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Tech

How Much Energy Does It Take to Grow Weed vs. Mining Bitcoin?

05.29.18

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Cryptocurrency Miners Are Sabotaging Blockchains for Their Personal Gain

05.25.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

This Guy Heated Bath Water With Bitcoin Mining and It Worked Too Well

05.17.18

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

What Is an ASIC Miner and Is It the Future of Cryptocurrency?

04.09.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

What Happens When a Chinese Giant Swoops In on Your Tiny Cryptocurrency

01.22.18

By Daniel Oberhaus
Tech

Notorious Bitcoin Scammer Butterfly Labs Settles With the FTC

02.18.16

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

A Failed Bitcoin Exchange Is Selling Everything and It’s the Saddest Thing

10.21.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Engineering the Bitcoin Gold Rush: An Interview with Yifu Guo, Creator of the First Purpose-Built Miner

03.26.13

By ALEC LIU
Tech

A Guide to Bitcoin Mining: Why Someone Bought a $1,500 Bitcoin Miner on eBay for $20,600

03.22.13

By ALEC LIU

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Gaming

The Pre-Xbox ‘Halo’ Third-Person Beta Builds Randomly Dropped and Can Be Played Now

The 3rd person Pre-Xbox ‘Halo’ beta was uploaded onto Archive.org and is available to play on modern hardware.

12.26.24

By Shaun Cichacki
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Gaming

‘MiSide’: An Anime “Dating Sim” I Played Because of the Internet — And Now, I Won’t Be Able To Sleep Tonight

Let ‘MiSide’ be a lesson to y’all. If the internet tells you to play a game, don’t listen. This isn’t an anime dating sim — it’s HELL.

12.26.24

By Dwayne Jenkins
Screenshot: Top Hat Studios, Inc.

Gaming

‘Labyrinth of the Demon King’ Looks Like the ‘King’s Field’ Successor We Deserve but Don’t Yet Have

‘Labyrinth of the Demon King’ looks to pick up the torch that ‘King’s Field’ left behind with a beautiful tribute to the PlayStation 1.

12.26.24

By Shaun Cichacki
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News

Dead Body Found in Wheel Well of United Airlines Plane After Landing

12.26.24

By Sammi Caramela
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Music

Beyoncé’s Epic ‘Cowboy Carter’ Christmas Halftime Show Is Coming to Netflix

Netflix teased that the “Beyoncé Bowl” will soon be available to stream as a “standalone special.”

12.26.24

By Stephen Andrew Galiher