Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors [Wed Oct 26 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 26 October 2022 ***************************************************************** Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors Arcan sub-project reinvents command lines and GUIs at once ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * AWS users can finally use Nitro Enclaves on Arm Graviton EC2 instances Just don't forget Enclave data is held in memory and costs can ramp when processing digital reams * What's up with WhatsApp? Messaging platform suffers outage in the UK Massive spike in user reports on DownDetector, no word on cause * India's top services outfits still growing strong, but bracing for tough times Demand for consulting eases and that's often – gulp – the canary in the economic coalmine On-Prem * Nvidia RTX 4090: So hot they're melting power cables Flaming 'eck! * Fujitsu launches HPC and not-quite-quantum cloud services Available in Japan now, with international rollout to follow next year * Chip fab locations more important than oil well placement, says Gelsinger Intel CEO not surprised by US export controls on tech to China * Philips axes thousands amid financial loss Warns of class action lawsuits and personal injury claims in wake of health product recall * Linus Torvalds suggests the 80486 architecture belongs in a museum, not the Linux kernel Ancient hardware deserves ancient kernels, but cannot justify consuming developers' valuable time * Chinese carriers collectively claim to have cracked a billion 5G subs 5G was meant to top a billion subs globally this year – China may have done it single-handed * Microsoft ships non-Surface PC: a cheap Arm box for devs Windows Dev Kit 2023 packs Qualcomm's AI toys and an all-Arm environment for Windows coding * Red Hat, Intel open centers for the edge Shuttling sensor data all the way into the cloud is so 2014 Security * FTC slaps down Drizly CEO after 2.4m user records stolen from 'careless' booze app biz At least this'll give some ammo to CISOs dying for stronger IT defenses * PayPal ditches passwords, at least on Apple devices No more reusing, recycling passwords * Gone phishing: UK data watchdog fines construction biz £4.4m for poor infosec hygiene Staff member bit on lure, ultimately exposed up to 113,000 colleagues' personal information Software * Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java Goggles giant on how it gave its Android apps a Kotlin makeover * Apple finds way to squeeze social network apps until pips squeak And get over here, NFT slingers, Cupertino wants a word, too * Python team wraps version 3.11.0 Latest release brings better speed and more comprehensible error messages * SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled Datacenters, cloud services shut down but keep maintaining DBs for the nation's businesses * Update time for Ubuntu: last version of Linux kernel 5.19.17 hits Only just installed? You may need another upgrade all the same * If you're still on Windows 7/8.1, it's time to say goodbye to Google Chrome Even better, upgrade to Windows 10 at the very least * Lash#Cat9: A radical new Linux UI for keyboard warriors Arcan sub-project reinvents command lines and GUIs at once * Microsoft fixes printing gremlin, ends that block on Windows 11 upgrades Bet ya can't wait to slap that 22H2 on your machine * Rent-calculating software biz accused of colluding with 'cartel' of landlords RealPage's algorithm screwed tenants by inflating costs, it is claimed Offbeat * GM: Seeing as all y'all like our electric cars, we'll double output next year EV sales still barely more than fringe in USA * Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device If your mobile's not 18k gold with diamonds, do you even crypto bro? * India's – and Infosys's – favorite son-in-law Rishi Sunak is next UK PM prime_minister_v3_final _FINAL_DO_NOT_EDIT.docx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: