US officials say they're worried a Chinese-owned bitcoin mine in Wyoming will pose a national security threat, NYT reports

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  • A Bitcoin mine in Wyoming is on the radar of Pentagon officials. 
  • The mine is connected to multiple Chinese companies and sits across from a Microsoft data center. 
  • The company said that its placement near the data center, which supports the Pentagon, was unrelated. 

Pentagon officials monitoring a Bitcoin operation in Wyoming that sits across from a Microsoft data center and a

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Cricket World Cup: Where to watch India vs. Pakistan live stream free from anywhere

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You've picked an excellent game if you're just tuning into the Cricket World Cup. We have everything you need on how to watch a free India vs. Pakistan live stream today, and better yet, it will set you up for a range of other free matches during the tournament - more details on those

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Here's the US weaponry Israel will likely use in its ground invasion of Gaza and how Hamas could respond

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  • Israel is currently preparing for a ground invasion in Gaza. 
  • Israel receives billions in aid from the US, including weaponry like F-35 fighter jets. 
  • Meanwhile, Hamas uses weaponry from Russia and China. 

Israel is mobilizing for a ground operation in Gaza following Hamas' deadly terror attacks last weekend that claimed more than 1,300 lives, many of them

No military response can end the Israel-Hamas conflict, peace experts say. Even if Israel wipes out Hamas, another group will likely take its place

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Palestinian Hamas militants are seen during a military show in the Bani Suheila district on July 20, 2017 in Gaza City, Gaza.

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  • Israel appears to be preparing for a ground invasion of Gaza where it hopes to wipe out Hamas.
  • But experts on peace and terrorism said a strictly militaristic approach is unlikely to create change.
  • "It is extremely rare for a terror group to be wiped

'It rocks my spirit.' Harvard students share their takes on the difficult week on campus.

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It was a difficult week at the Harvard University campus for some students.

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  • Harvard students spoke to Insider about the controversies roiling the campus.
  • The disputes followed the terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and a letter signed by student groups.
  • One student said he was "frustrated and angry and sad" by the week's developments.

For all the privilege students at Harvard enjoy, it

You Can Now Read the Whole Earth Catalog Online

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Remember the Whole Earth Catalog? If you’re a fan of the anarcho-libertarian magazine that helped usher in a popular interest in all things tech and internet culture, there’s good news: a nearly complete collection of the publication’s archive has been digitized and uploaded to the web for easy browsing.

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Is your X ad revenue sharing payment smaller than you expected?

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Now that X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has managed to repeatedly send out its ad revenue sharing payments on time without any last-minute delays, engineer Eric Farraro is answering questions from users who still aren’t getting the payments they expect. Reasons include: 1) X users only earn ad revenue from other paying X users, 2) advertisers