USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix [Thu Aug 31 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 31 August 2023 ***************************************************************** USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix Alive and still quite vigorous considering its age ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Oracle Cloud, Netsuite, and Azure go down, hard, Down Under Storm that passed through Sydney saw clouds sleep early and struggle to wake up On-Prem * Microsoft maybe still dreams of bendy phones, judging from 360° folding screen patent Could a Surface mobe with one of these displays eliminate all that bad press from the Duo? * HP blames discounted PCs and China chill for Q3 revenue drop At least the cost-cutting scissors are still sharp * USENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenix Alive and still quite vigorous considering its age * UK air traffic woes caused by 'invalid flight plan data' Former BA boss slams resilience, says explanation 'doesn't stand up from what I know of the system' * Google throws down gauntlet with first compute instances powered by AmpereOne chips Though this is still a preview so another provider could swing it * Tesla hedges Dojo supercomputer bet with 10K Nvidia H100 GPU cluster Keeping full self-driving dream on the road just needs more graphics chips? * The printout may be dead but that beast of a print queue lives on A queue gone mad leads to surprising results for 3D printing – but still no regulation * We're about to hit peak device count, says HTC veep, as AR takes over First you'll live in a headset. Then come the chip implants … Security * Barracuda gateway attacks: How Chinese snoops keep a grip on victims' networks Backdoors detailed, plus CISA releases more IOCs for IT depts to check * Microsoft ain't happy with Russia-led UN cybercrime treaty Could be used to put ethical hackers, and citizens, behind bars * Toyota Japan back on the road after probably-not-cyber attack halted production Malfunction took 14 plants offline for 36 hours. Oh, what a … nah, too obvious Software * OpenAI urges court to throw out authors' claims in AI copyright battle ChatGPT's prose harvesting protected by fair use, super-lab argues * After injecting pop-up ads for Bing into Windows, Microsoft now bends to Europe on links Clicking a URL from a system service will actually open in your chosen browser. For some. How fancy * Tesla's purported hands-free 'Elon mode' raises regulator's blood pressure NHTSA is already worried Autopilot and FSD make drivers irresponsible – this surely won't help matters * Google wants to takes a byte out of Oracle workloads with PostgreSQL migration service Third-party and bespoke apps most likely candidates for the switch * This profiler chatbot promises to help speed up your Python – we can believe it Scalene, Scalene, Scalene, Scalene, I'm beggin' of you please improve my code * AI-powered monitors to defend Washington DC against aerial threats Replaces surveillance systems installed after 9/11 - and years before drones became a threat Offbeat * Meteorite is 4.6 billion years old and still rocking the solar system dating scene Presence of aluminium isotope might help age other objects from space * India set to launch Sun-spotting satellite on Saturday Meanwhile its Moon rover dodges a crater and spots sulphur ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: