Superpowers Race to Put Nuclear Reactors on the Moon

New York Times - Oct 4, 2026

The United States wants a reactor on the moon by 2030. A Russian-Chinese alliance is working on one for 2036. Some leading scientists say the danger is great.

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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a long-running npm supply chain malware campaign that pushes information stealers and remote access trojans (RAT) to compromised hosts. The campaign has been codenamed MALFEX by CloudSEK and Checkmarx. The activity is assessed to be the work of a lone threat actor who appears to have published 12 packages since August 2023, eight of which have

An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine

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An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine

Five humans convened for a weekend to create new music from scratch. Could they do better than A.I.? Could you even tell the difference?

Millions told to 'act now' as hurricane warnings are issued along US coast ahead of storm Isaias's Category 2 landfall

Oct 7, 2026

Millions told to 'act now' as hurricane warnings are issued along US coast ahead of storm Isaias's Category 2 landfall

Hurricane warnings have now been issued for several US states. Storm Isaias is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane in just a few days.

Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research

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Trump Administration Delays Threaten Funding for HIV Research

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SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances

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SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances

SonicWall has released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 appliances, the gateways that give remote workers access to a company's network and applications. The most serious could allow an attacker without a login to send requests through the appliance and reach internal functions. SonicWall rates it 10.0 on the CVSS scale and says it has no evidence that any of the four flaws is being

Blue Planet III ventures into darkest depths of ocean

Oct 7, 2026

Blue Planet III ventures into darkest depths of ocean

Sir David says the series uncovers marine life that is "even more precious than we ever realised".

Rare sea cucumber nursery near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, could lead to commercial fishery

Oct 7, 2026

Rare sea cucumber nursery near Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, could lead to commercial fishery

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Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026

El Niño has led to an eerily quiet season so far but the first Atlantic hurricane of the year is now set to impact the southern USA.

Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely

Oct 7, 2026

Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely

A critical vulnerability in LMCache, open-source software that speeds up large language model (LLM) servers such as vLLM, lets an attacker run code on the cache server without logging in, and no fixed version is available. The flaw is in LMCache's multiprocess mode, where the cache runs as a standalone server that LLM workers reach over the ZeroMQ messaging library. A single network

PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet

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PoeLLM Malware Infects 3,400+ Servers to Expand Crypto Mining Botnet

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new malware family that has been observed targeting exposed artificial intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM) infrastructure with an aim to deploy cryptocurrency miners and further expand the scale of the botnet. The financially motivated campaign, dubbed Canto Incognito, has been found to install cryptocurrency miners, including

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

Oct 7, 2026

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai

The Nobel Committee recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving a century-old mystery about molecules with mirror images. Their work is crucial for pharmaceuticals and carries clues to the origins of life.

World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers

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