My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop) [Thu Aug 22 2019]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 22 August 2019 ***************************************************************** My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop) Thief swipes Reg vulture's computer from under his fingers in cafe – here's what happened next ***************************************************************** Advertisement Ixia's 2019 Security Report Download the report for a review of security trends and the 2019 watchlist. Business * Sueball claims Tesla solar panels are so effective, they started fires at Walmart stores Supermarket biz wants them torn out at Musk firm's expense * Overseas investors eat the UK tech sector for Brexit: More cash flung about in 7 months than the whole of last year Weak pound and China trade war make Blighty attractive proposition – research * Don't panic! Don't panic! UK IT job ads plummet as Brexit uncertainty grabs UK tech sector by the short and curlies Biggest recruiters for techies remain AWS, NHS and BSkyB Group Data Centre * Welcome to Hollywood, Claranet-style: You've (not) got mail, or hosted sites for that matter Hoddesdon bit barn outage blamed as customer emails falter, corporate sites go dark * Can hyperconverged infrastructure live up to the hype and change your life? Tune in online next month to find out Scale Computing is here to drill through all the buzz Emergent Tech * Moore's Law isn't dead, chip boffin declares – we need it to keep chugging along for the sake of AI If you want to train neural networks quickly, keep packing in the transistors Personal Tech * Cali court backs ex-Apple engineer who says he invented Find My iPhone and Passbook Computing giant labeled 'ungenerous' for fighting lawsuit * A challenger appears: Taiwanese devs' answer to Gemini PDA wraps a Raspberry Pi in a tablet Portable Linux with fully open-source hardware in the CutiePi * Brits are sitting on a time bomb of 40m old electronic devices that ought to be recycled Mountain of digital detritus 'not sustainable' – survey * My MacBook Woe: I got up close and personal with city's snatch'n'dash crooks (aka some bastard stole my laptop) Thief swipes Reg vulture's computer from under his fingers in cafe – here's what happened next Advertisement Ixia's 2019 Security Report Download the report for a review of security trends and the 2019 watchlist. Security * The Joy of Six... critical security patches: Cisco small biz switches open to hijacking via web UI Plus UCS and more gear needs update: Turn it on, download these fixes, crank it up – and rip the KNOB off * Finally. Thanks so much, nerds. Google, Apple, Mozilla end government* internet spying for good * Terms and conditions apply. Offer not valid outside Kazakhstan. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up payments * Here's a top tip: Don't trust the new guy – block web domains less than a month old. They are bound to be dodgy Better to be aggressive and safe than sorry * Microsoft: Reckon our code is crap? Prove it and $30k could be yours Doors on the Edge Insider Bounty Program flung open * Sorry script kiddies, hacktivism isn't cool anymore: No one cares about stuff that's easy-peasy to defend against So much for Beto O'Rourke's cow-related capers * Stuff like sophisticated government spyware is scary and all – but don't forget, a single .wmv file can pwn you via VLC Keep your media player, like other apps, up to date: 13 security flaws fixed * 30+ countries, 160,000 emails, $4.2m in cyber-heists… maybe it's time for the Silence hacker crew to change its name Russian bank-hacking ring continues its global expansion Software * Latest sneak peek at PowerShell 7 ups the telemetry but... hey... is that an off switch? Where is Microsoft and what have you done with them? * Shiny new toys take backseat in Android Studio 3.5 for now as '600 bugs' squished 'Project Marble' focuses on quality ahead of big features Science * Brit-built trundlebot eyeing up a July 2020 launch as cams fitted to ExoMars mission rover Now, about those parachutes... Bootnotes * Eighty-year-old US 'web scam man' on the run after pocketing $250,000 in Dem 'donations' Feds claim John Pierre Dupont created fundraising websites supposedly for Beto O'Rourke, others, then nicked the dosh * US soldier cleared of taking armoured vehicle out for joyride – because he's insane, court says 60-mile Virginia roadtrip thankfully ended peacefully Advertisement Ixia's 2019 Security Report Download the report for a review of security trends and the 2019 watchlist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email was sent to {EMAIL} You can update your preferences here: or unsubscribe from this list: Situation Publishing Ltd, 14 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HN, UK The Register and its contents are Copyright © 2019 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: