Washington — Iran may be getting ready to deploy naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz in an effort to further disrupt the key shipping lane, U.S. officials told CBS News. The American officials said ...

Bitcoin mining began in 2009 as a hobby-friendly activity where users could earn BTC using CPUs and later GPUs. By 2026, the landscape has shifted entirely to industrial-scale operations dominated by ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Utility regulators in Texas will start asking data centers and crypto-mining operations statewide within a narrow timeframe to share information about how much water they’re using and ...

Aerial view of Cheryl Shadden's home with the Marathon Digital bitcoin mine in the background in Hood County. The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) plans to conduct a survey to study the water ...

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...

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The outlook for electric grid reliability in North America is worsening, as demand may outpace supply in the years ahead, according to a key watchdog. In its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, ...

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...