Terraform fork OpenTF renamed and relocated as OpenTofu [Thu Sep 21 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 21 September 2023 ***************************************************************** Terraform fork OpenTF renamed and relocated as OpenTofu Open wide! ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Salesforce engineers roll back change after breaking own cloud for hours today Services said to be returning to normal from downtime though Tableau Cloud still MIA * AWS spins up more cloudy Mac Minis, now with M2 Pro silicon Andy Jassy's rent-a-Macs have no love for the vanilla M2, and the Max and Ultra aren't used in the Mini On-Prem * Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers' * Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better - and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face * Core blimey, Intel's answer to AMD and Ampere's cloudy chips has 288 of them And they're all tailored for efficiency * Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home * UK Online Safety Bill to become law – and encryption busting clause is still there Admits it's 'not technically feasible' ... but with no promise not to invoke it * As TikTok surveils staff's office hours, research indicates WFH is good for planet Not leaving home for work cuts an individual's carbon footprint by 54%, says research * Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator * A chip off the old block: The 200mm fab supply chain breaker Southeast Asia, China spearheading factory capacity growth for foreseeable future Security * Feds raise alarm over Snatch ransomware as extortion crew brags of Veterans Affairs hit Invasion of the data snatchers * Signal adopts new alphabet jumble to protect chats from quantum computers X3DH readied for retirement as PQXDH is rolled out * International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe Right as judges issued warrants against Putin * Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first Beijing accuses US of breaking into Huawei servers in 2009 * Robocall scammers sentenced in US after netting $1.2M via India-based call centers Part of network of crims who used 'trickery and threats' to target elderly, says US Attorney * Sysadmin and spouse admit to part in 'massive' pirated Avaya licenses scam Could spend 20 years in prison after selling $88M in ADI software keys * Singapore may split liability for phishing losses between banks and victims Won't someone please think of the banks? Software * GNU turns 40: Stallman's baby still not ready for prime time, but hey, there's cake It turned the software industry upside down regardless * Chan Zuckerberg org to spin up 1,000+ H100 GPU cluster for AI medical research Plus: DeepMind trained model to predict genetically mutated DNA strings * Terraform fork OpenTF renamed and relocated as OpenTofu Open wide! Offbeat * Neuralink's looking for participants willing to be part of human trials Musk company gets FDA's OK for six-year assessment of its brain implants * Scientists suggest possible solution to space-induced bone loss Douglas Adams was right! Mice may hold key to exploring the universe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: