During the coronavirus pandemic, some of my acquaintances feared they would get laid off and were exploring different revenue streams. Those interested in innovative methods were quickly drawn to ...

There’s something about Bitcoin and blockchain that just seems to attract weird and wacky tinkerers. While computationally powerful ASIC miners dominate proof-of-work crypto mining today, that hasn’t ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For someone who cares about climate change, Matt Carlsson had what seemed like a ...

TUCSON, AZ (AZFamily) — Copper mining firm Rio Tinto is partnering with Amazon to provide copper from a southern Arizona mine for the tech giant’s next wave of U.S. data centers. Rio Tinto explained ...

Bitcoin’s most recent halving took place in 2024, cutting the reward miners receive for each new block (David Pereiras/The Noun Project) While today’s data center conversation revolves around AI, ...

EVART, MI — Michigan transportation officials have committed millions to rebuild gravel roads so they can handle heavy truck traffic tied to a proposed $1.3 billion potash and salt mine. In December, ...

Last month, Instagram began rolling out a new set of controls that allowed users to personalize the topics recommended to them by the Reels algorithm. Now, Meta is making that feature available to all ...

One of the side effects of the energy-intensive process of bitcoin mining is the excess heat that is created by the involved hardware devices. Miners have to prove that they’ve expended energy on ...

Industry executives and investors forecast a wide range of prices for bitcoin in 2026, dropping as low as $75,000 and rising as high as $225,000. Commentators who spoke to CNBC expect big volatility ...

Advances in quantum computing don’t just threaten Bitcoin wallet security, it could also undermine its economic and security model as it could be used to mine Bitcoin blocks far more efficiently, ...

Bitcoin boomed earlier this year, but its seemingly magical momentum didn't last. In the last quarter, the token surrendered its gains, placing the flagship cryptocurrency on track to finish 2025 in ...