India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary [Wed Jan 25 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 25 January 2023 ***************************************************************** India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary Is a critical account of PM's past actions a real emergency, a political emergency, or a free speech emergency? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts On-Prem * Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects * Break up Google now, says US govt in ad monopoly lawsuit I'm feeling yucky * Germany probes PayPal over cartel claims Bundeskartellamt already had a bite at FAANG firms, now former Musk co is starting to look appetizing * WFH can get you 40% salary boost in UK and US tech jobs Web developer is the most likely role to be offered the arrangement * Seattle: Home of grunge, Starbucks… and now, a quantum computer manufacturing plant Unclear where IonQ’s funding for its $1 billion investment plans will come from * 8K? That’s cute. This display has 600 million pixels My god, it's full of TVs * Apple wants a quarter of its products manufactured in India, claims minister Take that, China * Chinese mobe-makers play a long game with homebrew chips Modest, low-volume chips will pay off over time, apparently Security * Apple emits emergency patch for older iPhones after snoops pounce on WebKit hole Also: Yay for Data Privacy Day! * Fujitsu: Quantum computers no threat to encryption just yet Heavily hyped tech bound for some sort of milestone by decade end Software * World of Warcraft Classic lead dev resigns to protest 'stack ranking' Brian Birmingham claims he walked after refusing to give team member a 'low' rating * Windows 10 paid downloads end but buyers need not fear ISO-lation Microsoft pulls the plug as of January 31, alternatives are easy to find * ChatGPT talks its way through Wharton MBA, medical exams This perhaps says more about the tests than the artificial intelligence on display Special Features * CISA sends schools back to the classroom on security Oy, teacher, protect those kids online * US Cyber Command, DARPA ink cyberwar R&D pact Out of the valley of death and into operational use, ideally * There are plenty of reasons why government tech is stuck in the Stone Age We unpack a few and look at which nations have it together with IDC research boss * The world is 'clearly' not prepared for cyberwarfare 6,000 netizens can't be wrong * EU infrastructure risk project to address potential climate, 'resource' shortage catastrophes Atos-led group to protect European infrastructure from impact of future pandemics – using Horizon cash * Ukraine slides closer to NATO with buckets of experience fending off Moscow's cyberattacks 'Now Russia will have to play defense' Offbeat * Uncle Sam greenlights first commercial nuclear small modular reactor design NuScale plants could begin construction as soon as February 21, when new rule goes into effect * British monarchy goes after Twitter, alleges rent not paid for UK base One appears to not have been remunerated, Crown Estate tells High Court * Lucy asteroid probe forced to limp on without full solar array Attempts to fix glitch ditched – but never give up, never surrender * Live Nation CFO on Taylor Swift ticket chaos: Don't blame me, bots made me crazy Attack was three times the size of anything company had seen – they couldn't shake it off * India uses emergency powers to order takedown of BBC documentary Is a critical account of PM's past actions a real emergency, a political emergency, or a free speech emergency? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: