Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed [Thu Dec 8 2022]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 8 December 2022 ***************************************************************** Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed Good news, everyone! Er, someone. Anyone? Bueller? ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Pentagon shares nine billion cloudy dollars between AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle Begun, the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability has. Ended, the Sequel to JEDI has * Cloud customers are wasting money by overprovisioning resources And all that energy feeding those humming servers isn't free either On-Prem * Washington DC drags Amazon to court for 'yoinking' driver tips But we already gave them back $62m, web bazaar shrugs * Barge off: Nautilus to bring floating datacenters to two new sites in US, France 7.5 megawatt digs on the murky waters of Marseille and Los Angeles * This is the best pay offer you'll get without more strikes, union tells BT workers Tens of thousands of engineers and call center staff can vote on negotiated pay settlement on 15 December * Apple brings DIY fix-it store to Europe, UK – with gritted teeth There's an iCatch or two: Spare parts expensive, available for few devices * Cisco unifies GUIs across security range 'Magnetic' design framework, already deployed in Meraki kit, will make it to other products in coming years * Uber fined $14m for lying to get customers to ditch cabs Australian app let you book actual taxis – at inflated prices * Equinix to cut costs by cranking up the heat in its datacenters Dude, not cool Security * San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots I'll be back, or perhaps not * Taiwan bans state-owned devices from running Chinese platform TikTok US FCC Commissioner praises Taiwan’s security decision as US state governments follow suit * Microsoft: (Cyber) winter is coming as DDoS attack disrupts Russian bank Where's the Night's Watch when you need them? * Amnesty International Canada claims attack by China-backed forces Threat actors allegedly looking for contacts and monitoring org's future plans * South Pacific vacations may be wrecked by ransomware New Zealand government reels, Vanuatu’s spent weeks entirely offline Software * Microsoft: Whoops, Patch Tuesday might screw your database connections SQL sequel needed for ODBC apps * Deutsche Bank backs Nvidia's bet to make big bucks on software German financial giant aids GPU maker's vision of vertical integration * Microsoft reportedly mulls a does-everything 'super app' to expand mobile search Trojan horse could bring more users to Teams, grow advertising, because Windows users just looooove MS ads * Longstanding bug in Linux kernel floppy handling fixed Good news, everyone! Er, someone. Anyone? Bueller? * Desktop OpenSolaris fork OpenIndiana shoots fresh version – Hipster Latest offshoot of Illumos project continues development of FOSS version of Solaris * Get ready for $10,000 apps in Apple's software souk With Tim taking his third, natch Offbeat * Scientists shed light on oddball gamma rays from deep space They thought they'd grokked short and long types.... then an awkward third kind came along * Energy being expensive and trickier to source is good news ... for renewables Green tech will be largest power source by 2025, says IEA, but even accelerated rollouts might not stave off disaster * Musk's Hotel California erected at Twitter HQ, as some offices converted into bedrooms You can check out any time you like, and you can eventually leave. Right? Right? * Victims of IT scandal in UK postal service will get fresh compensation Move follows award swallowed up by legal fees ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: