ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance [Wed Aug 23 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 August 2023 ***************************************************************** ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance 'We built this thing and now you don't want to hear from us – WTF?' is the gist of it ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * CEO Zooms through the bad news on Q2 earnings call Alienating FOSS community and some employees? Web-based collaboration biz delights shareholders On-Prem * Pentagon dumps $1.5B more into military sat network that's already slipping behind One might say this program is truly up in the air * Musk's latest X-periments: No more headlines, old posts vanish, block gets banned If advertisers weren't happy before, this is sure to win them over * ICANN warns UN may sideline tech community from future internet governance 'We built this thing and now you don't want to hear from us – WTF?' is the gist of it * Biden to bolster boondocks broadband with a billion bonus bucks (barely) ISPs in 22 states and Marshall Islands get to split nine-figure pot Security * 'Millions' of spammy emails with no opt-out? That'll cost you $650K, Experian Credit-reporting giant disagrees with FTC, will hand over the pocket change to make Feds go away * SEC fines fintech crypto fund that promised 2,700% returns Titan Global Capital Management to pay $1m to those it advised without admitting fault * Apple's defense against apps vandalizing other apps still broken, developer claims Cupertino appears to be blasé about long-standing macOS bug, so coder has blabbed Software * Cool, more promises of a Universal Translator from Big Tech. This time, Meta – again SeamlessM4T seems less open source than some might wish * Microsoft teases Python scripting in Excel Snakes on a dataframe * IBM says GenAI can convert that old COBOL code to Java for you Folks in the Z mainframe game can have a play soon... if they dare * VMware edges towards its multi-cloud vision, with a side quest to virtualize AI More of the same is the name of the game, across clouds and app-taming * Fauna Query Language tamed to appeal to developers Latest revision takes inspiration from TypeScript, Python, and GraphQL * Microsoft wants Activision so badly, it's handing streaming rights over to ... Ubisoft? All to appease the UK's competition watchdog, the last hurdle to the deal Offbeat * IBM sells off cloud business – yes, we mean Weather.com What better time for private equity to capitalize on changing climate * Lockheed's ARRW hypersonic missile: Sometimes it flies, sometimes it just tries US Air Force keeping mum on results of weekend test * Budget satellite drag sail shows space junk how to gracefully exit orbit Students prove $30 device could help declutter Earth's backyard * NASA still serious about astronauts living it up on Moon space station in 2028 Assuming the orbital hotel is even built by then * Controversial Chinese drone maker DJI debuts a cargo carrier For dropping stuff in remote locations. Just don't mention the war in Ukraine, where DJI kit repeatedly appeared ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: