After approaching $40 per petahash per second (PH/s) in hashprice terms, bitcoin’s latest price decline triggered a pullback in hashprice, reducing mining profitability since May 14. Conditions tightened further the next day when the difficulty adjustment arrived, pushing mining difficulty 3.12% higher than the previous epoch.
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Bitcoin difficulty hit 136.61T on May 15 as miner…
BTC’s slide toward $76,000 pushed bitcoin sentiment into bearish territory, according to Santiment. The firm said retail pessimism hit its weakest level in nearly four weeks, a setup it views as supportive for a potential rebound.
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Santiment said rising…
An alleged support impersonation scheme led to more than $13 million in cryptocurrency wallet losses, according to the DOJ. The case centers on fake support claims, unauthorized digital account access, wallet transfers, and laundering through luxury spending.
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Manhattanhenge 2026 is coming this month: Here's when and where to see the sunset spectacle
May 19, 2026
Twice each year, New Yorkers gather along Manhattan’s cross streets to watch the setting sun perfectly align with the city’s grid, creating one of the most striking urban skywatching events in the world: Manhattanhenge.
In 2026, Manhattanhenge will occur on May 28-29 and on July 11-12. The best views are typically along 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd and 57th Streets looking west toward New…
These Apollo 'UFO' images have been public for decades. So why are people talking about them now?
May 19, 2026
The Apollo photos really shouldn’t have been part of the big UFO drop.
Last Friday (May 8), the Pentagon released its first batch of declassified “UFO files,” responding to a directive that President Donald Trump issued in February.
Many of the 158 files focus on…
Space industry aficionados have big plans. They talk about the not so distant future when hundreds of thousands or even millions of satellites orbit planet Earth, beaming the internet to the unconnected, processing data in orbital computer centers, generating solar power and…
Google announced Gemini Intelligence last week as one of its most advanced AI features to ever exist on Android. New evidence suggests that Gemini Intelligence support is limited to a handful of phones and even more notable devices like the Z Fold 7 or even the Galaxy S25 may be unsupported.
Gemini Intelligence support won’t be present on any Android device, but only on “Android devices with…
Drug discovery is one of the most expensive pursuits in modern industry. Finding a single viable molecule can take a decade and cost billions, and most candidates still don’t make it. A generation of AI startups has promised to fix that – most have made the problem less…
Elon Musk’s claim that he was mistreated by his OpenAI co-founders failed after nine California jurors returned a unanimous verdict that his lawsuits had been filed too late.
Musk accused Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, OpenAI, and Microsoft of “stealing a charity” by…
Imagine you’re riding a motorcycle at 160 kilometers per hour when an arrow appears, floating on the road ahead, telling you exactly where to turn. No phone, no dashboard. Just your helmet, and a lens the size of a thumbnail.
This is not a concept video. It’s heading to European roads as early as this year. And it’s one early glimpse of where smart glasses are heading.
Over the past few…
