First of Tesla's 'bulletproof' Cybertrucks clunks off production line [Tue Jul 18 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 18 July 2023 ***************************************************************** First of Tesla's 'bulletproof' Cybertrucks clunks off production line Wait, so it wasn't an elaborate joke? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Euro monopoly cops to probe Microsoft for slipping Teams into Office Three years after Slack flagged up 'illegal' bundling of chat app On-Prem * Microsoft promises to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for next decade. Sony believes it Redmond one step closer to $69bn Activision Blizzard merger * Apple seeks patent for devices with roll-up displays – iRoll? There's never been a fruit winder like this before * Chips ahoy! US and China locked in self-destructive battle of trade restrictions Why are you hitting yourselves? semiconductor CEOs ask * Uncle Sam to put Aurora supercomputer to work on catalyst conundrums Meanwhile, ORNL's Summit simulates bacteria battling cicada wings * Twitter ad revenue has halved since Elon Musk took over While Zuckerberg's Threads reels in users at record rates * Microsoft's Surface Pro 9 requires a tedious balancing act There's probably someone out there who likes a wobbly laptop that cuts their flesh Security * Quick: Manually patch this Zimbra bug that's under attack Smells like Russian cyber spies (again) * Beijing wants to make the Great Firewall of China even greater Also more fiery, with vague but firm orders to create a 'security barrier' * Boris Johnson pleads ignorance, which just might work ALSO: More high-profile MOVEit victims; CVSS 4.0 coming soon; and a long list of critical vulnerabilities Software * Google tightens Play Store dev rules while becoming more blockchain tolerant Trust and safety push promises ability to delete app-associated accounts * AlmaLinux project climbs down from being a one-to-one RHEL clone A worrying concession means that the shape of the marketplace is changing * 1 in 4 Brits are playing with generative AI, and some take its word as gospel Employees are kicking back and letting chatbots do the work Special Features * Typo watch: 'Millions of emails' for US military sent to .ml addresses in error Good thing Mali isn't best pals with Russia right no– oh, shoot * Goodbye Azure AD, Entra the drag on your time and money Relic of the Ballmer years, we shall not see such marketing nonsense again… oh, hang on * Network died, hard, during company Christmas party, leaving lone techie to fix it Yippee-ki-yay, other sockets! Offbeat * Post Office Horizon Inquiry calls for compensation to be brought forward Suffering and financial loss of subpostmasters prompts decision in interim report * First of Tesla's 'bulletproof' Cybertrucks clunks off production line Wait, so it wasn't an elaborate joke? * UK government faces calls to end IR35 double tax anomaly Meanwhile, Conservative stalwart calls to repeal law ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: