'Return to Office' declared dead [Mon Dec 4 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 4 December 2023 ***************************************************************** 'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * China's first undersea datacenter sinks – as planned PLUS: India's landmark digital law delayed; Singaporean banks de-digitize some accounts; AUKUS to unleash AI * Duke Uni libraries decamp from 37Signals' Basecamp over CTO's blogs We're canceling our subscriptions, say librarians citing co-founder's views * Google submits complaints about Microsoft licensing to UK competition regulator Now Microsoft has regulator breathing down its neck in three regions * AWS rakes in half a billion pounds from UK Home Office Someone has to top up the Bezos rocket fund, like British taxpayers * You're so worried about AWS reliability, the cloud giant now lets you simulate major outages Fake it 'til you break it, for a whole availability zone or WAN FAIL On-Prem * 'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says * Elon is the bakery owner swearing in the street about Yelp critics canceling him First he was speed-running moderation, now internet advertising. Welcome to the party, pal * UK competition watchdog wins appeal – investigation into Apple will go on iPhone maker tried to legally kill mobile browser, gaming probe by CMA * No new top boss at NSA until it answers questions about buying up location, browsing data Senator Ron Wyden puts his foot down – for as long as he can * Senate bill aims to stop Uncle Sam using facial recognition at airports Legislation would eliminate TSA permission to use the tech, require database purge in 90 days * Electric vehicles earn shocking report card for reliability Legacy auto makers struggle with new tech, and upstarts suffer teething problems with first cars * HPE to start pumping AI capabilities into Greenlake under Project Ethan OpsRamp now natively available through IT-as-a-service platform * Bank boss hated IT, loved the beach, was clueless about ports and politeness At the dawn of the dialup age, making a connection could be complicated * Thirty-nine weeks: That's how long you'll be waiting for an AI server from Dell Revenue and net income down, server market flickers, PCs fail to ignite * Ex-school IT admin binned student, staff accounts and trashed phone system After getting the tintack, IRL BOFH went rogue Security * Scores of US credit unions offline after ransomware infects backend cloud outfit Supply chain attacks: The gift that keeps on giving * Apple slaps patch on WebKit holes in iPhones and Macs amid fears of active attacks Two CVEs can be abused to steal sensitive info or execute code * UEFI flaws allow bootkits to pwn potentially hundreds of devices using images Exploits bypass most secure boot solutions from the biggest chip vendors * US readies prison cell for another Russian Trickbot developer Hunt continues for the other elusive high-ranking members * Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished Scottish health group to tweak security checks, access authorization to avoid a repeat * Interpol makes first border arrest using Biometric Hub to ID suspect Global database of faces and fingerprints proves its worth * Today's 'China is misbehaving online' allegations come from Google, Meta Zuck boots propagandists, Big G finds surge of action directed at Taiwan Software * Law secretly drafted by ChatGPT makes it onto the books 'Unfortunately or fortunately, this is going to be a trend' * HPE says impact of AI on enterprise not 'overstated.' It must be hoping so Company counting on widespread business adoption to counter server declines * Boehringer Ingelheim swaps lab coats for AI algorithms in search for new drugs Mixing IBM's foundation models and proprietary data to discover novel antibodies * Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead * Cinnamon and KDE sync version numbers in desktop sibling rivalry Expect the former in a Linux Mint point release later this year * Boffins find asking ChatGPT to repeat key words can expose its training data This one weird trick will blow the large language model's artificial mind * Small but mighty, 9Front's 'Humanbiologics' is here for the truly curious Programmers developing what is essentially UNIX 2.0 are still busy bunnies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: