Industry digest: 20 October 2026

A selection of the most notable news in industry. Each story links to the original article.

Google Cloud says a 'power event' caused today's outage

The Register · 20 October 2026

Fells London zone, taking banks, parcel firm and property sites with it – and recovery is 'tentatively' due by 1300 UTC

Google Cloud's London zones takes a nap, multiple services disrupted

The Register · 20 October 2026

Lloyds, HSBC, Royal Mail, Revolut all hit as europe-west2-b falls over. No recovery time in sight, 'no workarounds for now'

Security patches need patches now that attackers have AI

The Register · 19 October 2026

Terra finds sharp rise in GitHub security fixes reported broken within 90 days

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