Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom [Fri Aug 25 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 25 August 2023 ***************************************************************** Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web? ***************************************************************** On-Prem * UN cybercrime treaty risks becoming a 'global surveillance pact' Diplomats debate Russia-backed rules on what can be said online * Dropbox limits ‘all the storage you need’ unlimited plan, thanks to abusive users One percent of customers store more than 35TB. And before you ask: Yes, you can blame crypto creeps for this * After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns-ish in California 'It feels like the Berlin Wall of tech repair monopolies is starting to crumble, brick by brick' * Intel seems to think Wi-Fi 7 is too cool for old-school Windows 10 What do you mean, you 'haven't updated yet'? * China cooks covert chips, recruits global geeks to dodge US restrictions The Qiming is impeccable * Rocky Linux backer CIQ rejects lawsuit's claims it was founded on stolen IP Brands allegations as 'meritless' after being sued by HPC software provider Sylabs * UK health service has £1.5B to put toward Digital Workplace Solutions 2: Electric Boogaloo Four-year deal set to start next summer Security * FBI: Who was going around hijacking Barracuda email boxes? China, probably Joins in the chorus of advice to bin the gear instead of trying for a fix * Two teens were among those behind the Lapsus$ cyber-crime spree, jury finds From BT and Nvidia to Grand Theft Auto 6, pair went on a total tear Software * Big Tech pumps $235M into AI model depot Hugging Face Upstart now valued at $4B after Salesforce, Nvidia, Google, Amazon, and pals dish out dosh * Windows 11 update gives some the blue-screen blues Pay particular attention if you're MSI and Intel powered * Xebian is the Marie Kondo of Linux distros – it's here to declutter Clean, simple, quick, and an example of how less can give you more * Why these cloud-connected 3D printers started making junk all by themselves Message brokering software blamed for dumping backed-up print jobs on idle devices * SmartNICs haven't soared so VMware will allow retrofits in old servers vSphere to also add support for PCIe cards packed with CXL RAM to give boxes a boost, faster vCenter upgrades, and more * Hollywood studios agree AI-generated content should not reduce humans' pay or credit Proposed trade rules offer substantial pay rises in the hope they halt writers' strike Offbeat * Concorde? Pffft. NASA wants a Mach 4 passenger jet Don't get too excited: We're purely in the 'is this possible' stage right now * Zoom CEO reportedly tells staff: Workers can't build trust or collaborate... on Zoom So those 218,000 enterprise customers are wrong to hold meetings on web? * Blazar Token creator accused of using investor funds for renovating bathroom Ex-prison officer raised $600K+, flushed some of it down fresh bowl, SEC claims * Neighbors angry as another North Korean 'satellite' launch attempt fails US, Japan, and South Korea are well and truly over this sham * China's top EV battery maker announced a breakthrough, but top boffin isn't convinced 400km range after 10 minutes charging sounds great. Shame the details are thin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: