Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure [Mon Sep 18 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 18 September 2023 ***************************************************************** Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure Backlash has spilled offline and into potential violence ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Salesforce flipflops from 'you're fired' to 'you're hired' in six short months Recruitment U-turn down to search for growth and margins, CEO says * Oracle cloud hardware to reside in Azure datacenters – and Microsoft's good with that Larry Ellison and Satya Nadella find a common enemy: latency that alows data moving from DBs to AIs On-Prem * TSMC's outlook is so fuzzy it's reportedly stalling fab machine deliveries SEMI predicts factory equipment spending will slide another 15% before rebounding in 2024 * Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months * Intel spices up its FPGA game with open source and RISC-V freebies Tech buffet of updates dished out ahead of IFTD event * BT dips toe into liquid cooling in quest for a chill network 40-50% reduction in power needs isn't an efficiency to be sniffed at * HP reveals bonkers $5k foldable tablet/laptop/desktop There’s a weird one-and-a-half screen laptop mode, too Security * Probe reveals previously secret Israeli spyware that infects targets via ads Oh s#!t, Sherlock * Scattered Spider traps 100+ victims in its web as it moves into ransomware Mandiant warns casino raiders are doubling down on 'monetization strategies' * Google throws California $93M to make location tracking lawsuit disappear Half a percent of last quarter's net income? That'll teach 'em * Greater Manchester Police ransomware attack another classic demo of supply chain challenges Are you the weakest link? Software * Gandalf chatbot security game counters privacy fireballs You shall not pass judgement, Lakera AI insists, because exposed player info was harmless * Unity closes offices, cancels town hall after threat in wake of runtime fee restructure Backlash has spilled offline and into potential violence * Big Tech offers free training courses on India's new digital skills platform Mobile-first service aims to bring e-learning to the masses, covering tech and plenty more Special Features * Google exec: Microsoft Teams concession 'too little, too late' If you don't tackle Redmond's abuse of software licensing in rival clouds it'll be game over for innovation, warns Amit Zavery * There are lots of ways to put a database in the cloud – here's what to consider Choosing the right one for you means understanding the trade-off, says MySQL expert Peter Zaitsev Offbeat * Techie labelled 'disgusting filth merchant' by disgusting hypocrite For once, the boss rescued IT from a revolting customer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: