Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop [Mon Aug 7 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 7 August 2023 ***************************************************************** Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop Microsoft is moving Windows to the cloud and Apple will be happy to have you run macOS on the cloud ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Deutsche Bahn stands to lose €400M if it has to do Huawei with Chinese kit Telcos also due to get it in the neck unless the government pays up * Google offers to alert netizens when their personal info shows up in Search I Have Been Pw, er, Indexed * Canada's Telus to shed 6K workers as profits plunge 61% Big cheese asks if anyone wants to take early retirement? * Read lips? Siri wants to feel them, according to fresh Apple patent We make movements when we talk, and gyro, accelerometer and sensor tech could improve speech recog * Big chip players join forces to form another RISC-V venture Initial drive starts in Germany, pushes automotive blueprints * Telecom giants dial up the heat on suppliers: It's not you, it's your CO2 Tackling sneaky Scope 3 emissions with 'best practices' and a 'climate lens' * How to get a computer get stuck in a lift? Ask an 'illegal engineer' Settle in for a weighty story with plenty of gravity * Out of nowhere, India requires PC and server makers to get an import license This is one way to kickstart local manufacturing Security * Two US Navy sailors charged with giving Chinese spies secret military info 'Quite obviously f**king espionage,' one suspect allegedly blabbed * Alarm raised over Mozilla VPN: Wonky authorization check lets users cause havoc SUSE security engineer goes public on unfixed client hole after disclosure drama Software * Behold, Incus: Check out this fork of Canonical's LXD 'containervisor' Lead dev Graber quits Ubuntu maker, helps out this new project * Soon the most popular 'real' desktop will be the Linux desktop Microsoft is moving Windows to the cloud and Apple will be happy to have you run macOS on the cloud * Japanese supermarket watches you shop so AI can suggest more stuff to buy What could possibly go wrong with this Fujitsu tech? Offbeat * India hits pause on import ban after Apple and Samsung pull out ALSO: That's not a limp, that's 68 iPhones strapped to your body; Malaysia scores giant fab; Phishing phlops in Hong Kong; and more * Experiment arrives at the ISS to see if astronauts can keep things cool No sweat, but this could take us to infinity and beyond * Astronaut-menacing sunstorm spotted rippling across inner solar system Rare coronal mass ejection so powerful it was observed from Earth, Moon, and Mars * Judge throws out EE's £25M 5G contract suit against Virgin Media 2022's MVNO spat wrapped up as world+dog reminded to check exclusion clauses * BOFH: WELCOME TO COLOSSAL SERVER ROOM ADVENTURE!! If Health and Safety want to describe Mission Control like a text adventure, they can have a text adventure * Big Tech's going to love India's new personal data protection bill Big fines for breaches. Also big powers – including takedowns – for planned Data Protection Board ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: