{"slug": "google-cloud-is-killing-it", "title": "Google Cloud is killing it", "summary": "Google Cloud is Alphabet's fastest-growing business, now accounting for more than a fifth of the company's revenue and operating profit, according to The Register.", "body_md": "### MOST POPULAR\n\n[AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai)\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### OpenAI scored an own goal with HuggingFace attack, showing how open Chinese models are winning\n\nClosed models with guardrails can still cause harm, but may also not be able to fix problems they caused\n\n-\npaas and iaas\n\n#### Google Cloud is killing it\n\nIt's Alphabet's fastest-growing business and now makes up more than a fifth of the juggernaut's revenue and operating profit\n\n-\nAI AND ML\n\n#### Sovereign AI is 'nonsense,' says Doctorow\n\nAs Trump dismantles the US-led world order, what the rest of the world really needs is sovereign apps and datacenters, argues 'enshittification' coiner\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### Fresh off AI layoffs, Block now wants to whack Slack with agent-human collab tool\n\nBecause what could be more appealing to humans than sharing virtual space with AI?\n\n-\nAI and ML\n\n#### OpenAI tries the consulting path with 'Presence', charging enterprises boots-on-the-ground prices to deploy agents\n\nAs AI models become commoditized, maybe there's margin in the plumbing\n\n[Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security)\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks\n\nPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack\n\nPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more\n\n-\nBlack Hat and DEF CON\n\n#### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure\n\nVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included\n\n-\nSecurity\n\n#### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis\n\nWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified\n\n-\nMalware Month\n\n#### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight\n\nOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career\n\n[FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS)\n\n-\n#### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions\n\nNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way\n\n-\n#### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32\n\nNew Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15\n\n-\n#### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites\n\nFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide\n\n-\n#### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly\n\nJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan\n\n-\n#### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it\n\nNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server\n\n-\n#### KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives\n\n6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-cloud-is-killing-it", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/paas-and-iaas/2026/07/22/google-cloud-is-killing-it/5276632", "published_at": "2026-07-22 21:01:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-22 23:54:42.097750+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["Google Cloud", "Alphabet"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-cloud-is-killing-it", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-cloud-is-killing-it.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-cloud-is-killing-it.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-cloud-is-killing-it.jsonld"}}