Linux lover consumed a quarter of the network [Tue Jul 25 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 25 July 2023 ***************************************************************** Linux lover consumed a quarter of the network Penguins are OK with glaciers. Academics not so much ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * World's most internetty firm tries life off the net, and it's sillier than it seems What do you call an air-gapped Googler? Anything you like, they can't hear you On-Prem * Jury orders Google to pay $340M patent-infringement damages over Chromecast Something something don't cross the streams * AMD mulls new chip manufacturing partners amid supply chain jitters TSMC has too much capacity when China has made no secret of its desire for Taiwan * Twitter name and blue bird logo to be 'blowtorched' off company branding X marks the rot: It's Elon's fave letter and way forward for the 'everything app' * BT and OneWeb deliver internet to rock in Bristol Channel – population 28 More puffins than people on Lundy, and no one wants to say how much it cost * Alibaba opts out of Ant Group stock buyback Sign of confidence or … something bigger? Security * TETRA radio comms used by emergency heroes easily cracked, say experts If it looks like a backdoor, walks like a backdoor, maybe it's a ... * AMD Zenbleed chip bug leaks secrets fast and easy Zen 2 flaw more simple than Spectre, exploit code already out there – get patching when you can * Google half-patches Cloud Build permissions exploit, the rest is on you ALSO: Amazon's child-sized COPPA fine, smart tech security labels coming to the US, and this week's critical vulns Software * Want to live dangerously? Try running Windows XP in 2023 The pain and joy of using an old OS on hardware newer than it is * Google fails to get AI engineer lawsuit claiming wrongful termination thrown out Plus: Apple is building its own large language models internally, and AI South Park is terrible * Linux lover consumed a quarter of the network Penguins are OK with glaciers. Academics not so much * China eases barriers for cashless foreigners to use local services ALSO: Singapore's government LLM, China beats 5G base station target, and Malaysia telecom gives in to 5G bandwidth purchasing policy Special Features * Oracle's revised Java licensing terms 2-5x more expensive for most orgs One in five users can expect an audit in the next three years Offbeat * Ultra-rare Apple sneakers from the 1990s on sale for $50,000 Meanwhile, Einstein dismantles the creation myth in $125,000 letter ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: