FCC chair wishes for 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up broadband minimum in US Quite a leap from national baseline of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up * Need baby formula? Buy a pregnancy test at Walgreens Data privacy, data schmivacy * Intel’s first discrete GPUs won't be a home run High-end Arc A750 will compete with *checks notes* a GeForce RTX 3060 * Crypto miners aren't honest about power use – time for a crackdown Democrats: regulations needed to assess how much energy used and emissions created, says letter to DoE, EPA * BAE scores $699 million contract to support US Army supercomputers Systems will help with the DoD's most demanding computational challenges including AI, ML, and analytics * What are server makers really doing to and for the climate? They paint themselves as eco-saints, but the numbers tell another story * Indian government starts work on right to repair rules Mobiles and tablets among sectors identified for regulation * Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems Resting on its laurels is costing the industry its hardies * Taiwan prosecutors claim Chinese biz swiped IP and R&D team from Apple supplier Before you could say 'economic espionage', a factory in China was making bits of iThings Security * Bogus cryptocurrency apps steal millions in mere months As if the crypto world needs any help in making money vanish * Botnet malware disguises itself as password cracker for industrial controllers Can't get into that machine? No problem, just trust this completely sketchy looking tool * Albanian government websites go dark after cyberattack Citizen services only moved online in May. What could possibly go wrong? * Microsoft's latest security patch troubles Windows 11 users The curse of Patch Tuesday strikes again as error codes wreak minor havoc * Bill for US telcos to bin Chinese kit blows out by $3 billion Carriers likely to get cents on the dollar for ditched Huawei and ZTE kit unless more funds are found * TikTok's chief security officer steps aside, thanks to Oracle move Takes up advisory role that might leave time to play with parent company's homebrew cloudy SmartNICs Software * Rocky Linux 9 and its new build service enter the ring 'Blue Onyx' defies the odds, defies logic, and fulfills an incredible dream (to quote a long-running film franchise) * Cruise self-driving cars stopped and clogged up San Francisco for hours Plus: Head of AI and Autopilot at Tesla quits, FIFA rolls out AI in this year's football World Cup, and more * Intel tried selling software before. Will it succeed this time? After offloading McAfee and Wind River, the x86 giant is building a commercial software business again * Disentangling the Debian derivatives: Which should you use? More flavors than than an ice cream shop means something for just about everyone * Improve Linux performance with this one weird trick Unless anyone else ever accesses your PC in any way * India's Internet Association ends crypto advocacy to do something more productive Namely working on a central bank digital currency Offbeat * IQE files against Tower Semiconductor claiming theft of trade secrets Wafer company says it has 'significant reason' to believe Israeli chipmaker misappropriated IP * American Airlines reserves 50 flying taxis Making down payment to Vertical Aerospace for VX4 electric VTOL fleet * Just because you failed doesn't mean you weren't right And this is why we test the tests ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: