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Google's simulated fruit fly brain 'mines Bitcoin' in web browser proof of concept — FutureBit says real organic neuron miner could have '10x the efficiency of the best silicon 3nm ASICs' (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-20 | by Mark Tyson | get FutureBit Apollo BTC full node Bitcoin miner → | tags: hashfly, futurebit, bitcoin mining

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Bitcoin’s Network Hashrate Is 50% Below Trend as Miners Shift to AI (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-16 | get Bitmain Antminer S21 bitcoin miner → | tags: bitcoin, hashrate, coinshares

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Modders turn AMD's abandoned PS5-based mining GPU into a surprisingly capable FSR 4 gaming card (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: amd bc-250, fsr 4, ps5 gpu

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Redditor finds RTX 3070 graphics cards worth $5,000 in abandoned crypto mining rigs (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Kishalaya Kundu | get NZXT Kraken Elite liquid CPU cooler → | tags: rtx 3070, crypto mining, zotac

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Modders halve FSR 4 render times on AMD’s PS5-derived BC-250 mining APU — portable FidelityFX DLL cuts 1440p upscaling time from 11.51 ms to 5.92 ms (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-14 | by Etiido Uko | get AMD Radeon RX 6800 → | tags: fsr 4, amd, bc-250

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Mexican cartel's crypto farm seized in mountain raid — 300 GPUs, satellite links, and industrial transformers tapped hydroelectric power (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-13 | by Mark Tyson | tags: mexican cartels, cryptocurrency mining, gpus

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Lucky PC scavenger discovers 12 RTX 3070 GPUs from the crypto mining era — cards survived years of basement storage with only minor signs of wear (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-12 | by Kunal Khullar | get Arctic MX-6 thermal paste 4g → | tags: rtx 3070, nvidia, crypto mining

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Fire Marshal Uncovers House of Horrors Lurking Inside Bitcoin-Mining Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-09-10 | by Joe Wilkins | get First Alert HOME1 rechargeable fire extinguisher → | tags: bitcoin mining, athlon bt, el reno

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Bitcoin mining data center condemned after leaking 3 million gallons of water and forcing school closures — facility operated for years under a city stop-work order (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-06 | by Mark Tyson | get Govee WiFi water leak detector 3 pack → | tags: bitcoin mining, el reno, athlon blockchain

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South African diamond mines are closing due to weak sales and lab-grown stones (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-05 | get lab grown diamond stud earrings → | tags: south africa, diamond mines, lab-grown diamonds

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The "$60 Gaming PC" – AMD BC-250 (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-05 | get Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM 120mm fan → | tags: ps5, amd, bc-250

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Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-30 | by Kate Park | get Cat Footwear Second Shift steel toe work boot → | tags: caterpillar, ai deployment, mining automation

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Show HN: SubSmith – Turn your own videos into language-learning material (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-28 | get Sony WH-1000XM5 wireless noise canceling headphones → | tags: subsmith, language-learning, mkv files

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Women face bans on research underground — here’s how to modernize the system (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-27 | by Huang | get Petzl PIXA 3 headlamp → | tags: women in mining, central south university, underground mining

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15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go. (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-26 | get Celestron NexStar 130SLT telescope → | tags: helium-3, solar wind, lunar soil

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AI gold rush draws crypto firms away from Bitcoin (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-08-25 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card → | tags: bitcoin, anthropic, crypto

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Global demand for sand spawned a worldwide boom in illegal mining (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | by Vince Beiser | tags: illegal mining, sand demand, raipur khadar

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Global demand has spawned a worldwide boom in illegal sand mining (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | by Vince Beiser | get The World in a Grain Vince Beiser book → | tags: illegal sand mining, raipur khadar, paleram chauhan

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The Deadly Global War for Sand (2015) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-25 | by Vince Beiser | get The World in a Grain Vince Beiser book → | tags: sand mining, raipur khadar, indian farmers

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Nvidia crypto mining GPUs hacked to restore locked-away VRAM — software mod unlocks 64GB of VRAM on $250 CMP 170HX (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-18 | by Zhiye Liu | tags: memory, nvidia, pcie

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Attackers Could Take Over Your Mac Through Screen Sharing Unless You Update Now (cnet.com)

2026-08-17 | by Omar Gallaga | tags: macos, apple, screen sharing

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Zapping Rocks Unlocks Stimulated Geologic Hydrogen (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-16 | by Ariel Bleicher | tags: eden geopower, electrical reservoir stimulation, geothermal heat

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Alabama residents left powerless to stop massive Bitcoin mining data center despite county and town moratoriums — hole in state zoning laws lets facility through (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-13 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: bitcoin mining, voltcore, somerville

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AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-12 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data centers, k&l gates, hill county texas

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Riot Platforms strikes deal with Anthropic as bitcoin miners shift focus to AI infrastructure (cnbc.com)

2026-08-11 | by Tanaya Macheel | tags: riot platforms, anthropic, bitcoin mining

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Demand for lithium is surging: here’s how to make mining more sustainable (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-30 | by Basu | tags: lithium, ev battery, chile

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Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-29 | by Ram Iyer | tags: encore ai, team8, customer support

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'It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room': Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Jowi Morales | tags: hyperscale data, alliance cloud services, cryptocurrency mining

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The Coming Commodity Supercycle Is the Biggest Business Opportunity Founders Are Ignoring (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-06 | by Anthony Milewski | get Commodity Investment Guidebook → | tags: commodity, founders, materials

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Targeted enzyme discovery using metal-coordination mining (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-01 | by Kipouros | get Metal-Coordination Chemistry Kit → | tags: cupin superfold, metal-coordination mining, metalloenzymes