Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account [Tue Feb 27 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 27 February 2024 ***************************************************************** Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account Billionaire worried about AI crawling over his computer ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Multiple billions up for grabs as UK government launches cloud services tenders Two major procurement initiatives aim to beef up public sector tech * Gen AI and cloud optimization help Asian SuperApp Grab turn a profit Headcount down 18 percent as content creation time shrinks from 99 hours to 90 minutes On-Prem * With over 600 CHIPS fund applicants seeking over $70B, don't get your hopes up Commerce secretary warns priority will go to shovel-ready projects * Nvidia talks up local AI with RTX 500, 1000 Ada mobile GPUs As always, the lack of memory could prove limiting * Greener, cheaper, what's not to love about a secondhand smartphone? Price tag, hardware durability underpinning 'already lengthened replacement cycle' * Qualcomm inserts GenAI into smartphones at industry's mega tradeshow Just what Android fans were missing, amirite? A 7 billion parameter LLM that accepts image and voice prompts? * More AI for cell networks as Intel rolls out vRAN platform Plus fresh edge compute system that may be able to run on existing infra * AT&T's apology for Thursday's outage should stretch to a cup of coffee Check your service level agreements to make sure you'll at least get a slice of cake when your vendor goes down * Lenovo debuts AI PCs that have specs a lot like vanilla PCs with this year's accelerated CPUs While you ponder that, look – or try to – at a concept transparent lappie * It's crazy but it's true: Apple rejected Bing for wrong answers about Annie Lennox Cupertino only wanted to be with Google for search – despite the prospect of buying Bing outright * If we plug this in without telling anyone, nobody will know we caused the outage The whole incident could have been avoided by spending some spare change on a fastener Security * Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption State government says it's thinking of the children * ALPHV/BlackCat responsible for Change Healthcare cyberattack US government's bounty hasn't borne fruit as whack-a-mole game goes on * Back from the dead: LockBit taunts cops, threatens to leak Trump docs Officials have until March 2 to cough up or stolen data gets leaked * Data watchdog tells off outsourcing giant for scanning staff biometrics despite 'power imbalance' 2,000 employees at 38 facilities had data processed 'unlawfully', ICO says * Fox News 'hacker' turns out to be journalist whose lawyers say was doing his job Also, another fake iOS app slips into the store, un-cybersafe EV chargers leave UK shelves, and critical vulns Software * Man admits to paying magician $150 to create anti-Biden robocall Steve Kramer claims the whole thing was a ruse to regulate AI in politics * Dell promises 'every PC is going to be an AI PC' whether you like it or not Windows 11 didn't kickstart a refresh cycle so here's another excuse * Musk 'texts' Nadella about Windows 11's demands for a Microsoft account Billionaire worried about AI crawling over his computer * The self-created risk in Broadcom's big VMware kiss-off Arise, the new Migration Nation * Starting over: Rebooting the OS stack for fun and profit Making full effective use of new persistent memory means tearing up the rulebook * Microsoft trying to stop Copilot generating fake Putin comments on Navalny's death Plus: US Department of Justice has hired its first chief AI officer * VMware's end-user compute unit reportedly headed to private equity firm KKR As users report Broadcom massively hikes license costs, consultant advises negotiation tactics used for Oracle or Microsoft will apply Special Features * Russia's Cozy Bear dives into cloud environments with a new bag of tricks Kremlin's spies tried out the TTPs on Microsoft, and now they're off to the races Offbeat * 72 flights later and a rotor blade short, Mars chopper loses its fight with physics Perseverance images show violent end to Ingenuity's final flight * It is a bird, a plane or a Chinese spy balloon? None of the above One year on, balloon fever remains alive and well in the US * Intuitive Machines' lunar lander tripped and fell Still works, though, says CEO, promising pics any day now ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: