Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos [Fri Dec 1 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 1 December 2023 ***************************************************************** Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals * Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data Awkward hill to die on, but OK * Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe * Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder * Broadcom's latest Trident switch silicon packs neural net processor to terminate congestion Chip promises better telemetry, security, and traffic engineering, vendor claims * Rackspace runs short of Cloud Files storage in LON region Rackspace? More like Lackspace as customers face upload and delete problems * HPE targets enterprises with Nvidia-powered platform for tuning AI 'We feel like enterprises are either going to become AI powered, or they're going to become obsolete' * Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine * China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020' Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised Security * Uh-oh, update Google Chrome – exploit already out there for one of these 6 security holes Plus: 3 critical CVEs in Zyxel NAS devices * Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail 24 million Americans thought to have had their personal data stolen and sold for pennies * Black Basta ransomware operation nets over $100M from victims in less than two years Assumed Conti offshoot averages 7 figures for each successful attack but may have issues with, er, 'closing deals' * Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets * US lawmakers have Chinese LiDAR on their threat-detection radar Amid fears Beijing could harvest spatial data, letter suggests Huawei-style bans may be needed Software * Scribbling limits in free version of Evernote set to test users' patience Deckchairs continue to be rearranged on the jotting platform? * HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached * The AI everything show continues at AWS: Generate SQL from text, vector search, and more Invisible watermarks on AI-generated images? Sure. But major tools in the stack matter most * SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA * AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction * OpenAI makes it official: Sam Altman is back as CEO Microsoft joins the board in non-voting role Offbeat * Potential sat-bothering cannibal coronal mass ejection slams into Earth's atmo tonight And where folks are likely to see a light show * America's ambitious Artemis III likely to miss 2025 Moon landing date, auditors sigh 'SpaceX has made limited progress maturing the technologies needed' * Roblox investor plays hardball over 'weak' parental controls Shareholder claims company should have 'warned' about issue before stock price plunge * Hubble science instruments still out after going down 3 times in a week Oh no, errant gyro! * Six pack of sub-Neptune exoplanets hang tight around nearby star Their resonant orbits have remained unchanged for some 4 billion years ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: