60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy [Fri Mar 10 2023]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 10 March 2023 ***************************************************************** 60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy Would be a shame if anything happened to it ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Microsoft wants you to build quantum apps in Azure, the cloud that's both up and down Oh, and pay boatloads for the privilege On-Prem * Cash-strapped Intel looks for $3B in savings to pursue '5 nodes in 4 years' dream Cheap as chips? Not in this case * AMD flips the bird at Intel as it glides past in CPU-GPU stakes CTO warns chips and process technology must be designed together more closely thanks to Moore's Law * 60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy Would be a shame if anything happened to it * UK Prime Minister wants £800M to spend on big British iron The people can eat turnips, Sunak wants a super... computer. * £2B in UK taxpayer cash later, and still no Emergency Services Network And not even a tentative date for a system go-live either * Sony won't budge on Microsoft-Activision merger objection Ten-year deal to put Call of Duty on PlayStation shot down * China's semiconductor and IC imports have slumped. Why on Earth could that be? It looks like sanctions – and economic chills – are biting as total trade with EU, US and Japan declines Security * AT&T blames marketing bods for exposing 9M subscriber account records Tells folks not to worry, it was very old and boring data * US House reps, staff health data swiped in cyber-heist Data for sale via dark web, Senate in line of fire, too * Refreshed from its holiday, Emotet has gone phishing Notorious botnet starts spamming again after a three-month pause * Suspected Chinese cyber spies target unpatched SonicWall devices They've been lurking in networks since at least 2021 Software * Microsoft rolls out tools and improvements to make its stuff more accessible Inclusion is good business * GitHub rolls out mandatory 2FA for loads of devs next week Engineers who contribute to public projects told to enroll * VMware nods to containerization with tweaks to virtual desktops and apps In theory, this should reduce the number of servers needed to package apps * openSUSE finds an elegant solution to x86-64 version support Piggybacking on the hwcaps tunable in glibc, it's shipping platform-optimized libraries * Singapore admits it should have explained COVID app data could be used by cops Island nation reworks digital infrastructure found to have slowed down pandemic response Special Features * WANdisco suspends shares pending fraud investigation Revenue guidance cut from $24m to $9m after discovery of 'potentially fraudulent irregularities' * The Great DB debate: SQL extensions won't solve the graph problem Even ISO committee that delivered SQL thinks graphs are different enough to warrant a full query language Offbeat * US officials probe Tesla's incredible detaching steering wheel It could be worse, at least Autopilot is ... oh * The Moon or bust, says NASA, after successful SLS/Orion test flight Heat shield sustained more damage than expected, but this shouldn't discourage astronauts * South Korea warns US: The CHIPS Act leaves a sour taste Minister wants to protect Samsung, SK hynix, from having to give up the crown jewels to score subsidies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2023 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: