As Apple fixes macOS root password hole, here's what went wrong [Thu Nov 30 2017]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 30 November 2017 ***************************************************************** As Apple fixes macOS root password hole, here's what went wrong While you patch your Mac, take a look at what upset the Apple cart this week ***************************************************************** Business * We go live to the Uber-Waymo court battle... You are not going to believe this. The judge certainly doesn't Down a deep rabbit hole of alleged theft of secrets * Unfit to plead before a US court? You may face 'indefinite detention' US.gov argues in favour of extraditing accused Brit hacker Lauri Love * Apple and Qualcomm become best pals... lol jk the sueballs keep flying Suing for patent infringement? 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Don't then, Gigabit LTE will be around for ages Yes, it's real * FlashBlade runner Pure charges NetApp's legacy filer fortress Third quarter brings positive cash flow for first time * The monitoring capability gap Time for a more proactive approach to investment? * £160m ploughed into 5G is a fair sum. Shame the tech doesn't really exist UK.gov insiders fairly certain cash won't be spent that way * IBM figures out it takes longer than a week to re-wire software New TLS 1.0 turnoff offers three months warning, reprieve if you'd rather remain insecure * Amazon reveals 'Nitro'... Custom ASICs and boxes that do grunt work so EC2 hosts can just run instances Also bare metal EC2, that KVM-based hv, and entry to the security biz * High-freq trade biz sues transatlantic ISP for alleged spiteful cable cut We were bought by your rival, but that doesn't mean we don't still need you (for a few months) DevOps * We survived today's Amazon news avalanche to bring you this: Yes, a managed Kubernetes service will be a thing As expected – just like the Oracle bashing * 24 hours left to save 100s on Continuous Lifecycle tix When the agenda goes up, so does the price Emergent Tech * Watchkeeper drones cost taxpayers ONE BEEELLION POUNDS And were used on combat ops for just two days * The six simple questions Facebook refused to answer about its creepy suicide-detection AI Code can work out if you're close to topping yourself * Elon Musk says he's not Satoshi Nakamoto and is pretty rubbish at Bitcoin He had some once, but lost them down the back of the sofa Personal Tech * Why does no one want to invest in full fibre broadband, wails UK.gov Ministry of Fun launches network infrastructure review, extends basic broadband subsidy scheme Security * Hey girl, what's that behind your Windows task bar? Looks like a hidden crypto-miner... Web alt-coin nasties run even after you leave the page * Wondering why your internal .dev web app has stopped working? Blame Google. And ICANN * As Apple fixes macOS root password hole, here's what went wrong While you patch your Mac, take a look at what upset the Apple cart this week * Uber says 2.7 MEEELLION(ish) UK users affected by hack ICO still waiting for technical reports * Hacked Brit shipping giant Clarksons: A person may release some of our data today But ... we won't 'be held to ransom by criminals' * Accused hacker Lauri Love's extradition appeal begins Lord Chief Justice to hear Suffolk man's challenge against removal to US * Canadian! fella! admits! hacking! Gmail! inboxes! amid! Yahoo! megahack! 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