# ZTE builds a TCO-optimal AI factory to fuel token economy > Source: > Published: 2026-06-25 11:02:39+00:00 ### MOST POPULAR [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - DATABASES #### Elastic stretches workforce 7% thinner as AI does more of the heavy lifting CEO says automation is enabling leaner teams as engineering is split into three core areas - SYSTEMS #### IBM stacks up a sub-nanometer chip future Big Blue shows off process node it claims can scale down to 1 Angstrom - Channel #### Infosys boss says vibe coding is no threat because there’s more to writing software than writing software Despite warnings of revenue deflation, chairman predicts AI will make more work, not less, for services orgs - systems #### Micron locks in historically high memory prices for five years Big buyers agree to deals that will deliver historically enormous margins and profits - Devops #### Companies are not looking before they're leaping into the AI playpen 93% of organizations report infrastructure incidents attributable to AI [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) - #### 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 - #### 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