PROTECTION, BUT SOME BROADER BASED PROTECTION. THAT WAS MARK SHERMAN REPORTING. AND BACK HERE IN OUR AREA, A COMMUNITY IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IS TAKING A STAND AGAINST CRYPTO MINING AND DATA CENTERS. LAST ...

A bitcoin mining pool built to reject both the industrial pay-per-share model and the pure lottery approach has now proved its design works. Twice. Upstart mining pool Parasite Pool mined block ...

The Senate on Thursday voted to repeal Biden-era protections for a contentious wilderness area in Minnesota, sending the question to President Trump’s desk ...

Operating since 1903, Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Mine near Salt Lake City remains one of the most productive mines in the world, where workers pulled 134,000 metric tons of copper from the earth last year, ...

Foundry Digital, the largest Bitcoin BTC $78,051.44 mining pool by hashrate, launched a Zcash (ZEC) mining pool that quickly grew to control about 30% of the network’s hashrate, according to company ...

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Sitting at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean are enormous deposits of critical metals. Unlocking them could help free the United States and its allies from dependence on Chinese-controlled supply chains ...

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials inspired by lotus leaves and rose petals, unsinkable metals based on the ...

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just logged its second sizeable cut of 2026, easing conditions for remaining miners as competition from artificial intelligence data centers rises. Bitcoin’s mining ...

Payments company Block announced it’s laying off 40% of its staff. According to Chairman and founder Jack Dorsey: “This decision comes from a position of strength. Intelligence tools have changed what ...

The company’s 50% headcount reduction adds to a wave of AI‑cited cuts across tech, even among profitable firms, as forecasts warn of permanent, automation‑driven losses deeper than the Great Recession ...

Block to cut over 4,000 jobs CEO says AI has changed how a company is run Stock surges 25% after market Analysts call cuts a "seminal moment" in AI era Feb 26 (Reuters) - Block (XYZ.N), opens new tab ...