Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 6 March 2024 ***************************************************************** Rapid7 throws JetBrains under the bus for 'uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure' Exploits began within hours of the original disclosure, so patch now ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Amazon bends to Euro watchdogs, waives egress fees for folks ditching AWS Now the pressure is on for Microsoft to stop holding user data hostage On-Prem * Stuck paying for your apartment's crummy internet? FCC boss Rosenworcel wants to help Proposed regulation would bar building owners from forcing internet services on tenants * FCC: April is last month for Affordable Connectivity Program payments US broadband customers prepare for the great disconnection * IP address X-posure now a feature on Musk's social media thing Just a little FYI * World-plus-dog booted out of Facebook, Instagram, Threads Millions of Meta addicts suddenly cried out in terror and were silenced * Brit chip industry wonders if UK budget will put its money where its silicon is Don't hold your breath * Nvidia now plays kingmaker in the server court, says Omdia AI's appetite for compute means general refreshes stalled as customer used budgets elsewhere * US and Europe try to tame surveillance capitalism Trade watchdog argues that browsing and location data are sensitive and deserve to be defended * Dell exec reveals Nvidia has a 1,000-watt GPU in the works Hot and hungry, yet direct liquid cooling may not be required * AMD may have failed to dumb down its chips enough to allow China sales Washington reportedly decided chipmaker hadnât done too little Security * Uncle Sam intervenes as Change Healthcare ransomware fiasco creates mayhem As the crooks behind the attack - probably ALPHV/BlackCat - fake their own demise * Fidelity customers' financial info feared stolen in suspected ransomware attack Insurance giant blames Infosys, LockBit claims credit * US accuses Army vet cyber-Casanova of sharing Russia-Ukraine war secrets Where better to expose confidential data than on a dating app? * Rapid7 throws JetBrains under the bus for 'uncoordinated vulnerability disclosure' Exploits began within hours of the original disclosure, so patch now * Spam crusade lands charity in hot water with data watchdog Penny Appeal sent more than 460,000 texts asking for money to help war-torn countries, no opt out * Cloudflare wants to put a firewall in front of your LLM Claims to protect against DDoS, sensitive data leakage Software * Trump supporters forge AI deepfakes to woo Black voters Perps argue that if you vote based on one fake pic you get what you deserve * Microsoft drags Windows Subsystem for Android into the trash Amazon Appstore tieup fizzles out, too * AMD hires former Oak Ridge chief to punt AI to governments You get a 'sovereign' AI, and you get a 'sovereign' AI, everybody gets a 'sovereign' AI * Copilot pane as annoying as Clippy may pop up in Windows 11 It's in the Beta Channel build for now... but oh my, you're not going to love this * Class action claims Snowflake is an overhyped sales blizzard Investors unhappy after 2022 revenue guidance cut * Microsoft: Copyright law didn't stop the VCR and shouldn't stop the LLM Lawyers argue content used to train LLMs does not 'supplant the market' for news * Grab shrank its superapp by a quarter in order to survive Large APKs and disk footprints spell doom in a developing market Offbeat * NASA and Japan's X-ray satellite space 'scope sends first snaps of distant galaxies Calibration is done, operations nominal, science starts in August * YouTube workers laid off mid-plea at city hall meeting Caught on camera: 'Our jobs are ended today, effective immediately' * Tesla Berlin gigafactory goes dark after alleged eco-sabotage Left-wing extremist group claims responsibility, says goal is to 'bring Tesla to its knees' * Watchdog calls for more plugs, less monopoly in EV charging network Exclusivity deals a no-no, and 'charging deserts' must be avoided * Juno fly-by detects lower levels of oxygen on Europa than expected Less abundant molecular oxygen narrow chances of life being found on Jupiter's icy moon * Twitter's ex-CEO, CFO, and managers sue Elon Musk for $128M Musk playbook described as 'Keep money he owes other people, and force them to sue him' ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: