# Oracle pins hopes on 'Star Wars' productivity jump to lightspeed from AI-assisted engineering > Source: > Published: 2026-09-01 16:06:00+00:00 ### TOP STORIES [AI](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/ai) - Security #### Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks The model provider gave METR the credits for free. An actual customer would not have been so lucky - ai and ml #### Anthropic pledges to try harder to keep models under control, asks partners to chip in Security ... this time it will be different - SYSTEMS #### Nvidia is building an IP licensing empire on the back of NVLink Even when you think you're not buying Nvidia, you might still be buying Nvidia - ai and ml #### Energy biz SSE smacked around in court by a guy and AI Company's three year pursuit of debt from non-existent address ended by Oxford judge - security #### Industry that built the problem offers to sell you the solution 100+ tech giants warn AI attacks are coming, skip the part where they pay for defenses [Infosec](https://beta.theregister.com/security) - 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! - 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 - 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 share 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 [FOSS](https://beta.theregister.com/tag/FOSS) - #### Debian votes to let contributors code with AI Disclosure optional, quality mandatory - #### LibreOffice 26.8 is out – local first, and with no AI It looks a bit clunky, but it does the job – and on your own computer - #### Keepers of Noble Numbats to be offered a Resolute Racoon: Ubuntu 26.04.1 is coming GRUB's up for furry new update - #### AROS, the FOSS recreation of AmigaOS, comes to Raspberry Pi Plus: new official Amiga-branded hardware is coming - #### Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds banishes a bug – with a bot The lad himself finds and fixes a tricky one… or does he? - #### FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another Word up