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Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude assistant, is flagging natural gas supply as one of its most pressing near-term risks. As data centers multiply to feed the AI boom, demand for power is straining energy infrastructure, and analysts warn that limited gas supplies could drive prices sharply higher across the board.
Meanwhile, in the hardware security space, Bitcoin wallet maker Keystone has pulled its devices from sale after attackers obtained the factory authentication key used to verify that its wallets are genuine. Nearly twenty-six thousand buyer records were exposed in the breach. The company says private keys and recovery phrases were not compromised, but the trust damage is significant.
And over in Redmond, Microsoft has pushed out emergency out-of-band Windows updates to strip trust from certificates tied to the eMudhra certificate authority, whose signing keys were reportedly compromised. The move is designed to protect users who do not receive automatic certificate updates, closing a potential door for attackers before it can be exploited at scale.
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