Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable [Mon Oct 3 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 3 October 2022 ***************************************************************** Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable Support chap braved fire and a mile-long run, only to find Windows 95 was the final hurdle ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Google Cloud is super keen to keep certain customers on pricey Intel VMs Unless your app really needs AVX 512, AMD and Ampere's cores may be a cheaper, better bet * Delivery drone crashes into power lines, causes outage Google-owned Wing said it was a 'precautionary controlled landing' – right into 11,000 volts * Sage denies misleading customers over perpetual licensing, users not happy Vendor and resellers offer conflicting advice about subs and upgrades, though vendor says it's been 'clear' * Digital Ocean won't let new customers create resources in four DCs, won't say why Can't even spin up the compute necessary to reply On-Prem * As Hurricane Ian hits, FCC rules cell carriers must help each other in disasters You will or won't do it voluntarily? Doesn't matter, we'll mandate it * Japan 5G network tests Arm chips, claims power draw down by 72% Graviton2 processors trials with infrastructure vendors and telco as work on standalone 5G continues * Atos rejects bid from rival for digital, big data, security units Despite having €4.2b reasons from Onepoint to ditch Evidian strategy and sell up * Chipmakers cut output, investment – but government bucks never go out of style Wafer starts cut back as slump in demand hurts bottom lines... especially Micron's * Fixing an upside-down USB plug: A case of supporting the insupportable Support chap braved fire and a mile-long run, only to find Windows 95 was the final hurdle Security * Steganography alert: Backdoor spyware stashed in Microsoft logo Now that's sticker shock * BlackCat malware lashes out at US defense IT contractor Also, Amazon's Ring footage TV shows draws criticism, US v Soviet spying docs found, and more * Gone in a day: Ethical hackers say it would take mere hours to empty your network 300 red teamers walk into a bar… * Microsoft warns of North Korean crew posing as LinkedIn recruiters State-sponsored ZINC allegedly passes on malware-laden open source apps * Stop us if you've heard this one before: Exchange Server zero-days actively exploited Remember this next time Microsoft talks about how seriously it takes security Software * Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1 Linux boss' launch message is more ‘6.0 is overrated’ than ‘The joy of 6.0’ * Text-to-image models are so last month, text-to-video is here Plus: Bruce Willis sells his image rights to AI biz creating deepfakes, and more * Google delays execution of doomed Chrome extensions Busineses get a little longer with Manifest v2, everyone else... it depends * Amazon lets you rent Ubuntu Pro. Yes, it's Linux on the virtual desktop Insert your Year of Linux joke here, we dare you * Here's OpenStack Platform 17 – aka what Red Hat hopes your network operator will one day use The project with the thumbs up from CERN ... and China * How Citrix dropped the ball on Xen ... according to Citrix How to win friends and admit how you lost them earlier? Offbeat * Fake vibrating teeth could make great hearing aids Wait, wait, hear us out * Apropos of nothing, US intel wants to improve low-dose radiation detection IARPA unleashes TEI-REX to better track nuclear sources * China spins up giant battery built with US-patented tech World's largest VRFB was built with inadvertent help from the Department of Energy * Bitcoin worse for the climate than beef, say economists Researchers mince 'digital gold' claims with study showing cryptocurrency's impact * NASA, SpaceX weigh invoking Dragon to take Hubble higher Telescope hasn't been superseded by JWST, so why not try to keep it going? * HDD Clicker gizmo makes flash sound like spinning rust Made your old computer faster but too quiet? Here's a fun fix * Astroboffins present fresh evidence of moving liquid water on Mars Pack your bags, we're off to huddle on some alien ice caps. It beats Earth ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: