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A macOS malware strain called Reaper is making the rounds, and it's worth your attention. The updated infostealer spoofs Apple, Microsoft, and Google to trick users, then quietly hunts for password managers and cryptocurrency wallets like MetaMask and Phantom, draining credentials before installing a backdoor. A nasty piece of work.
Shifting to the power grid, a new report argues that phantom data centers — facilities that reserved grid capacity but never actually drew power — didn't cause the infrastructure problems we've been hearing about. Instead, they exposed vulnerabilities that were already baked in. The real story, the piece suggests, is a permitting and planning system that was never built for the AI era's energy demands.
And in a story about keyboards and corporate regret, Microsoft is finally allowing Windows eleven users to reassign the Copilot key back to its original function. The dedicated key replaced the right control key on many keyboards, frustrating users who never asked for the change. Calling it an improvement while returning what was taken is a particular kind of tech company audacity.
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