Take the morning off because Outlook has already [Wed Feb 8 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 8 February 2023 ***************************************************************** Take the morning off because Outlook has already We're down to Microsoft 364 again by first week of February ***************************************************************** On-Prem * US environment agency says it can regulate crypto farms - are datacenters next? First Bitcoin, next bit barns? Unlikely * Big three cloud giants tighten grip as overall spending slows The big get bigger * Fortinet's latest ASIC promises 2.5Gbps of SSL inspection at the edge New entry-level firewalls to follow * Mitsubishi gives up on Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet Lessons learned could be applied to a next-gen fighter, says company * Arm still strong despite SoftBank loss as shipments pass a quarter of a trillion Meanwhile, parent company continues to bleed billions * US stalkerware developer fined $410,000 and ordered to modify apps so they reveal spying Creepy developer offers evasive apps that track victims, crack their cloud storage, enable harassment and worse Security * Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app, arrest dozens German and Dutch authorities say the app was a favorite of organized criminals and drug smugglers Software * Voice.ai denies claim it violated open source software license requirements Maker of voice changing software says it has removed GPLv3 code "to alleviate any doubt" * Microsoft tells people to prepare for AI search engine that goes Bing! Redmond thinks OpenAI can be secret sauce to beat Google * GitHub claims source code search engine is a game changer When grep isn't good enough, try Blackbird * US warns aging air-traffic control code won't be fixed until 2030 NOTAM chance in hell this stuff is getting sorted soon despite outage * Microsoft's AI habit comes to data governance tool Purview You're a high-risk worker who wants access to that file? Computer says no * GitHub CEO says EU AI Act shouldn't apply to open source devs Lawmakers said to be trying to align on the basics by 'early March' * Take the morning off because Outlook has already We're down to Microsoft 364 again by first week of February * Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months You may have already known this... but did you know you'll lose data migration unless you switch to paid? * Mozilla, like Google, is looking ahead to the end of Apple's WebKit rule Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again * China’s Baidu reveals generative AI chatbot based on language model bigger than GPT-3 Probably bilingual bot will be called ERNIE outside China, Wenxin Yiyan within * Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday Offbeat * MIT Press to trial open access journals, so long as someone else pays for it Great: Fewer paywalls. Not great: Long-term funding is still a question * India bans 232 Chinese lending and betting apps And a few non-Chinese lending apps that appear to have been scooped by accident * Pakistan’s PM overturns Wikipedia ban, seeks end to whack-a-mole content blocks Cabinet committee gets to find a solution after years of bans didn’t achieve a lot * South Korea to treat crypto tokens and virtual assets as if they were securities ‘Food does not change no matter what bowl it is served in’ says regulator ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: