Por: The New York Times World September 24, 2022
JAGERSFONTEIN, South Africa — The dirt wall holding in mucky waste from diamond mining grew over the years to resemble a wide, towering plateau. Suspended like a frozen tsunami over neat tracts of Monopoly-like homes in the rural South African mining town of Jagersfontein, the dam alarmed residents who feared it may collapse.“We saw it long time, that one day this thing will burst,” said Memane Paulus, a machine operator at the dam for the... + full article
Time USA Business September 29, 2022
Bitcoin mining’s is comparable to farming cattle or burning gasoline when taken as a proportion of market value, according to researchers at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Cryptocurrency mining is energy intensive because it requires highly specialized... + más
Bitcoin is as bad for the planet as beef, and it's getting worse | Newsweek
Is the bitcoin winter beginning to thaw out? | CNN
Newsweek USA World September 29, 2022
Mining bitcoin is as costly to the environment as energy-intensive beef production, and more so than gold mining.According to a paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, bitcoin mining and the mining of other cryptocurrencies uses huge amounts of energy, in fact, more... + más
Bitcoin Could Be as Bad for the Planet as Beef | Time
Forbes USA Business September 28, 2022
Wu Jihan, co-founder of Bitmain Technologies Ltd., speaks at the Shape the Future: Blockchain Global ... [+] Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. Bitcoin captivated the attention of financial markets this summer as the developer community embraced a new... + más
RTTNews USA Tech September 26, 2022
Fashion brand Louis Vuitton has teamed up with Aura Blockchain Consortium to provide blochchain-powered provenance for its LV Diamonds Collection, coming with a first of its kind LV Diamond Certificate.Customers are increasingly aware of the visible attributes of diamonds such... + más
Queen's death prompts questions about Kohinoor, Great Star of Africa diamonds | ABC News
Blake Pontchartrain: Where was Louis Prima's Pretty Acres Golf Course? | The Advocate
Newsweek USA Tech September 24, 2022
Deep-sea mining has been approved for testing in the Pacific Ocean by the International Seabed Authority for the first time since the 1970s. The move has drawn widespread condemnation from environmental groups, with one Greenpeace campaigner saying the activity risks destroying... + más
The end of Ethereum mining could be a bonanza for GPU shoppers | Ars Technica
Deep sea mining, solution to tech world's mineral demand or potential ecological disaster? | ABC News
Ars Technica USA Tech September 19, 2022
Navigate Filter by topic Settings Front page layout Site theme Comment activity Sign up or login to join the discussions! Sign up to comment and more - Sep 16, 2022 5:45 pm UTC While these GPUs were liquidated following 2018 flooding in China, they provide a good visual for the... + más
Ethereum completes the “Merge,” which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95% | Ars Technica
EXPLAINER: Ethereum is ditching its 'miners.' Why? | Associated Press
ABC News USA World September 17, 2022
Questions around rare diamonds that are centerpieces of the have emerged in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's death.Two royal crowns and a scepter are adorned with some of the most famous diamonds in the world, obtained by the British empire over 100 years ago, and... + más
What the royal family will wear to the queen's funeral | ABC News
Prince Harry to wear military uniform when Queen Elizabeth II's 8 grandchildren hold vigil at her coffin | ABC News
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