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WESTVLETEREN, Belgium (Reuters) – Belgian Trappist monks who brew one of the world’s most coveted beers are turning to online sales to ensure their limited supply goes directly to beer lovers rather than to profiteers. Glasses with Belgian Trappist beer Westvleteren are seen at Sint-Sixtus abbey in Westvleteren, Belgium June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman The […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – On May 23, six different Internet Cafes across Tallahassee were searched by undercover agents equipped with surveillance cameras. 1350 Mahan Drive: Cyber Connections Since the searches, WCTV has learned new information from the search warrants of these busts. Neighboring store owners to these internet cafes are hoping that the closure of […]

THE CHIEF of Madhogarh, a picturesque village nestled beneath a 17th-century fortified palace in the heart of Rajasthan, came to Indra Sharma three years ago to ask if she would attend a workshop. “Something about the internet,” Ms Sharma, a 40-year-old child-care worker, recalls. She had no particular interest in this internet thing. But she […]

Publishing panels can be a bit stuffy, but that was far from the case at the latest PubTechConnect event, “Book Lovers on the Internet: Connecting with Readers in Digital Ways,” held at New York University on June 12. The event, produced by the Center for Publishing at NYU’s School of Professional Studies in conjunction with […]

Wireless communication links, social networks and smartphones as examples of data-generating sources that can be harnessed for environmental monitoring. Credit: Noam David The use of prevalent technologies and crowdsourced data may benefit weather forecasting and atmospheric research, according to a new paper authored by Dr. Noam David, a visiting scientist at the Laboratory of Associate […]

HAMILTON, Mo. — A small idea in a small town has made a huge impact. Quilting turned the northern Missouri town of Hamilton into a thriving tourist destination. Jenny Doan is the woman behind the transformation. She and her children posted quilting tutorials on YouTube nearly 10 years ago, and her popularity went international almost […]

Jack Dorsey, the founder of popular social media app Twitter and of the widely used payment processing service Square, has long been a notable proponent of Bitcoin, previously stating that he believes BTC could one day be the singular global currency. Now, Dorsey is further doubling down on his bullishness for Bitcoin and crypto in […]

A malicious internet attack on San Bruno’s municipal cable company led to disruptions in internet and telephone service around the city Saturday, officials said. The outages affected “significant portions of the city’s network,” a recorded message on the San Bruno Municipal Cable TV company’s phone line said, and are “the result of a malicious internet […]

Students who don’t have access to high-speed internet are part of the “homework gap,” In Michigan, some will get it via an obscure government radio frequency carrying it to the Upper Peninsula. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A quarter of rural Americans don’t have access to the Internet. Northern Michigan University in the state’s Upper Peninsula has […]

Photograph by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Facebook stock will rally because of its ad growth opportunity in video, according to Deutsche Bank. The back story. Facebook shares (ticker: FB) have risen more than 30% so far this year. In April, the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results. Earlier this month, both The Wall Street Journal […]