Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit [Thu Feb 15 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 15 February 2024 ***************************************************************** Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit Who could possibly have predicted this backlash? ***************************************************************** On-Prem * Date set for for epic Amazon-FTC antitrust showdown Lina Khan may not even be in charge of watchdog by time case gets to trial, if it even goes that far * ASML sees semiconductor upturn ahead, but China export restrictions are a risk World's only EUV photolithography maker finished 2023 with order backlog worth €39B * Dumping us into ad tier of Prime Video when we paid for ad-free is 'unfair' – lawsuit Who could possibly have predicted this backlash? * Europe loosens the straps tying Apple and Microsoft to tough antitrust rules Did someone say a safety word? iMessage, Bing, Edge, Ads avoid gatekeeper restrictions * Upstart retrofits an Nvidia GH200 server into a €47,500 workstation Of course it's bristling with Noctuas – how else do you cool a 1kW desktop? Security * China's Volt Typhoon spies broke into emergency network of 'large' US city Jeez, not now, Xi. Can't you see we've got an election and Ukraine and Gaza and cost of living and layoffs and ... * US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks Officer pay, limited command duties and writing 'code for your country' * Prudential Financial finds cybercrims lurking inside its IT systems Some company admin and customers data exposed, but bad guys were there for 'only' a day * Romanian hospital ransomware crisis attributed to third-party breach Emergency impacting more than 100 facilities appears to be caused by incident at software provider * Southern Water cyberattack expected to hit hundreds of thousands of customers Brit utility also curiously disappears from Black Basta leak site * Bumblebee malware wakes from hibernation, forgets what year it is, attacks with macros Trying to break in with malicious Word documents? How very 2015 of you * Australian Tax Office probed 150 staff over social media refund scam $1.3 billion lost as identity fraud – and greed – saw 57,000 or more seek unearned tax refunds * Crims found and exploited these two Microsoft bugs before Redmond fixed 'em SAP, Adobe, Intel, AMD also issue fixes as well as Google for Android Software * Quilter's AI design service nabs $10M to make circuit board design easier Claims what took weeks to do by hand, machine learning can do in hours * OpenAI shuts down China, Russia, Iran, N Korea accounts caught doing naughty things You don't need us to craft phishing emails or write malware, super-lab sniffs * AI won't take our jobs and it might even save the middle class MIT economist argues AI can moderate the inequalities of the Information Age * Moving to Windows 11 is so easy! You just need to buy a PC that supports it! New Start Menu is a 'game changer' claims relentlessly cheerful vid * Waymo services driverless car software after Phoenix truck collision Alphabet owned autonomous vehicle biz files voluntary recall report saying it tweaked wares via over-the-air update * Damn Small Linux returns after a 12-year gap DSL 2024 is not as svelte as it used to be – but who is? * It's time we add friction to digital experiences and slow them down Decades of obsessing about always going faster have left us in constant danger * Airbnb sees AI as its ticket to become a sprawling Big Tech giant Reckons OpenAI and Google are mere infrastructure players who don't understand apps or how AI will change them * Judge crosses out some claims by writers against OpenAI, lets them have another crack at it Scribes may have a point about unfair competition, direct copyright infringement Offbeat * Roses are red, violets are blue, Opera GX gives Valentine's a gray, rainy hue HeartBlocker extension aimed at the 'forever alone' crowd * NASA solar sail tech is ready – now who's up to use it in a mission? Ready for cruising: successful deployment leaves the ball in the scientists' court ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: