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NASA Chief: How To Reach Another Star System | Jared Isaacman

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman discusses the high-stakes race to put astronauts on the Moon by 2029, competing with China’s lunar timeline. He lays out plans for the newly commissioned U.S. Space Academy, NASA’s shift to nuclear-powered spaceships, and how space infrastructure relates to AI and the orbital economy. Check out our sponsor Lovable: ⁠https://lovable.dev.⁠ Turn ideas into software people love.
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(00:42) Plans for United States Space Academy.
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(06:33) NASA Strategy for Interstellar Space Travel.
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Compact optical screen could pave the way for cheaper infrared cameras

New research led by the ARC Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) at the University of Melbourne demonstrates a new way to make invisible infrared light visible without relying on the expensive detector technology used in today’s infrared cameras.

Infrared is a type of light our eyes can’t see, but it carries information about heat and objects in the environment. It is widely used for environmental monitoring, industrial inspection, medicine and security.

However, technologies such as infrared cameras remain expensive because they rely on specialized detectors that are costly to manufacture and often require cooling.

Mysterious Gamma Rays Reveal Hidden Magnetism Inside Atomic Nuclei

Scientists have traced a decades-old gamma-ray mystery to hidden magnetic transitions inside atomic nuclei.

For decades, nuclear physicists have faced a puzzling question: why do some atomic nuclei release far more low-energy gamma rays than expected?

A new study led by the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), with contributions from scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), may finally provide the answer. Published in Nature, the research offers new insight into the inner workings of atomic nuclei and could have important implications for astrophysics, nuclear energy, national security, and nuclear forensics.

Attackers Exploit Issabel Framework Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated OS Command Execution

A critical security flaw in Issabel Framework, a web-based framework for the open-source unified communications PBX software, has come under active exploitation.

The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026–89026 (CVSS v3.1 score: 9.8/CVSS v4.0 score: 9.3), which can allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary operating system (OS) commands by taking advantage of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) signing key.

The Issabel Framework “contains a hard-coded HS256 JWT signing key in the pbxapi index.php file that is identical across every installation, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to forge valid bearer tokens,” VulnCheck said in an alert.

Windows 11 KB5124008 update breaks domain trust for some users

Microsoft is investigating reports that the Windows 11 KB5124008 security update is breaking domain trust relationships on some enterprise systems, preventing users from logging in with valid domain credentials.

Administrators report on Reddit and Microsoft’s Q&A forums that affected computers lose their secure channel with Active Directory after the Windows 11 update is installed and devices reboot.

Last week, Microsoft confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of the reports and is investigating.

Hackers target WordPress sites via third-party WooCommerce plugin

Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture premium plugin for WordPress to upload a PHP backdoor.

The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026–27540 and impacts plugin versions 2.0.3.1 and older. It is an unauthenticated arbitrary file-upload vulnerability discovered by security researcher Teemu Saarentaus.

An attacker can exploit it to upload PHP webshells and execute code, potentially leading to a complete site compromise.

Microsoft confirms KB5002914 Excel update breaks copy and paste

Microsoft has confirmed that copy and paste may silently fail for some Excel users after installing the September 2026 KB5002914 security update.

This follows a wave of customer reports on Reddit and the Microsoft Q&A forums that the KB5002914 Office security update is breaking copy-and-paste, autofill, and formula dragging in Excel.

“Although users try to paste content, the source remains selected and the destination is unmodified,” Microsoft said in an updated support document confirming these issues.

Microsoft releases emergency Windows updates to fix RDS failures

Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band Windows updates to fix Remote Desktop Services failures caused by this month’s security updates, along with Hyper-V and USB audio problems on some Windows versions.

The September 2026 security updates caused Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to become unstable on affected systems, leading to RDP connection and sign-in failures and, in some cases, unresponsive servers.

Microsoft previously acknowledged the issue after Windows administrators reported widespread RDS problems following the September updates.

AGI Is Here — And Society Isn’t Ready | Peter Diamandis

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The conversation focused on the unprecedented wave of technological disruption brought about by advances in artificial intelligence, exploring how these innovations are reshaping the social contract, the workforce, and the very fabric of society. One concept discussed was the collapse of traditional pathways—such as the idea that doing well in school and earning a college degree guarantees security and a stable job—in the face of rapidly evolving AI capabilities.

A key theme that emerged was the dual-edged nature of AI’s impact: while automation and intelligent machines threaten to displace conventional jobs, particularly for those unable or unwilling to adapt, new opportunities are arising for solopreneurs, creators, and individuals ready to leverage technology as a force multiplier. The discussion explored the ways gatekeepers have been removed, the costs of entrepreneurship have plummeted, and barriers to innovation are lower than ever before.

Several points were raised, including the psychological and societal turbulence that can result from such rapid change, with concerns about social unrest, especially among younger generations struggling to find their place. The conversation also addressed the promise of AI to solve critical problems in healthcare, science, and education, potentially ushering in an era of abundance—but only if society can adjust mindsets, update educational systems, and encourage purpose-driven curiosity.

Listeners can expect a deep dive into the ethical, economic, and cultural fork in the road humanity faces, as well as practical advice for achieving agency, adaptability, and meaning in a world where the only constant is exponential change.

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AI, Mathematics, Robotics and Security: The Stories Shaping Tech Right Now

Twenty-five Fields Medalists have signed a declaration titled “A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics,” published on September 11, 2026. The mathematicians are not arguing that AI is incapable of solving difficult problems, but rather that the technology is being optimized for the wrong goals.

The declaration argues that solving a mathematical problem is a tool rather than the ultimate purpose of mathematics. Progress depends on conceptual understanding, insight, discussion, attribution and the ability to pass knowledge on. Rapidly producing answers for AI benchmarks could conflict with those goals, particularly when results are difficult to understand or verify.

Terence Tao, one of the signatories, has highlighted concerns about the growing use of AI to produce results without the traditional process of exploration and understanding. The declaration represents a debate about how AI should be used, rather than a claim that it cannot contribute positively.

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