How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop [Thu Nov 23 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 November 2023 ***************************************************************** How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop Not that we're encouraging anyone to defeat this fingerprint authentication ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * India's $20B Smart Cities Mission isn't, and has hardly scratched the surface after eight years Many projects really about basic services, or don't integrate well. Charge ahead and extend it anyway, think tank recommends On-Prem * Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot deficiencies behind Florida fatality, says judge Decision means family of man killed in 2019 cross-traffic collision can take carmaker to trial * Cisco whips up modded switch to secure Ukraine grid against Russian cyberattacks GPS-jamming tactics were doing much more than simply scrambling missile guidance systems * HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant What is double of 15% sales shrinkage? * Robocar tech biz sues Nvidia, claims stolen code shared in Teams meeting blunder Two companies both online when slide was viewed at presentation * Arm's tiny Cortex-M52 packs AI punch for small devices Helium tech to end up on $1-$2 SoCs claimed to bring big performance gains for ML workloads * Nvidia revenue explodes, led by datacenter products and … InfiniBand? A certain Big Red Communist country looms as a dampener – but not a big one * Lenovo sues Asus for patent infringement, seeks US ZenBook ban Why can't we be FRANDS? * US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant At least get a court order before mining Hemisphere Project data, says Senator Security * How to give Windows Hello the finger and login as someone on their stolen laptop Not that we're encouraging anyone to defeat this fingerprint authentication * US nuke reactor lab hit by 'gay furry hackers' demanding cat-human mutants Staff records swiped, leaked by gang who probably read one too many comics, sorry, graphic novels * US cybercops take on 'pig butchering' org, return $9M in scammed crypto Crims drain wallets of marks after letting them in on 'awesome crypto scheme secret' * Microsoft's bug bounty turns 10. Are these kinds of rewards making code more secure? Katie Moussouris, who pioneered Redmond's program, says folks are focusing on the wrong thing * UK's cookie crumble: Data watchdog serves up tougher recipe for consent banners 30 days to get compliant with tracking rules or face enforcement action Software * US watchdog gives itself power to demand documents in AI probes And offers $25,000 prize to stop voice deepfakes from catching on * Author hopes to throw the book at OpenAI, Microsoft with copyright class action Stop us if you've heard this one before * OpenAI's CEO merry-go-round tosses out voice feature for ChatGPT Unsurprisingly, the app doesn't know what's going on at the company either * No more staff budget for UK civil service, but worry not – here's an incubator for AI Today's story was brought to you by the words politician and silly * Palantir bags £330M NHS data bonanza despite privacy fears Award follows £1 deal during pandemic and £60 million in non-competitive contracts * Fake views for the win: Text-to-image models learn more efficiently with made-up data Future neural nets will probably use a mix of AI-generated and real info * Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO – seemingly with Microsoft's blessing New board includes former Salesforce boss and Treasury Secretary * China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news * Baidu joins Tencent in downplaying impact of US chip bans on AI ambitions Stockpiled silicon, improving efficiency, and looking for alternative suppliers – while maybe taking a dig at Microsoft and OpenAI Offbeat * Veteran wingman wants $1.75M from Boeing over emotional turbulence Cites alleged ageist headwinds * Half a kilo of cosmic nuclear fuel reignites NASA's deep space dreams There ain't no party like a Pu-238 party ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: