2001: Linux is cancer, says Microsoft. 2019: Hey friends, ah, can we join the official linux-distros mailing list, plz? [Fri Jun 28 2019]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 28 June 2019 ***************************************************************** 2001: Linux is cancer, says Microsoft. 2019: Hey friends, ah, can we join the official linux-distros mailing list, plz? Windows giant cheered on by Linux Foundation as it seeks membership of private security-focused message board ***************************************************************** Business * Good news: NASA and Homeland Security just passed their government IT exams – and we really mean *just* They managed to scrape by with the lowest possible passing grade: D- * One-time permanent DWP secretary Robert Devereux set to rock up at 'ethical' tech biz Salesforce UK state pension age-extender no longer forced to make ends meet on his own £1.8m pension pot Data Centre * Roll up, roll up, you want machine learning in a box? Google Cloud Platform's service enters beta Chocolate Factory play catch up to AWS and Microsoft... again * You know whose kit for 5G is Huawei better? Go on, have a guess, says UK mobile player Three Warns deployment will go up spout if UK.gov pulls plug on controversial supplier * There's Huawei too many vulns in Chinese giant's firmware: Bug hunters slam pisspoor code More than 1 in 2 products have serious flaws, some potentially backdoors, we're told Emergent Tech * DeepNude deep-nuked: AI photo app stripped clothes from women to render them naked. Now, it's stripped from web Our 'X-ray specs' software can be misused? And everyone wants it? Oh no, who'd have thought, say creators * Drone fliers are either 'clueless, careless or criminal' says air traffic gros fromage He's only in charge of fitting them into UK airspace * Need a helping hand to turn your AI startup into a future British success? Great. Apply via here Join govt-backed Tech Nation’s programme for folks with big practical plans for machine-learning systems * Before we lose our minds over sentient AI, what about self-driving cars that can't detect kids crossing the road? Uncle Sam needs to step in and audit machine-learning systems, House committee told Personal Tech * IVE HAD ENOUGH! iQuit. Jobs done. Jony cashes out at Apple to run his own design biz Do my Ive's deceive me? No, Sir Jony exits Cupertino, which will be among his first clients Security * While we were raging about Putin's meddling and Kremlin hackers, Five Eyes were pwning Yandex, Russia's Google ... Are ... are we the baddies? * 2001: Linux is cancer, says Microsoft. 2019: Hey friends, ah, can we join the official linux-distros mailing list, plz? Windows giant cheered on by Linux Foundation as it seeks membership of private security-focused message board * UK's MoD is helping itself to cops' fingerprint database 'unlawfully', rules biometrics chief Paul Wiles: 'Clear and publicly accepted rules' needed for common data platform * Your server remote login isn't root:password, right? Cool. You can keep your data. Oh sh... your IoT gear, though? Not-quite-Iranian kit-bricking malware emerges as Tehran blamed for rise in cyber-attacks Software * False IDOL claims reach High Court: Lynch mob launched 'new' SPE Autonomy product to fake sales, says HPE Plus: Barristers spar amid reading comprehension test * Good news! We may be past peak Windows 10 October 2018 Update May 2019 Update cautiously nibbles the toes of its predecessors * Sneaky fingerprinting script in Microsoft ad slips onto StackOverflow, against site policy 'We are NOT okay with it' says Architecture Lead Science * Dundee Satellite Receiving Station: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Decommissioning to carry on while commercial interests sniff around Scottish satellite fanciers Bootnotes * Oh snap! The road's closed. Never mind, Google Maps has a plan... This is fine. 100 others have... fsck, I've hit a ditch * Bonkers British MPs rant: 5G signals cause cancer All is well in Westminster, honest ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing, The Cursitor, 38 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1EN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2019 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: