No, I will not pay the bill. Why? Because we pay you to fix things, not break them [Mon Oct 31 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 31 October 2022 ***************************************************************** No, I will not pay the bill. Why? Because we pay you to fix things, not break them Just because the client touches a computer doesn’t make a mess their fault ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Microsoft boss Nadella's compensation pack swells 10% to $55m Karma, karma, karma, karma, karma, the median? Ratio to Redmond's average employee pay is 289 to 1 * AWS warns of demand slowdown as customers seek to cut spend Amazon shares pummelled, but cloud operation thinks Graviton CPUs can save the day On-Prem * For its big comeback, Intel needs to spend money – and it's making less and less of it The party's over and the pain begins * Meta fined record-breaking $24.6m for deliberately ignoring political ad law Pocket change for troubled Facebook giant, plus more US election news * Russia says Starlink satellites could become military targets Urges peace in space, while also threatening to shoot western war zone internet out of the sky * TSMC wants to unleash a flood of chiplet designs with 3DFabric Alliance Good for AMD and Apple? Now let's make it easier for everyone, Taiwanese chipmaker says * Microsoft's Windows 10 Patch Tuesday update crashes OneDrive The software giant expects a fix, but not until at least next week * Macs still growing as Apple sidesteps dark clouds over big tech Ducks Zuck's bad luck as fanbois chuck bucks at M2 SoC... but CFO warns it's unlikely to last * HPE supercomputer to tell Singapore that it's hot, humid, probably going to rain Cray EX beast deployed to improve weather forecasting in country that has basically one season * UK awards Fujitsu $60m contract amid calls to suspend it from government work It may be in the dock over Horizon software scandal, but it's still on UK.gov gravy train * If you think 5G is overhyped, wait till you meet 5.5G Less than half of next gen networking users say it has improved speed or reliability for them * No, I will not pay the bill. Why? Because we pay you to fix things, not break them Just because the client touches a computer doesn’t make a mess their fault * Party like it's 2014, if you can – that's the last time smartphone sales were this low If not for Apple, this addition to this week's orgy of bad economic indicators would be even less pleasant * Ubuntu continues expanding RISC-V support – now, the $17 Sipeed LicheeRV As progress revealed on Android port to the open ISA * Your new career plan: Go to jail for bribery, get busted taking drugs, be appointed chair of Samsung It worked for Lee Jae-yong, who now gets to handle a nasty profit plunge Security * Indian government creates body with power to order social media content takedowns PLUS: China’s digital currency surges; Infosys tax portals wobble again; Singapore crypto protections; and more * This Windows worm evolved into slinging ransomware. Here's how to detect it Raspberry Robin hits 1,000 orgs in just one month * Federal bans aren't stopping US states from buying forbidden Chinese kit Report claims thousands of orgs are still happily writing checks Software * Privacy watchdog urges companies drop emotional analysis AI software 'They may not work yet, or indeed ever,' says ICO's deputy commissioner * RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language Builder and programmer of the ARC and SEC turned 100 this year * Apple boosts bug bounties but may not fix some bugs in past operating systems Where's your spirit of Ventura? * Why I love my Chromebook: Reason 1, it's a Linux desktop We appreciate power but sometimes it's about getting up and running sooner Offbeat * NASA uses space station dust sensor to map 50 methane 'super-emitters' on Earth Oh, we don't think we needed science to pinpoint biggest windbags * NASA details totally doable, not science fiction plan for sending Mars rocks to Earth So crazy, it just might work * Elon Musk jettisons Twitter leadership, says takeover was 'to try to help humanity' Chief twit celebrates closing deal with characteristic humility * BOFH: I know of a small biz that could deliver nothing for a fraction of the cost Say! They're right here in the room! Fancy that! * Origins of mysterious marsquake settled: It was a meteoroid what done it We've spotted the massive ice-hole it left behind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: