Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away [Tue Jan 18 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 18 January 2022 ***************************************************************** Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away Nobody expects the Linux malposition, do they, Michael Palin? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Cloud spending back to business as usual at end of 2021: Slight slowdown was a blip due to overprovisioning IDC figures suggest providers had extra inventory to shift after pandemic panic * Email blocklisting: A Christmas gift from Microsoft that Linode can't seem to return Sorry, that IP address is on the naughty step * Edge computing set for growth – that is, when we can agree what it is Analyst predicts double-digit percentage uptick in '22 On-Prem * Buy 'em by the punnet: Raspberry Pi offers RP2040 chips in bulk 'Reel'-y cheap – like $0.70 a pop * Planning for power cuts? That's strictly for the birds Please Mr Hitchcock, no more. The UPS can't take it Security * Bug in WebKit's IndexedDB implementation makes Safari 15 leak Google account info... and more Glitch is spilling private data and there's not much Apple users can do about it * Ukraine blames Belarus for PC-wiping 'ransomware' that has no recovery method and nukes target boxen And for last week's digital graffiti operations, too * Umbrella company Parasol Group confirms cyber attack as 'root cause' of prolonged network outage 'Malicious activity on our network' spotted, says CEO, as some contractors say they've still not been paid Software * Open source, closed wallets, big profits – nobody wins the OSS rock, paper, scissors game Stop horsing around. Pony up Offbeat * Move over exoplanets, exomoons are the next big thing Is that an extremely large moon we see outside the solar system, astro-boffins ask themselves * Epoch-alypse now: BBC iPlayer flaunts 2038 cutoff date, gives infrastructure game away Nobody expects the Linux malposition, do they, Michael Palin? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2022 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: