Nation Mar 21 Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox finds $119 million in missing bitcoins Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which filed for bankruptcy in February after losing 744,408 bitcoins belonging to customers in addition to 100,000 it owned, reports it has found nearly a quarter of its lost cache in a forgotten online wallet.
Nation Mar 21 Treasure hunt for long-buried ‘E.T.’ video games to begin in New Mexico E.T. may have phoned home in the hit 1982 feature film, but the mass-produced 1982 video game of the same name had trouble finding enough homes to play it. In fact, so many cartridges went unsold or returned that a…
Nation Mar 20 BP wins two dozen oil bids after EPA lifts ban BP won 24 new oil tracts Wednesday after a 16-month ban from new federal contracts was lifted from the company.
Science Mar 19 Losing sleep can lead to brain damage, scientists warn Research published in the Journal of Neuroscience Tuesday claims that chronic sleep loss can lead to a permanent loss of brain cells -- nullifying any hope to “make up” for lost sleep.
World Mar 18 Report: NSA has system capable of recording an entire country’s phone calls Every telephone call made in a foreign country can be recorded and replayed by the National Security Agency through their voice interception program, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Documents provided by Edward Snowden say that the surveillance technology, named MYSTIC,…
World Mar 18 Putin signs treaty to annex Crimea into Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside several Crimean officials, signed a treaty Tuesday to incorporate the Ukraine region of Crimea into Russia days after a referendum overwhelmingly approved the annexation.
Science Mar 17 After 1,600 years frozen, Antarctic moss shows ‘unprecedented’ survival A moss plant that spent around 1,600 years under Antarctic ice has been revived by scientists and is growing anew in a case of “unprecedented millennial-scale survival.”…
Nation Mar 14 U.S. plans to relinquish federal control over Internet The Washington Post reported Friday that the United States intends to give up federal government authority over the administration of the Internet.
Economy Mar 13 McDonald’s employees file class-action lawsuits over wage theft On Thursday, seven class-action lawsuits were filed against McDonald’s by employees who allege the company has committed wage theft violations.
Nation Mar 12 Rare tree may find itself on the chopping block for train A 52-feet tall albino chimero coast redwood -- a tree so rare it is believed to be one of less than 10 in the world -- may end up under the axe in order to make way for a commuter…