--- title: Best The Register posts — August 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted The Register posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/theregister/best-of/2022/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best The Register posts — August 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted The Register posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of The Register — August 2022 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/ex-microsoft-ux-director-blasts-windows-11-start-menu-0pukwrv-v "Ex-Microsoft UX director blasts Windows 11 Start menu") Article The Register · 4y Ex-Microsoft UX director blasts Windows 11 Start menu Ex-Microsoft UX director Jensen Harris blasts Windows 11 Start menu. Harris: "It should represent the very best UI design the company is capable of... Design matters. 13 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/fauxpilot-like-github-copilot-without-microsoft-telemetry-xaf6jsqoh "FauxPilot: Like GitHub Copilot without Microsoft telemetry") Article The Register · 4y FauxPilot: Like GitHub Copilot without Microsoft telemetry GitHub Copilot is a tool for generating programming code suggestions with the help of AI models. It relies on OpenAI Codex, a natural language-to-code system based on GPT-3 that was trained on "billions of lines of public code" in GitHub repositories. Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days. 14 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/googler-i-was-forced-out-after-opposing-israel-cloud-deal-hbdlggbvl "Googler: I was forced out after opposing Israel cloud deal") Article The Register · 4y Googler: I was forced out after opposing Israel cloud deal I was forced out after opposing Google and Amazon's $1.2 billion cloud contract with Israel's government and military. The massive supply deal, dubbed Project Nimbus, will provide cloud and AI services to Israeli government organizations using local AWS datacenters. 11 4. 4 [](https://daily.dev/posts/lastpass-source-code-blueprints-stolen-by-intruder-knmkkph-e "LastPass source code, blueprints stolen by intruder") Article The Register · 4y LastPass source code, blueprints stolen by intruder password manager maker says someone broke into one of its developer's accounts, stole source code and documents. LastPass insists that its users' passwords are still safe, and the contents of people's vaults are also untouched. 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