It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs [Fri Nov 10 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 10 November 2023 ***************************************************************** It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs Just because they store messages in a way owners can't access doesn't mean it's a privacy violation, US court rules ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Microsoft: Iran's cybercrews got stuck into Israel days after Hamas attacked – not in tandem At least two destructive attacks, but – crucially – after deadly conflict erupted * It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call logs Just because they store messages in a way owners can't access doesn't mean it's a privacy violation, US court rules * Arm flexes financial muscles post-IPO, but shares get a reality check Brit chip house now looking to cloud and automotive to grow revenues * Enterprise wallets to sustain European IT growth as devices lag Software and services set to save continent's tech growth into 2024, says Gartner * Gauss we've all got a fresh option for a gen AI handheld: A Samsung device Vendor promises ChatGPT and DALL•E-esque products in the near future * Nexperia sells Newport Wafer Fab to American chipmaker for $177M Good news for skilled workers with new owner aiming to 'safeguard positions' * EU lawmakers scolded for concealing identities of privacy-busting content-scanning 'experts' Names of consultants on encryption bypass plan leaked anyway Security * Downfall fallout: Intel knew AVX chips were insecure and did nothing, lawsuit claims Billions of data-leaking processors sold despite warnings and patch just made them slower, punters complain * SolarWinds says SEC sucks: Watchdog 'lacks competence' to regulate cybersecurity IT software slinger publishes fierce response to lawsuit brought last month * MOVEit cybercriminals unearth fresh zero-day to exploit on-prem SysAid hosts Second novel zero-day exploited by Lace Tempest this year offers notable demonstration of skill, especially for a ransomware affiliate * Russia's Sandworm – not just missile strikes – to blame for Ukrainian power blackouts Online attack coincided with major military action, Mandiant says * What to do with a cloud intrusion toolkit in 2023? Slap a chat assistant on it, duh Don't worry, this half-baked Python script is for educational purposes onl-hahaha Software * Child psychiatrist jailed after using AI to make pornographic deep-fakes of kids Perp said to have secretly recorded patients – and digitally undressed them using web neural networks * DDoS-like attack brought down OpenAI this week, not just its purported popularity Plus: Lab launches dataset sharing initiative for its own benefit * Don't worry about those new export rules, China – Nvidia's already got more sanctions-compliant GPUs for ya Chips limbo-dance right under Biden's performance limits * Fedora 39 waves goodbye to modularity, but has enough spins to make your head spin 20th anniversary version of Linux distro brings lots of new goodies * Intel's Arun Gupta on open source pragmatism and fanatics VP of the Open Ecosystem at chip biz talks trust in the era of AI * India gives social media platforms 36 hours to remove deepfakes Today it's Bollywood actors, tomorrow it could be lawmakers themselves * FTC interrupts Copyright Office probe to flip out over potential AI fraud, abuse Sir, this is a Wendy's Offbeat * Late Qualcomm cofounder teleports $200M into SETI to bankroll hunt for alien life Someone hit the zero key one too many times? Not that anyone's complaining * Space Force turns to Falcon Heavy for spaceplane's seventh mission Experiments include subjecting seeds to radiation and expanding flight envelope * Rocket Lab mission lost in the Paschen of the moment 'Rare conditions' the culprit for an arc that shorted out the power supply ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: