# Google Cloud outage shows it’s still hard to understand hyperscalers’ real resilience regimes > Source: > Published: 2026-07-21 05:39:30+00:00 ### MOST POPULAR [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - SYSTEMS #### Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out Startup Accelsius claims it can achieve up to 14° C cooler GPU temps by by converting a liquid-cooled Dell PowerEdge to run on refrigerants - AI and ML #### Connecting AI agents to outside services explodes the risk radius Connect all the things and watch what happens - AI and ML #### Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something Researchers found confidence increased even as accuracy fell - AI and ML #### OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it's an 'honest mistake' Data purges deemed an example of 'misaligned behavior' that upstart is working to avoid - AI and ML #### Researcher poisons open-weight AI model for under $100 Models demand trust without offering verification [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security) - Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacks PLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more! - Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attack PLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more - Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructure Voting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included - Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified - Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sight On the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS) - #### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32 New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15 - #### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websites Flaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide - #### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assembly Joins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan - #### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want it Next version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server - #### KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives 6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not - #### Collabora releases CODE 26.04 as rivalry between FOSS cloudy office suites heats up Now with Markdown support and smarter formula error handling – plus integrated AI, though it's off by default