Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability [Fri Dec 8 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 8 December 2023 ***************************************************************** Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability Middling performance, but check out the longevity ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Google releases fix for missing Drive for desktop files Just install the latest client and follow the instructions, but don't ask questions * AWS accuses Microsoft of clipping customers' cloud freedoms World's biggest off-prem service slinger submits comments to UK cloud inquiry, mostly has Redmond HQ's rival in its sights On-Prem * Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability Middling performance, but check out the longevity * Raspberry Pi OS goes goth First post-Pi 5 update brings dark mode among numerous bug fixes * Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years * Cisco delivers a powerup to its switches for small and medium biz Catalyst 1200 and 1300 keep perpetual licenses, PoE and stackability * Chromebooks are problematic for profits and planet, says Lenovo exec Also: India's PC ban didn't take into account needs of ecosystem * Dell APJ chief: Industry won't wait for Nvidia H100 Canalys mostly agrees, but thinks GPU giant still has a way to go Security * Attacks abuse Microsoft DHCP to spoof DNS records and steal secrets Akamai says it reported the flaws to Microsoft. Redmond shrugged * US and EU infosec authorities pen intel-sharing pact As Cyber Solidarity Act edges closer to full adoption in Europe * Belgian man charged with smuggling sanctioned military tech to Russia and China Indictments allege plot to shift FPGAs, accelerometers, and spycams * Australia building 'top secret' cloud to catch up and link with US, UK intel orgs Plans to share 'vast amounts of data' – very carefully Software * Meta trials Purple Llama project for AI developers to test safety risks in models Security boosted and inappropriate content blocked in large language models * Broadcom to divest VMware's end-user computing and Carbon Black units Warns of $1.3 billion charge for cutting Virtzilla's costs, rapid shift to subs and sales of the whole vStack rather than individual pieces * Meta starts rolling out end-to-end encryption in Facebook Messenger Surfing the cryptographic wave * GitLab admits IT ineptitude in finance reporting is ongoing Code shack has had two years since auditor's 'adverse opinion' to get house in order * Microsoft's code name for 64-bit Windows was also a dig at rival Sun Should have called Vista 'Shitterton' and had done with it * Google teases AlphaCode 2 – a code-generating AI revamped with Gemini Don't worry, your developer jobs are safe … for now Offbeat * Chinese boffins pitch quadcopter for Mars sample return mission In the race for the Red Planet, NASA is falling behind * Post-Brexit tariffs on EU-UK electric vehicle imports staved off for three years Between a bloc and a hard place * Iran launches 'biological capsule' to low Earth orbit Precursor to crewed flight can reportedly carry animals * Swedish Tesla strike goes international as Norwegian and Danish unions join in 'He can't just make his own rules,' Danish labor leader says of Musk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: