# OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations, costing millions > Source: > Published: 2026-06-23 20:50:00+00:00 ### MOST POPULAR [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - ai and ml #### OpenAI Codex bombards SSDs with needless write operations, costing millions Clumsy logging implementation squirrels away data without regard for cost - DATABASES #### 21,000 Oracle jobs vanish amid Big Red's big bets on AI Annual report reveals workforce fell from 162,000 to 141,000 in a year as company pours billions into datacenter expansion - DEVOPS #### AWS debuts Lambda MicroVMs with up to 8 hours runtime Suitable for running untrusted code, AI agents, or any long-running task - systems #### Datacenters dip a toe back into waterborne computing despite obvious challenges Floating or sub-surface bit barns are all the rage, but unlikely to compete with multi-gigawatt sites - Security #### OpenAI: Yoo-hoo, look over here, we do that security stuff too! A plethora of pwn-prevention, including a 'Patch The Planet' pledge [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) - #### Blast from the past as GIMP 0.54 is revived in Flatpak form Retro-computing fun for the nostalgic with first (and last) release to use Motif instead of GTK - #### Bcachefs exits experimental status in new 'performance release' More Rust, but more trouble with AI slop, too - #### France's digital sovereignty push is struggling to escape the Microsoft gravity well Nextcloud rollout shows locally controlled storage is one thing; getting users off Office is quite another - #### History of CentOS: How a biochemist's Linux hobby project became the enterprise world's default operating system When a community came together after Red Hat said Windows was 'probably the right product' - #### Netflix wiz creates app to slash AI bills, then open sources it Project Headroom could save you big money, too - #### OpenBSD 7.9 arrives, a diamond in the rough proud of every sharp edge Sixtieth release adds more cores, delayed hibernation, and basic Wi-Fi 6 without losing its ascetic streak