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![The Hardin Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant that is also home to the cryptocurrency "mining" operation Big Horn Data Hub, is seen on April 20, 2022, in Hardin, Mont. Energy from burning coal is used to power thousands of computers that are kept on site to produce the digital currency known as bitcoins.]()
Energy-thirsty Bitcoin miners dump fossil fuels for TX wind farmWith the cryptocurrency industry under increasing pressure to rein in the environmental impact of its massive electricity consumption, Marathon Digital Holdings made the decision to pack up its...By AMY BETH HANSON
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Houston is sinking at a rate faster than the rise of sea levels, which could lead to the city...
![Houston is sinking at a rate faster than the rise of sea levels, which could lead to the city disappearing in less than 100 years.]()
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Problems began before the flight even took off.
![A first-class passenger aboard a Friday Delta Airlines flight to Phoenix was arrested after allegedly assaulting and shouting homophobic slurs at a flight attendant while the plane was in transit.]()
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Vidor has a history as a 'sun-down town,' in which Black people were not permitted after dark.
![Vidor's Chris Dilly crosses into the end zone after eluding Lumberton's defense during Friday's match-up in Vidor. Photo made Friday, November 5, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise]()
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Use this natural remedy to boost your immune response as COVID cases rise.
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![Students on campus at the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 13, 2021.]()
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![In an era of Instagram and TikTok, social media is encroaching on teenagers’ time more than ever. Experts say it’s important for caregivers to help adolescents understand the risks.]()
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![Texas has the third highest carbon emissions related to Bitcoin mining in the U.S.]()
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- The letter also denied that the agency had issued subpoenas in the Musk Twitter case.
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![Following its passing, other states have expressed interest in imitating Texas' restrictive abortion law Senate Bille 8.]()
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![Austin's newspaper of record will fold its Saturday print. The Austin American-Statesman is part of 135 other papers owned by Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in America.]()
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![Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is doing a “good job at making everyone mad at us.”]()
- Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook saw a historic plunge Thursday after the social media giant reported a rare profit decline due to a sharp rise in expenses, shaky ad revenue growth, competition from TikTok and fewer daily U.S.... By BARBARA ORTUTAY
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- Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook saw a historic plunge Thursday after the social media giant reported a rare profit decline due to a sharp rise in expenses, shaky ad revenue growth, competition from TikTok and fewer daily U.S.... By BARBARA ORTUTAY
- The “rolling stop” feature allows vehicles to roll through stop signs up to 5.6 miles per hour. By TOM KRISHER
- They will delay turning on 5G cell towers within a 2-mile radius of airport runways. By DAVID KOENIG
- The company has leased half of what will be Austin’s tallest skyscraper, making the social media giant the latest major business to expand in the state. By Bre Bradham
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![Many gamers these days like to play online with friends. Discord helps them do that.]()
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![Elon Musk Actually Lives in a Texas Mansion: Elon Musk has claimed that the only home he lives in is a $50,000 pad in Texas, after selling the remainder of his vast real estate portfolio. However, the Wall Street Journal has recently found this claim to be false, given that Musk occasionally stays in a sprawling Texas mansion that belongs to billionaire Ken Howery—in addition to searching for his own luxe pad in Austin.]()
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![This Feb. 25 file photo shows the icon for TikTok in New York. TikTok asked a judge to block the Trump Administration’s attempt to ban its app, suggesting the Chinese-owned app’s deal with Oracle and Walmart remains unsettled. An app-store ban, delayed once by the government, is set to go into effect Sunday, Sept. 27.]()
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![Americans widely distrust Facebook, TikTok and Instagram with their data, poll finds]()
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![The evening sky looms over the SpaceX SN9 and SN10 rockets on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 at Boca Chica Village, Texas. SpaceX is planning a test launch of their SN9 rocket this week.]()
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![FILE - CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk said on Twitter, Monday, Nov. 1, he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations’ food agency if it could show how the money would solve world hunger.]()
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![The evening sky looms over the SpaceX SN9 and SN10 rockets on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 at Boca Chica Village, Texas. SpaceX is planning a test launch of their SN9 rocket this week.]()
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![FILE - CEO Elon Musk departs from the justice center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Musk said on Twitter, Monday, Nov. 1, he will sell $6 billion worth of Tesla stock and donate it to the United Nations’ food agency if it could show how the money would solve world hunger.]()
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![Community First! residents can choose to live in an RV, micro-home or canvas-sided cottage.]()
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![Tesla revealed its Tesla Bot in August 2021.]()
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![(FILES) In this file photoa woman walks past the Samsung logo at the company's Seocho building in Seoul on October 25, 2020 - Samsung Electronics flagged a 25.7 percent rise in fourth-quarter operating profits on January 8, with working and learning from home under the coronavirus pandemic driving demand for the devices powered by its chips. Operating profit for October to December was expected to be 9 trillion won ($8.2 billion), said the company, the world's largest maker of smartphones and memory chips. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)]()
