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Photo by Erik Romanenko\TASS via Getty Images Cryptocurrency miners in Kazakhstan are facing widespread electricity shortages amid a surge in mining, as reported by the Financial Times . Kazakhstan has been grappling with an overloaded energy grid as miners flock in from China, which cracked down on crypto earlier this year and banned crypto-based transactions in September. Over 87,849 “power-intensive” mining rigs have made their way from China to Kazakhstan According to the Financial Times , Kazakhstan’s demand for electricity has risen about eight percent since the beginning of 2021, a sharp increase from the one or two percent annual growth that the country typically experiences. The Financial Times’ research also estimates that over 87,849 “power-intensive” mining rigs have made... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/319daEh

Microsoft-owned GitHub is down, affecting thousands or potentially millions of developers that rely on its many services. GitHub started experiencing issues at around 3:45PM ET, with Git operations, API requests, GitHub actions, packages, pages, and pull requests all affected. “We’re investigating errors affecting most GitHub services,” says an incident update on the GitHub status page . “We’re actively investigating and will provide an update as soon as possible.” The status page lists problems with Git operations, API requests, webhooks, pull requests, GitHub actions, GitHub packages, and GitHub pages. Codespaces still seems to be operational, though. GitHub is now home to more than 73 million developers that rely on the service for... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3poB5bl

Photo by Nilay Patel / The Verge India has instructed the public not to preorder Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service, according to a report from Reuters . As the report notes, the Indian government says that the company needs to obtain a license to operate in the country before it starts deploying its services. Accordingly, the Government of India has asked the company to comply with Indian regulatory framework for rendering the satellite based communication services and refrain from booking/rendering the satellite internet services in India with immediate effect. — DoT India (@DoT_India) November 26, 2021 “Public is advised not to subscribe to Starlink services being advertised,” a tweet from India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) reads. The... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3recqZn

Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Update November 27th, 2:20PM ET: Amazon has sold out of PlayStation 5 consoles. We’ll be sure to keep you up to date when we hear of another round of restocks. Sony’s latest gaming console, the PS5, is one of many gaming gadgets that are hard to find in stock right now due to mostly online-only sales. If you are trying to get your hands on one, Amazon has restocked PS5 consoles right now , while supplies last (these links will help you add it directly to your cart — Disc , Digital ). The consoles are only available for Amazon Prime subscribers, continuing a trend of retailers restricting access to consoles for paying subscribers only . If you can’t add it to your cart, keep trying, occasionally the sites restock over a period of a few... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3nXwoWl

Photo by Oliver Berg/picture alliance via Getty Images Owlet has stopped selling its lineup of smart baby monitoring socks, which are supposed to track a baby’s vital signs and sleep patterns, after receiving a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). First reported by Deseret News , the FDA’s letter states that Owlet’s Smart Socks are considered medical devices, as they provide heart rate and oxygen level notifications, and that the company has been selling them without the proper “marketing approval, clearance, or authorization” from the FDA. The FDA didn’t “identify any safety concerns about the Smart Sock” Owlet has since pulled its family of Smart Socks, as well as any bundles that include the device from its site. “The Owlet Sock family of products is currently... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3xrV1xo

HBO mistakenly added the censored version of Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) to its streaming service, but said it will replace it with the R-rated version soon, as reported by CBR . Or… counterpoint. We have a version of the film that airs on broadcast cable and the unedited version of the film for streaming which has been up for a year (which the original post on CBR noted). Will be updated on Max. — Johanna Fuentes (@jfuentes) November 27, 2021 Johanna Fuentes, the head of communications at HBO’s parent company WarnerMedia, confirmed there are two versions of the film: a clean one for broadcast cable, and an unedited version for streaming. Fuentes notes that the Birds of Prey will be “updated on... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/2ZwFdgo

Still plenty of savings to be had Black Friday may be over, but the memory — and deals — remain. Right now, there are still a ton of great discounts to be had on 4K TVs , noise-canceling headphones , and gaming accessories . Some of these deals are likely to expire soon or run out of stock, but we’ll be doing everything we can to keep this page updated with all the deals left standing, many of which will likely carry over to Cyber Monday. Also, if you’re looking for more great gift ideas, make sure you take a look at our 2021 holiday gift guide for a few suggestions. Latest deal highlights: Anker’s Nano II, one of the smallest 65W chargers you can buy, is currently on sale at Walmart for $32. The DJI Mavic Mini Combo pack is $100 off at B&H Photo and Amazon , dropping... Continue reading… from The Verge - All Posts https://ift.tt/3l9JLRm