Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too [Thu Oct 26 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 26 October 2023 ***************************************************************** Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too Two thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * AWS says it wants in on the European sovereign cloud game Appealing to growing crowd that wants data outside US jurisdiction * It's 2023, so Lenovo made a bendy smartphone concept all about hybrid cloud AI Had to kiss Nvidia's ring to make its vision real * Google Cloud misses revenue estimates – and it's your fault, wanting smaller bills Keeping old servers alive is more lucrative than the G-Cloud On-Prem * US, Australia solicit Google's help with Pacific subsea cable project $65 million cable project to connect US to Australia by way of Fiji and French Polynesia * Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too Two thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results * World checks it's not April 1 as Apple signals support for full US right-to-repair rule But beware geeks bearing gifts * Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough Shareholders rejoice! Apple TV+, News+ raises prices over 40% * RISC-V champ SiFive confirms it's laying off 1 in 5 workers The purpose is refocusing and 'realigning,' according to chip designer * HPE starts Hybrid Cloud push, will herd users into GreenLake subs service Unit aims to 'take share in storage, scale private cloud, and expand into infrastructure software' * UK to crack down on imported Chinese optical fiber cables 5.7 million fiber kilometers of the stuff could be worth £88M to Brit players, claims government * The Raspberry Pi 5 is now available ... if you pre-ordered Will there be tinkering under the Christmas tree? Security * Canada goosed as attackers shutter hospitals and China deepfakes its politicians Eh? Canucks cracked by cyber crims * Pro-Russia group exploits Roundcube zero-day in attacks on European government emails With this zero-day, researchers say the 'scrappy' group is stepping up its operations * Hunters International leaks pre-op plastic surgery pics in negotiation no-no No honor among thieves as group denies Hive ransomware links * VMware reveals critical vCenter vuln that you may have patched already without knowing it Takes rare step of issuing patches for end-of-life versions, as some staff report end-of-career letters Software * Word turns 40: From 'new kid on the block' to 'I can't believe it's not bloatware' In 1983, David Copperfield vanished the Statue of Liberty and Word for DOS turned up * Window Maker Live: When less is more, but more is also ... more? New version of Debian-based live distro boasts added GNUstep, too * CEO Satya Nadella thinks Microsoft hung up on Windows Phone too soon 'There could have been ways we could have made it work' Special Features * Seiko watches 60K personal data records tick away in BlackCat ransomware heist Investigations ongoing as full extent of July breach is questioned * Spanish phisherfolk caught in cops' net in multi-million-euro catch Crooks swindled about €3 million from victims Offbeat * 13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal Chocolate Factory agrees $23m guilt-free settlement * Food robots delivering bombs? Oregon State campus shut down by 'prank' Student's new dorm room comes with bars, not the good kind * ULA's Vulcan Centaur hopes to rocket into Christmas Meanwhile, ESA looks to SpaceX for help with Galileo constellation * Boffins say their thin film solar cells make space farms viable No word on whether getting that energy from space to Earth will be made any easier, though * Brits sign Axiom Space deal for human spaceflight in name of science The things the kingdom will do to get away from Europe... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: