A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs [Mon Feb 26 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 26 February 2024 ***************************************************************** A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisor ***************************************************************** On-Prem * India’s homebrew RISC-V CPU goes on sale in new development board PLUS: Huawei’s tablets beat iPad sales; Japanese supermarket’s long ransomware fight; Do Kwon extradited * Some Intel Core chips keep crashing, game devs complain Oodles of problems with data decompression and suchlike, depending on system settings * China breakthrough promises optical discs that store hundreds of terabytes The coasters are making a comeback ... but tech won't be commercially available for some time * Work for you? Again? After you lied about the job and stole my stuff? No thanks Sometimes the best form of revenge is doing nothing – very politely * Meta seeks ASIC designers for ML accelerators and datacenter SoCs Appears to be struggling to find them, even in India, as it's re-posted job ads * X protests forced suspension of accounts on orders of India's government Nonprofit SFLC links orders to farming protests * Juniper sued over HPE buyout after allegedly ginning up execs' wallets Material information withheld from shareholders, it's claimed Security * Security is hard because it has to be right all the time? Yeah, like everything else It takes only one bottleneck or single point of failure to ruin your week * LockBit extorted billions of dollars from victims, fresh leaks suggest Investigating LockBit’s finances has blown previous estimates of the operation’s wealth out of the water * U-Haul tells 67K customers that cyber-crooks drove away with their personal info Thieves broke into IT system using stolen login * LockBit identity reveal a bigger letdown than Game of Thrones Season 8 NCA still left enough for onlookers to wonder if there's anything more to come Software * Judge slaps down law firm using ChatGPT to justify six-figure trial fee Use of AI to calculate legal bill 'utterly and unusually unpersuasive' * Microsoft catches the Wi-Fi 7 wave with Windows 11 In with the new, but old Insider bugs remain * AI comes for jobs at studio of American filmmaker Tyler Perry $800M expansion canceled after a mere glimpse at the power of Sora * Lender threatens to sweep MariaDB accounts over private equity bid Publicity around offer breaches loan agreement, or so SEC filing alleges * Microsoft adds more AI to Photos in Windows 10 and 11 Windows 10 users would probably prefer longer support instead of prettier pics * Are you ready to back up your AI chatbot's promises? You'd better be Air Canada discovered the hard way that when your ML model makes a commitment, your biz will be on the hook for it * A path out of bloat: A Linux built for VMs What Linux distros could learn from the inventor of the hypervisor Offbeat * Varda capsule proves you don't need astronauts for gravity-defying science Space factory startup celebrates successful re-entry * Google co-founder Brin named a defendant in wrongful death complaint Lawsuit accuses contractor and co-defendants of 'pacify and delay' tactics * BOFH: In the event of a conference, the ninja clause always applies Remember to fall to the ground clutching your chest if a salesperson addresses you * NASA warns as huge solar flare threatens comms, maybe astronauts too No, this was not the cause of cellular network outages that hit the USA on Thursday * Please stop pouring the wrong radioactive water into the sea, Fukushima operator told Government takes TEPCO to task for caesium absorption tower incident ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: