mining

The nodules have been growing, in utter blackness and near-total silence, for millions of years. Each one started as a fragment of something else—a tiny fossil, a scrap of basalt, a shark’s…

Mac users are being targeted by malicious code hidden in pirated Final Cut Pro copies, claims cybersecurity company Jamf Threat Labs. According to the report, the malicious code is a …

ADELAIDE, Australia—In the Australian Outback, authorities are engaged in an unusual search-and-recovery effort. Gone missing is an 8-millimeter-long capsule of radioactive material that can…

Deep-sea mining for battery materials has gained significant interest over the past year, but 2023 is set to be a key turning point—both for the practice itself and the companies that are…

“People just don’t want to get stuck,” Melin says. Understandable. And in that case, those people have plenty of options for long-range electric cars, if they’re willing to pay for it. But…

Microsoft has quietly banned cryptomining from its online services. Reason: To better protect its customers and clouds. The company introduced the new changes earlier this month. Microsoft…

In the business world, executives may want to aim these efforts at overarching goals of process efficiency, subscriber capture, or increased sales. For instance, data mining…

“These things are hard to tip over,” geologist Wilson Bonner assures me as the four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle he’s piloting tilts suddenly sideways, pitching me toward the churned up mud…

Warmth from bitcoin mining servers heats the tulip greenhouse near Amsterdam, saving on energy bills.…

Cryptocurrency mining operations require lots of electricity. Kazakhstan, one of the world's…