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NASA taps DoE to help it build nuclear space reactors

Theregister • October 9, 2026

Buyers rushed to beat hikes earlier this year, but demand has since dried up as AI-fueled component shortages send costs soaring

US Navy bets another $150M on fighter drone that skips the runway

Shield AI matches the funding as autonomous X-BAT heads toward flight testing later this year

The VMware exit is a protection upgrade

PARTNER CONTENT: VergeIO says an exit is also an opportunity

Citrix gives NetScaler admins another critical reason to patch

No word on exploitation status, but a 9.5 severity score suggests time is of the essence

Brighter isn't better and more is less. The AI slowdown is nigh, no matter who says what

Meta isn’t helping — or perhaps it is

Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude

New usage policy cracks down on cruelty to chatbot, alongside slightly more pressing matters of weapons development, surveillance, and election interference

Stanford prof is beating the drum for a new protocol to replace TCP

Starlink's plan to avoid orbital near-misses: Ephemeris sharing

Games Workshop seeks IT leader to summon the legions in epic saga battling the forces of ERP

Teen suspected of running KillSec ransomware group as cops seize servers, arrest three

Nvidia debuts $4,999 DGX Spark with half the RAM and storage, amid memory crunch

Anthropic's super bug-hunting model Mythos is hardcore good at math, as latest vuln under attack shows

Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers

Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance

Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers

TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B deal Advanced packaging tech is essential to the domestic production of high-performance semiconductors used in AI datacenters

TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B deal

Advanced packaging tech is essential to the domestic production of high-performance semiconductors used in AI datacenters

Microsoft is to let Copilot loose on your file system But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?

Microsoft is to let Copilot loose on your file system

But don't worry, it's totally safe because the agents and models will (probably) be running locally. Routers never break right?

Microsoft N1Xes Intel in favor of Nvidia's shiny new SoCs in Surface Laptop Ultra Poverty-spec model starts at $2,599 with 24 GB of RAM and 512GB of storage with 128 GB models topping $5,899

Microsoft N1Xes Intel in favor of Nvidia's shiny new SoCs in Surface Laptop Ultra

Poverty-spec model starts at $2,599 with 24 GB of RAM and 512GB of storage with 128 GB models topping $5,899

Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results

Rails originator roasted over Rust boosterism

David Heinemeier Hansson's agent-coded bakeoff produced curious results

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!

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

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

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 in Swiss cybersecurity biz Acronis Went at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified

EQT buys majority 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

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

OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious

OpenAI dots inspire open source imitators amid technical difficulties

Persistent agents appeal to AI companies, but demand isn't obvious

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text

GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are getting interesting again

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care All this, and angry NeoVim users

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

All this, and angry NeoVim users

Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?* Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin

Firefox 157: Could bold new look be just what Mozilla needs?*

Yet another new version of Firefox, with a significant reskin

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

KDE turns 30 and someone's brought an AI-native desktop proposal

Akademy talk imagines Plasma assembling itself around a personal model of each user

Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term '

Shopify extends lifeline to Tailwind as vibe coding erodes web dev platform's bottom line

Acquisition gives open source CSS framework 'a stable long-term '

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This article is one source in a clustered incident — the cluster page carries the summary, timeline and every other outlet covering it.

Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patching Citrix has issued a critical advisory for its NetScaler product, highlighting a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.5. This flaw affects multiple versions of NetScaler and could allow unauthorized access. Although there is no confirmed exploitation reported at this time, the high severity score indicates that administrators should act quickly to apply patches. The vulnerability is part of a broader trend of increasing cybersecurity threats linked to AI and component shortages. Citrix has not provided specific details on the exploitation status, but the urgency of the situation is clear. Security professionals are advised to prioritize this patching effort to mitigate potential risks. 2 sources 71

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NASA taps DoE to help it build nuclear space reactors

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