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title: "Google teams with nuclear giant to add 890MW capacity; Schneider Electric lands $22.6B PTC deal"
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date: "2026-10-13"
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author: "Simon Banks"
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originalSourceUrl: "https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/windows-11-market-share-creeps-upwards-as-cost-of-staying-on-windows-10-set-to-double/5300870"
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# Google teams with nuclear giant to add 890MW capacity; Schneider Electric lands $22.6B PTC deal

> The latest tech headlines cover Google’s nuclear partnership unlocking 890 MW, Schneider Electric’s $22.6 billion PTC investment, and new security and open-source developments.

## Key Takeaways (TL;DR)

- Google-nuclear collaboration promises an extra 890 MW of power.
- Schneider Electric secures a $22.6 billion PTC deal amid a datacenter boom.
- Security firms see major moves, from Acronis acquisition to a decade of ransomware growth.

Microsoft’s announcement is not the focus here; the source material is a roundup of recent tech news [The Register](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/windows-11-market-share-creeps-upwards-as-cost-of-staying-on-windows-10-set-to-double/5300870).

**AI**
- Google is partnering with a nuclear-power giant to upgrade turbines, generators and digital controls, which the source says should unlock an additional **890 MW** of capacity.
- Schneider Electric is investing **$22.6 billion** in a PTC as the datacenter boom drives money toward smarter power infrastructure.
- Cohere plans to place agents in “lockdown mode” with strict ACLs, a feature the source likens to OpenClaw but with tighter access control.
- Volantis, backed by Altman, proposes embedding photonics in AI accelerators to “vault the memory wall,” according to the interview.
- Anthropic’s bug-hunting model Mythos is described as “hardcore good at math,” with exploitation attempts traced to a China-hosted IP by a VulnCheck researcher.

**Infosec**
- Russian actors are impersonating Signal support to launch phishing attacks, the source notes.
- Microsoft’s patches failed to resolve an on-prem SharePoint issue, which is now under a zero-day attack.
- DEF CON’s Franklin project is enlisting hackers to harden critical infrastructure, and Jeff Moss says the voting-village reports have been so successful the entire conference will now be included.
- EQT bought a majority share in Swiss cybersecurity firm Acronis at a valuation of **$3.5 billion+**, though the exact portion sold was not disclosed.
- Ten years after the first corporate ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen observes no sign of an end to the threat, noting that infosec remains a stable career path.

**FOSS**
- Ubuntu’s “Stonking Stingray” beta introduces deeper Rust “oxidization” and LLM speech-to-text; GNOME 51 is also mentioned.
- Revive Raskin’s three laws of software are highlighted, with a nod to angry NeoVim users.
- Firefox 157 arrives with a significant reskin, the source suggests it could be what Mozilla needs.
- KDE celebrates **30** years, and an AI-native desktop proposal was presented at Akademy, envisioning Plasma assembling around a personal model of each user.
- Shopify’s acquisition gives Tailwind a “stable long-term home,” according to the source.
- Switzerland is testing a FOSS escape route from Microsoft 365, positioning a “Swiss Army” knife against American cloud apps.

Our read: The roundup underscores a pattern of large-scale capital deployment in energy and infrastructure, heightened activity in cybersecurity acquisitions and threat mitigation, and a steady push to integrate open-source tools into mainstream platforms.

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*Original Think-Tank Source: [Windows 11 market share creeps upwards as cost of staying on Windows 10 set to double](https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/windows-11-market-share-creeps-upwards-as-cost-of-staying-on-windows-10-set-to-double/5300870)*