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Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031

Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Richard Speed Some on the Moon’s surface, some in orbit. How does 5 years sound? Do-able, right nerds? The nukes-in-space ambitions of the current US administration have taken a step forward – and the US Office of Science and Technology Policy […]

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Britain’s atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges

Britain’s atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Dan Robinson Armed with £2.5B, UKAEA sets out technical hurdles it wants cracked by end of decade Brit boffins have a £2.5 billion ($3.4 billion) budget for fusion power research and development, and the government agency leading the effort

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Waymo’s self-driving cars face their toughest test yet: London

Waymo’s self-driving cars face their toughest test yet: London 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Carly Page Google sibling takes on the Big Smoke – with a human hand on the wheel Waymo has started letting its software take the wheel on London streets, with trained specialists on standby as it gradually accelerates toward a fully driverless

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Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 disables passwordless sudo by default

Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 disables passwordless sudo by default 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec Raspberry Pi OS 6.2, based on the Trixie version, introduces small changes, bug fixes, and disables passwordless sudo by default for new installations. Screenshot of password prompt (Source: Raspberry Pi) “We continually review the security of Raspberry Pi OS to

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Sitehop’s SAFEcore Edge enables ultra-low-latency, hardware-enforced post-quantum encryption

Sitehop’s SAFEcore Edge enables ultra-low-latency, hardware-enforced post-quantum encryption 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Industry News Sitehop has launched SAFEcore Edge, a post-quantum encryption device, bringing quantum-resistant security to critical national infrastructure, financial services, and government networks at every point, however remote. From oil platforms and far-flung bank branches to autonomous vehicles, retail sites and official communications,

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What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config

What changed in nginx 1.30.0 and what it means for your upstream config 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Anamarija Pogorelec nginx 1.30.0 brings together features accumulated across the 1.29.x mainline series. The release covers a broad range of changes, from protocol support additions to security-relevant fixes and new configuration options. Keepalive to upstreams is now on

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$10 Domain Could Have Handed Hackers 25k Endpoints, Including in OT and Gov Networks

$10 Domain Could Have Handed Hackers 25k Endpoints, Including in OT and Gov Networks 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Eduard Kovacs Researchers found adware capable of killing cybersecurity products and pushing more dangerous payloads to infected systems. The post $10 Domain Could Have Handed Hackers 25k Endpoints, Including in OT and Gov Networks appeared first on

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Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities

Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Ionut Arghire The flaws could allow attackers to bypass authentication or execute arbitrary code or commands via HTTP requests. The post Fortinet Patches Critical FortiSandbox Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers Push for US Privacy Protections

Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers Push for US Privacy Protections 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Associated Press Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners’ calls, texts and emails. The post Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program as Some Lawmakers

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Microsoft Issues Patches for SharePoint Zero-Day and 168 Other New Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Issues Patches for SharePoint Zero-Day and 168 Other New Vulnerabilities 2026-04-15 at 14:29 By Microsoft on Tuesday released updates to address a record 169 security flaws across its product portfolio, including one vulnerability that has been actively exploited in the wild. Of these 169 vulnerabilities, 157 are rated Important, eight are rated Critical, three are rated Moderate, and one is rated

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Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven’t warned users

Agents hooked into GitHub can steal creds – but Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft haven’t warned users 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Jessica Lyons Researchers who found the flaws scored beer money bounties and warn the problem is probably pervasive Exclusive  Security researchers hijacked three popular AI agents that integrate with GitHub Actions by using a new

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The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out

The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Mark Pesce The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think Opinion  Could the recent death of Meta’s unloved and unused Horizon Worlds signal the

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Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don’t fly, presses ahead regardless

Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don’t fly, presses ahead regardless 2026-04-15 at 11:06 By Tobias Mann Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it work A startup called Orbital has revealed a plan to build a 10,000-satellite neocloud in space – if Elon Musk

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ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories

ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories 2026-04-15 at 11:03 By Eduard Kovacs Siemens, Schneider Electric, Aveva, Rockwell Automation, ABB, Phoenix Contact, Mitsubishi Electric, and Moxa patched vulnerabilities. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: 8 Industrial Giants Publish New Security Advisories appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View

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Crypto users targeted in ‘elaborate’ scam using popular notes app

Crypto users targeted in ‘elaborate’ scam using popular notes app 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Elastic Security Labs says a multi-step social engineering scam is aimed at those in crypto and finance, using a community plugin feature on a note-taking app to spread malicious device-controlling software. This article is an excerpt from

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X rolls out smart cashtags in US, Canada in step toward ‘everything app’

X rolls out smart cashtags in US, Canada in step toward ‘everything app’ 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Tat Thang, a partner at the prediction platform Polymarket, suggests X is building a Web3 equivalent of the Chinese WeChat Pay citing its recent moves to scrub crypto bots. This article is an excerpt

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North Korean hackers used AI-enabled social engineering in Zerion attack

North Korean hackers used AI-enabled social engineering in Zerion attack 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young It is the second long-term social-engineering attack this month, after the $280 million exploit of the Drift Protocol. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt

Boeing deliveries soar past Airbus for the first time in years, but this is no time to unbuckle your seat belt 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Simon Sharwood Supply chain and engineering woes keep the supply of new planes sputtering Boeing has delivered more commercial planes in a quarter than Airbus for the first time in

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OpenAI expands its cyber defense program with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted researchers

OpenAI expands its cyber defense program with GPT-5.4-Cyber for vetted researchers 2026-04-15 at 10:02 By Sinisa Markovic Defending critical software has long depended on the ability to find and fix vulnerabilities faster than attackers can exploit them. OpenAI is expanding a program designed to give professional defenders prioritized access to AI tools built for that

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