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Bitcoin Mining Consumes 30% of Paraguay Energy, Analysts Reveal

During the “Accelerating Bitcoin” conference, experts debated how current bitcoin mining operations would affect the Paraguayan grid, warning of a possible generation crisis by 2029 if bitcoin mining…

2026-08-28 · 00:11 UTC
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Tech

Terminal-Bench-Science: Evaluating AI agents on scientific research workflows

2026-08-28 · 00:06

Terminal-Bench-Science is a new benchmark developed by Stanford researchers to evaluate AI agents on real scientific…

Sports

Fleetwood in contention as Lee leads Tour Championship

2026-08-27 · 22:56

Defending champion Tommy Fleetwood shoots a four-under 66 to put himself in contention at the Tour Championship at East…

Crypto

Polymarket Pulls NFL Contracts, Certifies Bitcoin Bets The Same Day

2026-08-27 · 22:53

Polymarket’s US-serving platform withdrew both of its NFL player participation filings on Aug.

Sports

Have expensively assembled Rangers improved at all under 'mortified' McInnes?

2026-08-27 · 22:48

After crashing out of the Conference League, questions are mounting for Derek McInnes at Rangers, writes Tom English.

Tech

The Twelve-Factor App (2025)

2026-08-27 · 22:41

The twelve-factor app is a methodology for building software-as-a-service applications that emphasizes automation,…

Crypto

Bitcoin Completes First Experimental Quantum-Safe Transaction, Starkware Says

2026-08-27 · 22:36

The transaction used Bitcoin’s existing rules to protect funds from a future quantum attack without requiring a network…

Tech

Select * from Internet.blogposts

2026-08-27 · 22:34

Tim Berners-Lee's vision of an open, interconnected web is increasingly incompatible with today's reality, as major…

Science

Doctors are finally learning to manage antidepressant withdrawal

2026-08-27 · 22:26

Medical professionals are increasingly recognizing that stopping antidepressants, particularly SSRIs like escitalopram,…

Tech

Anthropic's new hardware standard lets AI agents control the physical world

2026-08-27 · 22:15

Standardized driver interface aims to let devices talk to AI and each other.

Tech

Show HN: OpenTIE and OpenXWA, Modern Ports of Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance

2026-08-27 · 22:10

OpenTIE and OpenXWA are modern open-source ports of the classic Star Wars games TIE Fighter and X-Wing Alliance,…

Tech

What we know after the big Grand Theft Auto 6 preview

2026-08-27 · 22:10

The official look at the blockbuster video game leaves fans and critics impressed.

Tech

Google’s Android 17 Turns On New Privacy Feature—But Your Browsing Isn’t Fully Hidden

2026-08-27 · 22:06

Google's new privacy standard scrambles the one field of a web request that still travels in the clear: the name of the…

Sports

Wigan thrash Hull KR on night of tributes for Boston

2026-08-27 · 21:59

Wigan Warriors move top of Super League as they thrash Hull KR on an emotional evening as the Cherry and Whites pay…

Tech

AI Engineer Notebooks – free, framework-free RAG/agents/evals on Colab

2026-08-27 · 21:46

AI Engineer Notebooks is a free, framework-agnostic collection of runnable Colab notebooks designed to teach applied LLM…

Crypto

Bitcoin Privacy Wallet Sparrow Issues Update After AI Flags Fixes

2026-08-27 · 21:36

Developer Craig Raw said an AI-assisted review produced most of the fixes in version 2.5.4, though none appeared likely…

Sports

Arsenal continue Alvarez pursuit - Friday's gossip

2026-08-27 · 21:33

Arsenal continue pursuit to sign Julian Alvarez, Manchester City target Everton's Iliman Ndiaye and Aston Villa make…

Tech

Show HN: We built open OpenRouter that turns usage into a better model

2026-08-27 · 21:18

Experiential is an open-source API gateway and router that enables users to access multiple hosted, bring-your-own-key,…

Crypto

Trump Media Drops ‘Truth Predict’ Buildout, Chooses Crypto.com Instead

2026-08-27 · 21:16

Trump Media has abandoned plans to build a prediction market directly into Truth Social, opting instead to market Crypto.

Sports

Connecticut Sues Kalshi Over Sports Prediction Contracts

2026-08-27 · 21:16

Connecticut has sued Kalshi, intensifying a growing legal battle over whether prediction markets can offer sports…

Tech

Red Flag? OpenAI's Agentic ChatGPT Work Signs Into Your Accounts Without You

2026-08-27 · 21:00

OpenAI says the model never sees your password—but a signed-in session can persist across tasks, and you can step away…

Sports

Ipswich sign Argentina World Cup winner Palacios

2026-08-27 · 20:54

Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios becomes the first World Cup winner to sign for Ipswich Town after joining from…

Tech

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

2026-08-27 · 20:52

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

Sports

Who is in the Europa League draw and who is in each pot?

2026-08-27 · 20:48

Our Ask Me Anything team explains who will enter Friday's league phase draw for the 2026-27 Europa League draw