Cloudflare finds a way through China's network defences [Thu Dec 1 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 1 December 2022 ***************************************************************** Cloudflare finds a way through China's network defences Teams with locals to allow consistent security policy to make it through the Great Firewall ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Amazon unfreezes some hiring to expand its datacenter footprint No matter what, the cloud must grow * As recession looms, Workday warns that legacy HR systems need updating Company hopes future will be 'nearly impossible to navigate' without its wares * 'Russian missiles can't destroy the cloud': Ukraine leader describes emergency migration Urgent digital transformation in a war-torn country On-Prem * Alibaba, Tencent enlisted to help sanction-weary China build RISC-V chips PRC and chums see open-source chip architecture as safer alternative to Arm * AWS follows AMD and Intel down the specialized chips path CPU roadmaps are fragmenting to serve a variety of needs. Time to do some homework * Foxconn factory chaos means more iPhone delays over the holiday period Protests in Zhangzhou may equate to 15-20 million fewer Pro models in Q4, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo * Twitter gives up fight against COVID-19 misinformation Ex-moderation lead says he does not feel the platform is 'safe' under Musk * Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry Report concludes government needs to implement a chips strategy now – like the rest of the world * Graphcore makes China push with Mk2 AI chip amid financial woes It's not clear whether the upstart had to abide by new US chip restrictions * HPE hits record compute profit margin, insists you're buying bigger boxes, not being milked Order books full and price cuts are coming as supply chains unkink * UK's Online Safety Bill drops rules forcing social media to remove 'legal but harmful' content Governments directly policing online content will put free speech at risk * Equinix would offer more liquid cooling but struggles without standards Immersion has different problems: datacenters aren't strong enough to hold lots of liquids * Submarine cable damage brings internet pain to Asia, Africa SEA-ME-WE-5 severed on land in Egypt Security * Sirius XM flaw unlocks so-called smart cars thanks to code flaw Telematics program doesn't just give you music, but a big security flaw * San Francisco lawmakers approve lethal robots, but they can't carry guns Rise of the explosive machines * TikTok NSFW if you work for the South Dakota government Governor bans platform and website from all state-owned devices that can connect to the internet * Cloudflare finds a way through China's network defences Teams with locals to allow consistent security policy to make it through the Great Firewall Software * Eat up, Windows 11 users – this is your last preview update for the year 'Tis the season for plugging holes and bolstering security * Processing data... in space: AWS powers Earth observation satellite payload Orbiting sat suite includes machine learning models, cloud-managed edge runtime * openSUSE makes baseline CPU requirements a little friendlier than feared Tumbleweed rolling-release distro to need v2 of x86-64 – and drop x86-32 edition * IBM and Maersk to shut down TradeLens supply chain platform Project with shipping giant was once floated as ideal blockchain use case – but industry didn't buy in * India’s retail digital currency pilot launches on December 1st Four participating banks, four cities, expansion to come Offbeat * SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 carrying first private lunar lander Lift-off postponed for 'additional pre-flight checkouts' * Boffin's beam forming kit opens the door to more realistic holograms MIT's hardware speeds up light manipulation by a factor of 10 * Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA' * NASA scraps budget-busting GeoCarb greenhouse gas observatory project Being over budget, behind schedule, becoming obsolete, and impeding other projects isn't a way to get a green light * UK cuts China from Sizewell nuclear project, takes joint stake Move comes as National Grid decided not to go live on blackout prevention scheme last night ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: