Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source [Tue Jan 23 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 January 2024 ***************************************************************** Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Tesco techies and Azure jockeys hit the floor during weekend of outages Every little helps. Especially testing and talking to customers On-Prem * Travel app Kayak offers Boeing 737 Max 9 filter after that door plug drama Handy feature as FAA expands inspections to 737-900ER aircraft * Florida man slams 'tyranny' of central bank digital currencies in re-election bid Talking points echo those of Ramaswamy and DeSantis as they drop out of the race * Politicos demand full list of Fujitsu's public sector contract wins in wake of Post Office scandal Committee wants to know which were awarded without competition and more * Mystery German chip fab sips on Gradiant's ultrapure water Most advanced semiconductor facility in Europe is being subsidized by Chips Act funding * Google building datacenter campus on the outskirts of London Waltham Cross bit barn part of Alphabet's plans for 'future capacity needs' * The Post Office systems scandal demands a critical response Never let a good crisis go to waste Security * Atlassian Confluence Server RCE attacks underway from 600+ IPs If you're still running a vulnerable instance then 'assume a breach' * Slug slimes aerospace biz AerCap with ransomware, brags about 1TB theft Loanbase admits massive loss of customer data to thieves, too * EFF adds Street Surveillance Hub so Americans can check who's checking on them 'The federal government has almost entirely abdicated its responsibility' * Ivanti and Juniper Networks accused of bending the rules with CVE assignments Critics claim now-fixed vulnerabilities weren't disclosed, flag up grouping of multiple flaws under one CVE * Subway's data torpedoed by LockBit, ransomware gang claims Fast food chain could face a footlong recovery process if allegations are true * ICO fines spam slinging financial services biz It's all very well offering 'Free Debt Help,' but recipients were unwilling, says watchdog... * BreachForums admin 'Pompourin' sentenced to 20 years of supervised release Also: Another UEFI flaw found; Kaspersky discovers iOS log files actually work; and a few critical vulnerabilities Software * Robocaller spoofing Joe Biden is telling people not to vote in New Hampshire Meanwhile, OpenAI is hiring an 'elections program manager' for $190,000+ * Boffins eyeball computer vision costs, find humans are cheaper for oversight chores AI can only automate parts of some jobs, and the kit required is too pricey * Wanna run Windows on an M-series Mac? Fine, buy a license, but no baremetal Or, you could just rent an expensive Windows VM in the cloud — just a thought, says Redmond * OpenAI bans long-shot presidential candidate bot for breaking T&Cs Biden's challenger model shot down despite super PAC support * Burnout epidemic proves there's too much Rust on the gears of open source Spotting and tackling a widespread problem is a challenge * White goods giant fires legal threats to unplug open source plugin 'Substantial increase in AWS calls' triggers takedown notice * Veeam researching support for VMware alternative Proxmox as backup buyers fret about Broadcom Product to protect Oracle virtualization is already on the backup vendor’s roadmap * Poor communication led to complete lack of communication Didn't you fix that? Me? I thought you fixed that! * Huawei prepares to split from Android on consumer devices with HarmonyOS Next Touts custom kernel that creams Linux, coming soon for devs and later for punters * Energy breakthrough needed to build AGI, says OpenAI boss Altman ALSO: Google's geometry reasoning breakthrough; Amazon debuts experimental shopping AI Offbeat * Sierra Space bursts full-scale inflatable space habitat module Pop goes the test article. As planned * NASA lost contact with Mars helicopter Ingenuity, then managed to find it again ESA makes its own discovery: the most water ever found on Mars ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. Find our Privacy Policy here: