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By Eli Yudin Published: November 29th, 2023
By Eli Yudin Published: November 29th, 2023
Lights illuminate application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) devices used for Bitcoin mining. | Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Bitcoin mines aren’t just energy-hungry, it turns out they’re thirsty, too. The water consumption tied to a single Bitcoin transaction, on average, could be enough to fill a small backyard pool, according to a new analysis. Bitcoin mines are essentially big data centers, which have become notorious for how much electricity and water they use.
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New records released by Florida state law enforcement revealed Florida’s director of the election security office, who died last year shortly after attending a meeting inside Governor Ron DeSantis’ office, was not approached for 24 minutes after dying outside the DeSantis office.
Читать дальше...Google DeepMind researchers say they’ve expanded the number of known stable materials by 10-fold. Some could be useful for everything from batteries to superconductors—if they make it out of the lab.
The No. 23-ranked University of Toledo football team dominated the All-Mid-American Conference awards.
Trump also claimed that MSNBC was nothing but a "24-hour hit job" against the ex-president and accused the network of "election interference."
A user on TikTok is calling out Louis Vuitton after claiming that a bag they ordered was stolen in delivery.
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Читать дальше...The elves are back at the city of La Crosse Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department. Each year, friends of the man in the red suit run letters from city hall all the way back to Santa.
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Over the last weeks, we have seen a disturbing rise in antisemitism on college campuses.
The holiday collection features thermal underwear and seasonal colors.
The Last of Us and Game Of Thrones star Bella Ramsey, Rye Lane director Raine Allen-Miller, and Charlotte Regan, writer-director of buzzy UK indie feature Scrapper, are among the 42 names selected for this year’s cohort of BAFTA Breakthrough talents. Awarded to those in the midst of or on the cusp of their breakthrough moment, […]
The exec producer behind BBC comedy-drama We Might Regret This has said his ambition was for a show starring and written by a disabled performer to be “at the very top table of creativity.” The Office and People Just Do Nothing producer Ash Atalla, whose Roughcut TV outfit is making We Might Regret This in […]
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Armoury co-founder Mark Cho filled the fifth floor of a historic Central District building with pop-ups, a cigar lounge, and a new flagship store.
Shein's IPO filing is sparking fresh talk in Washington that the fast-fashion company deserves considerable scrutiny for possible ties to forced labor in China, even as it has made efforts to respond to critics.
From the very first few minutes of Eileen, the audience is clued that this won’t be your conventional mid-20th century set drama. The eponymous character masturbates twice, has a wild sex fantasy about a co-worker, and threatens to murder her father. All within the first quarter hour of the film. Directed by William…
Читать дальше...A team from the University of Cambridge and Rosie Hospital reanalysed data from its previous research.
The planets orbit their central star in a rhythmic beat, a rare case of an ‘in sync’ gravitational lockstep.
Researchers find that certain kinds of financial incentives are more effective than others.
Revance’s Daxxify sold patients on longer-lasting smooth skin. Its first year on the market has had some wrinkles.