It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement [Mon Oct 30 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 30 October 2023 ***************************************************************** It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement Minimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done! ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Fujitsu public cloud to be absorbed into main biz, then refreshed PLUS: Hikvision accused of targeting minorities; Australia's 'cyber-shield'; Huawei's superchip source revealed? * AWS CEO talks up AI to focus minds of Wall Street types Q3 sales below forecasts, profits up, and conversation centers on LLMs and GenAI On-Prem * Sorry Pat, but it's looking like Arm PCs are inevitable History suggests Arm’s place in the PC market will be anything but 'insignificant' * Biden's facing the clock to veto Apple Watch import ban after ITC patent ruling I'll huff and I'll puff and Masimo will blow your sales down * Ask a builder to fix a server and out come the vastly inappropriate power tools Sure, go ahead, make more dust while I deal with a client who doesn't care about redundancy * Microsoft enlists iFixit to extend Surface spare parts program Appears to have expanded coverage to at least 30 nations Security * Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years Not exactly the MAC daddy * F5 hurriedly squashes BIG-IP remote code execution bug Fixes came earlier than scheduled as vulnerability became known to outsiders * Microsoft unveils shady shenanigans of Octo Tempest and their cyber-trickery toolkit Gang thought to be behind attack on MGM Resorts has a skillset larger than most cybercrime groups in existence * King Charles III signs off on UK Online Safety Act, with unenforceable spying clause It's now up to Ofcom to sort out this messy legislation Software * Boffins find AI stumbles when quizzed on the tough stuff Must try harder, D+ * Wayland heading for default status as Mint devs mix it into Cinnamon 6 bun Plus Linux Mint 22 to be based on Ubuntu 'Noble Numbat' * Cruise blues: Robotaxi firm pauses all driverless operations Decision comes after CA revokes firm's driverless license and NHTSA signal an investigation * The battle between open source and 'sort of' open source is as old as software There's nothing new about HashiCorp leaving the principle behind * Clippy-like AI at forefront of Windows update previews Bugfixes for Windows 10, but 11 is where the Copilot action is * PIRG petitions Microsoft to extend the life of Windows 10 Do not go gentle into that overflowing landfill Special Features * Bug bounty hunters load up to stalk AI and fancy bagging big bucks Google offers AI-specific rewards, HackerOne sees more specializations Offbeat * It took seven years but over-40s fired by HP win $18m settlement Minimum of $15,000 per plaintiff, after lawyers' fees. Justice is done! * Russia hustles to fill impending void left by the ISS First module of new space station to be launched in 2027 * Tenfold electric vehicles on 2030 roads could be a shock to the system Robust policies for renewables needed to increase energy mix to nearly 50% * BOFH: Adventures in overenthusiastic automation The Boss really just gave IT a robo-vac army to 'revolutionize' office cleaning * Mars' iron core surrounded by molten rock, seismic studies show Two new pieces of research suggest center is smaller than previously thought * Airbus commissions three wind-powered ships to sail the Atlantic To move parts while making less CO2, so it can build more planes that make plenty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: