Word 97's ghost in the machine: The crash that vanished the moment anyone looked at it

The Register reports that 100+ tech giants have warned that AI attacks are coming, but have skipped the part where they pay for defenses, highlighting the industry's role in creating the problem and selling solutions. The article also covers Nvidia and Cerebras touting batch 1 token generation performance that customers will likely never see, and Google forcing Android apps to use memory more wisely amid a RAM shortage.

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 - Keepers of Noble Numbats to be offered a Resolute Racoon: Ubuntu 26.04.1 is coming GRUB's up for furry new update - 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