How much energy does it take to mine Bitcoin BTC? This question often sends shivers down the spine of environmentalists who have always rallied against crypto mining. Regulators already frown upon the ...

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what's coming next. You can read more from the series here. For more than a ...

Last December physicists working on fusion claimed a breakthrough. A team at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California announced it had extracted more energy from a controlled nuclear fusion ...

Heating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the fact that many ...

“People are often curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog post last week. The average query, Altman wrote, uses 0.34 ...

The lights are off, the house is quiet and nothing seems to be running. But electricity is silently flowing through the plugs in your home. This hidden drain is known as phantom energy. Also called ...

Hurricanes, heat waves and winter storms can have unpredictable effects on your energy usage. We'll show you how to protect your home and keep the power on. Whether you're dealing with hurricane ...

If you live in a deregulated area, you have the power to choose your electric provider. What to know before you make the switch. Chi Odogwu is a digital consultant, professor, and writer with over a ...