In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them [Fri Feb 9 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 9 February 2024 ***************************************************************** In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Alibaba Cloud posts modest growth, mostly thanks to other Alibaba business units Customers from beyond the Chinese giant are being let go if they've signed for low-margin contracts On-Prem * With $1B to burn on green tech, HSBC seeks Google’s help The clock's ticking on those 2030 net zero climate goals * Apple and Samsung tussle over whose gizmos are hardest to fix Chromebooks earn 'Least Likely to Survive a Screwdriver' award * 5G network slicing finally shown to be more than pipe dream Telcos demonstrate configuration in action at research facility. Now to find customers that want to buy one * When red flags are just office decoration: Edinburgh Uni's Oracle IT disaster Management either weren't told about risks or ignored them, report finds * Arm share price bulges after AI pumped revenue to a new record Smartphones surge, but chip design champ isn't ready to predict its cloudy future Security * FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins Never mind the court orders obtained to thwart Volt Typhoon botnet * Fake LastPass lookalike made it into Apple App Store No walled garden can keep out every weed, we suppose * Raspberry Robin devs are buying exploits for faster attacks One of most important malware loaders to cybercrims who are jumping on vulnerabilities faster than ever * Cybercrime duo accused of picking $2.5M from Apple's orchard Security researcher buddies allegedly tag team a four-month virtual gift card heist at Cupertino tech giant * Rust can help make software secure – but it's no cure-all Security is a process, not a product. Nor a language Software * Google silences Bard, restrings it as Gemini with optional $20-a-month upgrade Say Gemini again, I dare you. I double dare you. Say Gemini one more goddamn time * Sorry, scammers: The FCC says AI robocalls are definitely illegal Existing telemarketing abuse laws apply to AI voices, too, says Commission * Leaked memo: Microsoft employees should be using Copilot too It's all part of a push to get more devs using AI tools * Microsoft embraces its inner penguin as sudo sneaks into Windows 11 Linux users have enjoyed such functionality for decades * European cloud providers locked in talks with Microsoft over licensing complaint Redmond has until end of this quarter to make 'substantive progress' * Microsoft seeks patent for tech to put words into your mouth Remember that satnav that spoke like Homer Simpson? Now imagine AI doing that in any language, on any device * In its tantrum with Europe, Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta, still hasn't fixed them PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser * OpenAI latest to add 'Made by AI' metadata to model work Content Credentials: It's better than nothing™ Special Features * Work to resolve binary babble from Voyager 1 is ongoing You think your latency is bad? How about 45 hours to see if a command worked? Offbeat * Europe's deepest mine to become Europe's deepest battery 2 MWh of energy storage using dirt, winches, and cables set to be installed in Finland * Fintech engineer grounded by crypto fraud caper, including $300m spoof trades Fourth conviction in South Africa-linked scheme * Saturnian moon Mimas: Crunchy on the outside, sub-surface ocean on the inside Data from Cassini suggests hidden depths beneath crater-ridden body * CERN is training robot dogs to spot radiation hazards at Large Hadron Collider CERNquadbot can go off the rails – unlike science org's existing inspector bots * Japan's second-ranked mobile telco to buy convenience store chain from Mitsubishi KDDI wants to snack on data about who buys what at which of Lawson's 14,600 stores ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: