# Tech buyers are baking in sovereignty from day one, says Forrester > Source: > Published: 2026-07-31 10:00:00+00:00 ### MOST POPULAR [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - SYSTEMS #### UK wants datacenters to pay a fee for grid connection requests Refundable charge intended to discourage time wasters from filing applications that will never be realized - STORAGE #### GPUs could explode to multiple TB with new storage-inspired memory tech High-bandwidth flash promises SSD-like capacities with HBM-like speeds, but it's not all unicorns and rainbows - AI and ML #### Open source project fools AI scrapers with poisoned font ShieldFont is available today if you've got copy that needs protecting - OFF-PREM #### The majority of corporate IT is now off premises for the first time Survey finds more workloads run off-site than at in-house corporate facilities for the first time - AI and ML #### Closed models refuse to help researcher swat Linux bug "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" is an effective sales pitch for open source [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) - #### 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 - #### 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