Microsoft leaves the Office, rebrands everything as 365 [Fri Oct 14 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 14 October 2022 ***************************************************************** Microsoft leaves the Office, rebrands everything as 365 Now what does that flattened Möbius strip logo remind us of? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Inmarsat gets $1b from US Navy for 10 years of satellite data Outsourcing national defence didn't work so well in Ukraine On-Prem * Microsoft HoloLens proves to be a headache for US soldiers Eyestrain, nausea not entirely dealt with, military brass remain committed to AR * China doesn’t need to take Taiwan’s fabs to escape US trade bans Threatening to destroy them could give them just as much leverage, while averting all out war * Lockheed Martin taps silicon photonics tech to build better weapons of war Let the battle against latency begin * Sony, Honda collaborate on 'premium' electric vehicles that are born in the USA Get your own Playstation-on-wheels beginning in 2026, and be prepared to pay subscription fees * America, use Bitcoin instead of old-school money? Not likely, says Fed It's all about the Benjamins, says Michael Barr * It's official: UK telcos legally obligated to remove Huawei kit Immediate ban on new installations in 5G networks, all contravening gear must be gone by end of 2027 * TSMC cuts back on investment budget despite revenue surge Not even the world's largest semiconductor manufacturer is immune to chip downturn * SK hynix, Samsung, TSMC granted one-year reprieve from China chip restrictions Uncle Sam is giving out exemptions like Halloween candy to its allies * Google datacenter contractors claim 'retaliation' for talking workers' rights Plus: A fresh Amazon NLRB complaint over 'surveillance' * ULA's Vulcan Centaur to launch in early '23, with lunar lander and first Amazon broadband sats Two down, 3,234 to go for Amazon's Kuiper service as it chases Starlink * Extreme Networks fesses up to selling kit to Russian hypersonic missile maker Buyer Avangard's ordnance has reportedly been used against Ukraine Security * Mormon Church IT ransacked, data stolen by 'state-sponsored' cyber-thieves Don't get your underwear in a twist * Banks face their 'darkest hour' as malware steps up, maker of antivirus says When I saw it, I had to reverse engineer it, Kaspersky's lead security researcher tells us * Insurer Medibank hit by targeted cyberattack Hot on heels of Optus and Dialog breaches, criminals turn sights to insurance sector * Financial watchdogs want to know what traders are talking about on WhatsApp Keen interest in messaging platform follows $2 billion fines in US * Scanning phones to detect child abuse evidence is harmful, 'magical' thinking Security expert challenges claim that bypassing encryption is essential to protecting kids Software * Zinc: An Ubuntu remix that dares to be different Impressive distro is somewhere between a tech demo and a power user's tool * Canonical displays controversial 'ad' in shell update prog Ubuntu once again courts controversy, but alternative commands are available * Want to crawl inside a nuke plant swinging a hammer? No? Toshiba's inspection bots will do it instead Go ahead, feel redundant: machines reduce maintenance time by 12 days and go places humans cannot Offbeat * Water pipes hold flood of untapped electricity potential 1.41GW, in fact – enough to power around one million homes * Microsoft leaves the Office, rebrands everything as 365 Now what does that flattened Möbius strip logo remind us of? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: