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Data Centers to Skyrocket US Climate Pollution; Old Popcorn Time App Poses Mac Security Risk

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Data centers are projected to significantly increase US climate pollution, with the power sector potentially releasing 42% more carbon dioxide by 2030 due to the demand for electricity to power these facilities. This surge is linked to the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure to meet the growing energy needs of data centers. Separately, an old version of the Popcorn Time app has been found to leave hundreds of thousands of Macs vulnerable to attacks, with a security firm detailing how the unofficial version of the software may still be running and posing a risk. AI

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Data Centers to Skyrocket US Climate Pollution; Old Popcorn Time App Poses Mac Security Risk

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Data centers could send US climate pollution skyrocketing The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than

    Data centers could send US climate pollution skyrocketing The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet data center electricity demand, according to… h…

    LINKS theverge.com/…/data-centers-climate-chang…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Hundreds of Thousands of Macs at Risk If you installed Popcorn Time on a Mac years ago, part of the app may still be running, and it

    Old 'Popcorn Time' App Left Hundreds of Thousands of Macs at Risk If you installed Popcorn Time on a Mac years ago, part of the app may still be running, and it may have left your Mac open to attack. Security firm Eye Research has detailed how Time4Popcorn – an unofficial version…

    LINKS macrumors.com/…/old-popcorn-time-app-macs…

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