40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes [Fri Jan 19 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 19 January 2024 ***************************************************************** 40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * As Broadcom nukes VMware's channel, the big winner is set to be Nutanix A lot of IT depts can't wait to get past their ESX addiction * Microsoft 365's add-on avalanche is putting the squeeze on customers Like buying a car where the seats are an optional extra * Alphabet CEO tells Googlers: More job cuts on the way It won't be anywhere near the 12,000 heads that rolled last year, though, says Pichai * India's big four services giants soar on demand for AI Pipelines are full, but hiring has slowed On-Prem * IBM Consulting is done playing around, orders immediate return to office Executives told comply or say goodbye * Perfect timing... US Navy throws Boeing $103M to update its sub recon jets Just as Secretary of State's 737 goes on the Blink(en) at Davos * Has the semiconductor down cycle reached its nadir? TSMC thinks so Chipmaker reports flat Q4 but expects to be on the up in 2024 * Google is changing how search results appear for EU citizens Ad slinger bends to the demands of the DMA * 40 years since Elite became the most fun you could have with 22 kilobytes The Reg talks to co-creator Ian Bell and coder Mark Moxon about what's under the cobra's hood * Asia beat US, EU in chip building because the West didn't invest, Intel CEO claims Gelsinger reckons pandemic-era supply chain snarls helped demonstrate the sector's importance * Samsung’s Galaxy S24 pitch: The AI we baked in makes you more human Pen-equipped Ultra is this year's hero, helped by ‘Circle to Search’ that lets you Google without exiting apps * Global semiconductor revenues slid 11 percent in 2023, despite AI silicon splurge Nvidia raked in the boatloads of cash, but the rest of the industry is still hurting * Ban on Apple watches with blood oxygen sensors confirmed after failed appeal Series 9 and Ultra 2 models cannot be imported to the US starting from 18 January * Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery unit, designs bigger bird to deliver pasta, faster Aerial delivery kit doubles payloads * Study: Thousands of businesses just love handing over your info to Facebook Mmm, Zuck up that data Security * JPMorgan exec claims bank repels 45 billion cyberattack attempts per day Assets boss also reckons she has more engineers than Amazon * Future of America's Cyber Safety Review Board hangs in balance amid calls for rethink Politics-busting, uber-transparent incident reviews require independence, less internal conflict * Ransomware attacks hospitalizing security pros, as one admits suicidal feelings Untold harms of holding the corporate perimeter revealed in extensive series of interviews * Two more Citrix NetScaler bugs exploited in the wild Just when you thought you had recovered from Bleed * Google TAG: Kremlin cyber spies move into malware with a custom backdoor The threat hunters believe COLDRIVER has used SPICA since at least November 2022 * Vast botnet hijacks smart TVs for prime-time cybercrime 8-year-old op responsible for DDoS attacks and commandeering broadcasts to push war material * Insurance website's buggy API leaked Office 365 password and a giant email trove Pen-tester accessed more than 650,000 sensitive messages, and still can, at Indian outfit using Toyota SaaS Software * FDA approves AI-powered skin cancer-screening device that's just a teensy bit tricorder-ish Testing for this can can involve taking a chunk out of your flesh, making this a case of AI tech being kinder to humans * Non-profit startup offers certifications for AI models that respect creators' rights 'Fairly Trained', founded by a former AI exec who quit over the issue, hopes consumer activism spurs adoption * Did all that AI chatbot hype boost Bing's market share? Oh, wait, never mind Everybody loves Google still, judging by these numbers * WINE 9.0 improves ability to run 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit-only xNix Plus fresh release brings native Wayland support on Linux * Fujitsu gets $1B market cap haircut after TV disaster drama airs UK political and media storm following dramatization of Post Office Horizon scandal * At last: The BBC Micro you always wanted, in Mastodon form 10 PRINT "Retro Awesome":20 GOTO 10 * Will AI take our jobs? That's what everyone is talking about at Davos right now CEOs believe generative AI will make their companies more efficient, but more energy is needed to power the tech Offbeat * Peregrine bows out with a bang as SLIM aims for Moon's rocky runway Japanese lunar lander to attempt a soft touchdown * Tech billionaires ask Californians to give new utopian city their blessing They paved paradise, put up grocery stores, bars, restaurants, hotels, hospitals ... * Stripe commuters swap traffic jams for hydrofoil glam SF employees set sail on exclusive six-seater sea shuttle – the rest will have to stick to roads ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. 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