# Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution > Source: > Published: 2026-08-28 11:01:00+00:00 ### TOP STORIES [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - security #### Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution 100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses - SYSTEMS #### Nvidia and Cerebras are selling performance their customers will (probably) never see Touting batch 1 token generation is a bit like boasting about the top speed of your car - software #### Google forces Android apps to use memory more wisely as RAMpocalypse rages No one can afford RAM anymore, so we're requiring devs to mind memory usage - personal tech #### HP has a solution to expensive AI tokens: Buy a more expensive PC Rising cloud AI costs are pushing workloads onto pricier PCs – which just happen to be better for PC maker's margins - SYSTEMS #### Meta's new MTIA 400 chip has a split personality: Training AI and serving ads Faster than Blackwell, but still no replacement for AMD or Nvidia ... yet [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) - #### AROS, the FOSS recreation of AmigaOS, comes to Raspberry Pi Plus: new official Amiga-branded hardware is coming - #### Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds banishes a bug – with a bot The lad himself finds and fixes a tricky one… or does he? - #### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another Word up - #### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensions New 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way - #### 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