New York passes a bill to limit bitcoin miningIt's up to Governor Kathy Hochul whether to sign it into law.By K. Holt, 06.03.2022
Elon Musk's Boring Company plans to 'significantly' expand after funding roundIts Prufrock machine could mine 600 miles of tunnels a year in the short term.By S. Dent, 04.21.2022
Cryptocurrency mining in Kazakhstan is leading to power shortagesChina's crypto mining ban may be partly to blame.By J. Fingas, 11.28.2021
China limits investments in cryptocurrency miningThis may have boosted demand By J. Fingas, 10.09.2021
PS4 'cryptofarm' reportedly used bots to grind in-game FIFA currencyInstead of a crypto mining operation, the consoles were building up FIFA Ultimate Team accounts for profit. By K. Holt, 07.19.2021
Malaysian authorities crush 1,069 crypto mining rigs with a steamrollerThe crypto mining operators are being accused of stealing US$2 million worth of electricity.By M. Moon, 07.17.2021
Norton 360 antivirus will soon mine cryptocurrencyIt'll initially be available to select early adopters.By M. Moon, 06.03.2021
Elon Musk says North American Bitcoin miners will publish their energy usageThey're hoping to standardize and promote energy usage transparency in the industry.By M. Moon, 05.25.2021
Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into spaceTechnology moves fast, but the law doesn't.By C. Velazco, 03.19.2021
NVIDIA limits RTX 3060 crypto speeds as it introduces mining cardsIt hopes to put an end to GPU shortages.By J. Fingas, 02.18.2021
New York power plant mines Bitcoin using excess energyIt might only work for energy sources like natural gas, however.By J. Fingas, 03.08.2020
NASA advances lunar crater modeling and asteroid mining projectsThey're the first Phase III projects in NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program.By C. Fisher, 06.11.2019
China wants to ban Bitcoin mining because it 'seriously wasted resources'The state planner has lumped it in with coal and other polluting industries. By S. Dent, 04.10.2019
Volvo's self-driving trucks will haul limestone from a mineIt's Volvo's first end-to-end autonomous transport offering.By J. Fingas, 11.26.2018
Sacramento Kings will mine cryptocurrency to support good causesHow many other basketball teams have a data center?By J. Fingas, 06.27.2018
Apple bans cryptocurrency mining from its app storesThe company updated its app developer guidelines to clarify its stance on the issue. By R. LeFebvre, 06.11.2018
UK's abandoned tin mines could be reopened to help build EVsResearchers have found tin, tungsten and lithium in areas of Cornwall and Devon.By R. England, 04.27.2018
Intruders 'borrowed' Tesla's public cloud for cryptocurrency mining (updated)They also had access to private data.By J. Fingas, 02.20.2018