The Internet, social media and billions of cell phones are producing what scientists call "big data," information in such huge quantities that it might be useful for predicting political crises, ...

Iran’s internet blackout raises questions for Bitcoin mining. How much risk does it pose, and could it impact the global network?

The government of the de facto state of Abkhazia disconnected the entire republic from the internet for seven hours on December 10, with crypto miners blamed for crippling power shortages. The Russian ...