Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware [Fri Jun 30 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 30 June 2023 ***************************************************************** Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Google accused of ripping off advertisers with video ads no one saw. Now, the expert view Web giant also hits back ... right as YouTube steps up war on advert blockers * Memory chipmaker Micron's sales down 57% as market bottoms out Company eyes return to memory growth, but warns life on the China ban-list could be hard * Bosses face losing 'key' workers after forcing a return to office Survey says most would prefer a gentle request * Samsung to start mass producing 2nm silicon in 2025, first for mobile devices Forms a packaging posse to do the chiplet thing Security * Crook who stole $23m+ in YouTube song royalties gets five years behind bars Claims he wants to stay in the music biz after time in a Sing Sing * It's 2023 and memory overwrite bugs are not just a thing, they're still number one Cough, cough, use Rust. Plus: Eight more exploited bugs added to CISA's must-patch list * Chinese balloon that US shot down was 'crammed' with American hardware Blasted from the sky in February, device never transmitted photos, videos, or radar data it collected, officials say * Now Apple takes a bite out of encryption-bypassing 'spy clause' in UK internet law Not the iPhone maker's first think-of-the-children rodeo Software * This Windows update is snarling up some endpoint security tools Malwarebytes and Trellix upgrades to the rescue * Databricks puts cards on the table format as Snowflake looks for more players Enterprises want a single data platform for data lakes and warehouse, but tech's not there yet, say analysts * Linux Mint cuts slice of 'Victoria' as 21.2 beta lands with dash of fresh Cinnamon Desktop Ubuntu, but without the nonsense * Europe's largest city council runs parallel systems to cover Oracle rollout mess Decision to adapt software now subject of an independent management investigation * Google uses India to test ‘deliver to the house near the post office’ feature Ads and search giant also open sources offensive stereotype database, and gives Amazon a poke * Oracle certifies its database for Arm architecture on-prem and in cloud Only for Ampere – but with a licencing twist that means Intel and AMD can't relax Offbeat * Virgin Galactic finally gets its first paying customers to edge of space It only took nearly 20 years and one death to get there * Mummy and Daddy Musk think Elon's cage fight against Zuck is a terrible idea Bizarrely, there's been no suggestion that the bout won't happen * UK's dream of fusion power by 2040s will need GPUs Boffins plan 'digital twin' to help hit deadline, recruit heavy-hitting partners ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: