news The Week’s top Headlines Friday January 5 alisa January 5, 2024 4 min read Hi tiatira com | Log in Table of Contents {* The Week's top Headlines *}Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gapUK government lays out plan to divert people's broken gizmos from landfillTech support done bad sure makes it hard to do tech support goodNHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities beganWindows 11 unable to escape the shadow of Windows 10Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't workingDriverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the lawX reverses course on headlines in article links – but just a little and maybe notWindows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again'Here's a list of thousands of artists Midjourney's AI is ripping off, creatives claimGoogle to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome usersNew cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the lawWindows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump?Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platformSpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon MuskWhat if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024?Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breachRIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus WirthDARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025Everyone wants better web search – is Perplexity's AI the answer?WHITEPAPERSTransforming data into business value through analytics and AI2023 State of DevOpsThe executive’s guide to generative AIVMware Cloud on AWS: Helping Governments in Their IT Modernization JourneyWAAP buying guide: End-to-end protection for Apps, APIs, and infrastructure {* The Week's top Headlines *} 5 January 2024 Scientists mull Solar Radiation Management – a potential climate-change stop-gap As we argue over freeing ourselves from fossil fuels, can SRM buy us time to develop green energy we need? 221 Comments UK government lays out plan to divert people's broken gizmos from landfill Right to repair meets right to recycle 94 Comments Tech support done bad sure makes it hard to do tech support good Read the manual, they said. If only they'd said it about the right manual 18 Comments NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began Health org that previously promised it learned its lesson on transparency will ███, ███, and ███ 88 Comments Windows 11 unable to escape the shadow of Windows 10 December figures give Redmond little reason to cheer ahead of OS changes to meet EU law 106 Comments Formal ban on ransomware payments? Asking orgs nicely to not cough up ain't working With the average demand hitting $1.5 million, something's gotta change 66 Comments Driverless cars swerve traffic tickets in California even if they break the law Arizona and Texas are ahead in terms of regulating autonomous vehicles 95 Comments X reverses course on headlines in article links – but just a little and maybe not Meanwhile: Fidelity downgrades social network's valuation by 71%, so far 63 Comments Windows boss takes on taskbar turmoil, pledges to 'make Start menu great again' Users aren't the only ones questioning the Windows 11 feature's utility 116 Comments Here's a list of thousands of artists Midjourney's AI is ripping off, creatives claim Draw a picture of a smoking gun in the style of Sarah Andersen 37 Comments Google to start third-party cookie cull for 30 million Chrome users One of the ad APIs that will fill the void – Protected Audience – arguably may offer better privacy anyway 40 Comments New cars bought in the UK must be zero emission by 2035 – it's the law Meanwhile, finding a public charge point that works and doesn't require a second mortgage remains a challenge 246 Comments Windows keyboards to get a Copilot key – but how quickly will users jump? Pushing your buttons: Microsoft's AI assistant is going so well that it's going to have its very own spot 68 Comments Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform Research warns not to make the same mistakes as other electronic patient record systems 3 Comments SpaceX accused of firing employees critical of free speech fan Elon Musk Rule 1: You do not criticize the boss. Rule 2: You do NOT criticize the boss 41 Comments What if Microsoft had given us Windows XP 2024? Modern life is rubbish. What if your favorite tech giant had stopped trying to reinvent the wheel? 33 Comments Infosec experts divided over 23andMe's 'victim-blaming' stance on data breach Users apparently at fault after reusing credentials the company didn't check were already compromised 17 Comments RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89 41 Comments DARPA's air-steered X-65 jet heads into production with goal of flying by 2025 Moving parts on a plane? What is this, Kitty Hawk? 34 Comments Everyone wants better web search – is Perplexity's AI the answer? 'Conversational engine' still hallucinates, cites its sources at least 7 Comments WHITEPAPERS Transforming data into business value through analytics and AI Whitepaper 2023 State of DevOps Whitepaper The executive’s guide to generative AI Its impact will be huge. 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