Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear [Fri Feb 23 2024]

Hi {NAME}, Daily Headlines - 23 February 2024 ***************************************************************** Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear Most reports center on AT&T, which has admitted trouble; T-Mobile, Verizon deny issues ***************************************************************** Off-Prem * Boss at one of Microsoft's largest resellers quits, admits secret share deals London Stock Exchange listed Bytes Technology Group 'working to clarify details' after Neil Murphy resigns On-Prem * DoorDash coughs up a few bucks after California accuses it of spreading around customer info Food delivery giant promises to drop off $375,000, no tip * Rivian decimates staff to put a brake on spending With only enough cash on hand to keep the lights on until 2025, loss-making automaker may soon be next casualty of the EV revolution * Nokia brainwave turns cell towers into cash cows with backup batteries Lower operator energy costs or sell power back to grid for $$$ * Employees saved Musk from himself over Twitter Files Unfettered access to non-public info would have violated FTC order * Amazon hopes to avoid labor regulation by simply abolishing national watchdogs Our right to exploit workers trumps your right to probe * Americans wake to widespread cellular outages, cause unclear Most reports center on AT&T, which has admitted trouble; T-Mobile, Verizon deny issues * EU wants to make undersea internet cables more resilient Threat to data means submarine infrastructures should get status of 'highest possible national significance' * Crowning glory of GOV.UK websites updated, sparking frontend upgrades His Majesty’s Royal Cypher adopted the Tudor Crown, so a new icon was needed * Gelsinger splits Intel in two to advance foundry vision Separation of church and state? More like separation of Product and Foundry * Nvidia revenue grows 265 percent with more to come as new GPUs and Ethernet near Jensen Huang defends colossal GPU purchases made by hyperscalers, claims they're 'fairly allocated' Security * Avast shells out $17M to shoo away claims it peddled people's personal data A name that's commonly shouted by pirates might be a clue, me hearties! * Cyberattack downs pharmacies across America Prescription orders hit after IT supplier Change Healthcare pulls plug on systems * Authorities dismantled LockBit before it could unleash revamped variant New features aimed to stamp out problems of the past * Ukrainian police arrest father and son in suspected LockBit affiliate double act If they did it, it gives new meaning to quality family time. Meanwhile, key LockBit leaders remain at large * Giant leak reveals Chinese infosec vendor I-Soon is one of Beijing's cyber-attackers for hire Trove reveals RATs that can pop major OSes, campaigns against offshore and local targets Software * Google sends Gemini AI back to engineering to adjust its White balance Big Tech keeps poisoning the well without facing any consequences for its folly * Reddit signs AI training deal with Google – and why OpenAI's Altman could be the winner IPO docs drop showing just who has a stake in the forum * Web archive user's $14k BigQuery bill shock after running queries on 'free' dataset Researcher makes case for default limits after arriving via Python library * AI is going to need a global investment, just maybe not $7T, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Maker of sometimes less than accurate AI chatbot reminds everyone not to believe everything you read on the net * Microsoft extends Copilot in Windows for Insiders Don't want to learn how Windows works? Copilot can help you with that * City council megaproject mulls ditching Oracle after budget balloons to £131M As bankrupt local authority slashes services and hikes taxes, consultants enjoy £1k-a-day while system still can't offer auditable accounts * Prompt engineering is a task best left to AI models Machine-learning boffins find open source neural nets can optimize their own queries * Ubuntu, Kubuntu, openSUSE to get better installation Fedora, though, won't – until at least the version after next Offbeat * Intuitive Machines' Odysseus prepares for Moon landing It slides into orbit. Now comes (another) hard part * Japanese Yakuza boss charged with nuclear trafficking by the US No, this isn't a pitch for a Godzilla sequel * Boeing-backed air taxi upstart Wisk plans to fly you across town at UberX prices by 2030 Absence of an on-board pilot will lower costs and raise blood pressure, starting soon in Texas ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 © 2024 Situation Publishing. All rights reserved. Find our Privacy Policy here: