Demand for software experts pushes tech salaries higher in UK [Wed Sep 14 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 September 2022 ***************************************************************** Demand for software experts pushes tech salaries higher in UK One in six ditching job offer from employers low-balling on pay ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Oracle floats its HeatWave system into Amazon's cloud Avoiding data movement saves $$$ but rivals have own approaches to doing analytics, transactions on same data On-Prem * Twitter datacenter melted down in Labor Day heat Bitbarn suffered 'total shutdown' after 113F heatwave * Taiwan’s GlobalWafers races to break ground in Texas before tax breaks dissolve Everythings bigger in Texas, including the tax breaks * HP pays $1.3m to settle dispute over printer security chip Euroconsumers hail success, payments capped and only folks in 4 countries eligible so far * FCC Commissioner demands review of Starlink rural broadband subsidies Withdrawal of SpaceX's $885.5m award a 'drastic action' – but Musk wouldn't want subsidy anyway, right? * Backblaze thinks SSDs are more reliable than hard drives The ones used as boot drives in its datacenters seem to be, but perhaps not over time * Demand for software experts pushes tech salaries higher in UK One in six ditching job offer from employers low-balling on pay * OVH opens less flammable datacenter at site of 2021 fire This time it has sprinklers and the batteries are outside the building – where they flaming well belong * India’s Supreme Court demands government detail internet shutdown rules There may not be any, which is the point of the lawsuit Security * Twitter whistleblower Zatko disses bird site as dysfunctional data dump Mudge tells senators his former bosses are 'terrified' of the French, US regulators are toothless * Microsoft fixes Windows security hole likely widely exploited by miscreants Plus: Nasty no-auth RCE in TCP/IP stack, Adobe flaws, and many more updates * Patch your Mitel VoIP systems, Lorenz ransomware gang is back on the prowl Criminals do love that unpatched VoIP and IoT kit * One month after Black Hat disclosure, HP enterprise kit still unpatched What could go wrong with leaving firmware open after world's biggest hacker convention talk? * Cisco: Yes, Yanluowang leaked our data. No, it's not serious Everything's fine! * Chinese-linked cyber crims nab $529 million from Indian nationals Authorities also bust a shell company scam operation with links to the Middle Kingdom Software * US throws millions at AI to diagnose diseases by the sound of your voice Speech can be impacted by cancer, Parkinson's, depression, and more * Automating Excel tasks to come to Windows and Mac Not just for the web anymore: Microsoft Office Scripts coming for the macro-managers among us * SEC charges VMware with hiding slowing sales from investors Virtualization giant pays $8m to settle claims it pushed revenue into later quarter... without admitting liability * Beijing signals Digital Yuan will integrate with existing payment schemes It needs to, because the likes of Alipay are already ubiquitous – and used overseas Offbeat * Chinese researchers make car glide 35mm above ground in maglev test Forget self-driving cars, the Middle Kingdom has floating cars now ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: