Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users [Thu Dec 15 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 15 December 2022 ***************************************************************** Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users Siri? Google? Alexa? Could ChatGPT save us from this data harvesting nightmare? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Amazon graduate hires told they can't start work until next December 'Challenging economic conditions' blamed for delays, but here's $13,000 for your troubles On-Prem * IBM to create 24-core Power chip to let customers exploit Oracle database license Big Red doesn't charge more when users add cores, so Big Blue plans to triple the count. Because why not? * Arista offers up 800G switches to the data-hungry cloud gods That's a lot of personal data and cat videos per second * Arm processor technology caught up in US chip war with China Alibaba reportedly pulled into the fray, plus: world's top chipmaking equipment maker, ASML, pushes back * Twitter will lose 32 million users by end of 2024, Insider Intelligence predicts 'Technical issues and proliferation of hateful content' blamed * XaaS is taking over the datacenter and IDC says you asked for it As customers grapple with pricey AI systems and nontraditional compute, HPE, Dell, and Lenovo circle in wait * Rivian abandons electric van partnership with Mercedes-Benz Oh Lord, won't you buy me a ... oh * IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China * Airbnb hosts less likely to accept bookings from Black people than Whites Ah c'mon, we've gotta be better than this Security * On the 12th day of the Rackspace email disaster, it did not give to me … … a working Exchange inbox tree * Malicious Microsoft-signed Windows drivers wielded in cyberattacks Handy tools to kill off security protections get Redmond's stamp of approval * Seven smuggled US military tech for Moscow, say Feds Nuclear, hypersonic hardware is one thing, but you can probably keep the quantum computer stuff, Vlad * AWS strains to make Simple Storage Service not so simple to screw up Not Amazon's fault buckets are exposed, but the loaded shotgun and your foot are all there ready and waiting * TikTok could be banned from America, thanks to proposed bipartisan bill If you listen really closely, you can hear Mark Zuckerberg's excitement * Patch Tuesday updates spark errors when creating Hyper-V VMs Something's broken, mom! Microsoft offers workaround while trying to think up a fix * EU takes another step towards US data-sharing agreement Campaigners say it's unlikely to pass a test in the courts, though * Citrix patches critical ADC flaw the NSA says is already under attack from China Yet more pain for the software formerly known as NetScaler Software * You can hook your MIDI keyboard up to a website with Firefox 108 Don't worry, there are some other improvements thrown in too * New research aims to analyze how widespread COBOL is Stand up and be counted, ye ancient code wizards * Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users Siri? Google? Alexa? Could ChatGPT save us from this data harvesting nightmare? * Apple preps for 'third-party iOS app stores' in Europe Despite dire predictions about sideloading, iGiant said to be ready to comply with EU law Offbeat * London cops break into gallery to rescue lifelike art installation 'Kristina' is a sculpture of a woman with her face in a bowl of soup * The IT decision-maker that really matters? Your pet So says Samsung, which wants to add your cat's collar to the Internet of Stuff * China publishes first images captured by Kuafu-1 solar probe Initial attempt at longitudinal magnetic map of our local star * America's nuclear fusion 'breakthrough' is super-hot ... yet far from practical First ignition is awesome, but economics and engineering to deliver clean energy promise are nowhere * US Air Force tests its first fully functional hypersonic missile I used to be a missileer like you, then I took an ARRW in the knee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: