Why Plattsburgh, New York? It’s simple: the small town has the « cheapest electricity in the world, » as Mayor Colin Read told Motherboard. Mining involves using high powered computers to solve complex problems, and thus be rewarded with cryptocurrency. It generates a lot of heat and uses an inordinate amount of electricity. It makes sense that…

Pro tip: If you just want to see the raw engine fire, skip ahead to the ~3:15 mark.CEDAR PARK, Texas— »Last time you came out here, it was just a pile of dirt, » Firefly Aerospace CEO and rocket scientist Tom Markusic tells me. I looked it up afterwards—he’s not lying. Back in 2014 when Ars Senior…

Big Picture From being a one-sided affair, the India-Bangladesh clash has become a more tightly fought contest. Having won three of their four matches in the Nidahas Trophy, India go into the final as favourites. This despite the absence of several key players, including captain Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni. India, however, will have to…

MIAMI (AP) — As crews began removing bodies from beneath a collapsed pedestrian bridge Saturday, a victim’s uncle raged against what he called the « complete incompetence » and « colossal failure » that allowed people to drive beneath the unfinished concrete span. « Why they had to build this monstrosity in the first place to get children across the…

It’s March Madness time for TV fans. Of course I don’t mean basketball; I mean the nail-biting agony of waiting for networks to renew your favorite shows. This is the fourth year in a row of that special hell for Jane the Virgin viewers, and the third for a dangerously small but fiercely dedicated Crazy…

ANNOUNCER: –Swansea. Let’s take a look at the highlights from the Liberty Stadium. Highlights, only for Tottenham in this game. ANNOUNCER: Yeah, it was all Spurs. And in particular, Lamela and Eriksen linking up here. There will be more from them later on. Erikssen, on his right. On his right, takes it to his left.…

Theresa May has said that Britain is considering its ‘next steps’ after the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter (Picture: Getty)Theresa May has said that Britain is considering its ‘next steps’ in the wake of 23 British diplomats being expelled from Russia. This week, May expelled 23 Russian diplomats and severed high-level contacts…

This is the moment police stormed a house to rescue a pregnant woman, 24, after her mother and sister were killed in a hail of bullets last night – as police quiz a 35-year-old man on suspicion of murder. Firearms officers were dispatched to St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, following reports of gunfire shortly before 8pm,…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTheresa May: « We will never tolerate a threat to the life of British citizens and others on British soil »Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats in a row over the nerve agent attack on an-ex spy and his daughter in the UK. The Russian foreign ministry said…