• Salvadoran Press Raises Doubts on Piggy Bank Funds' Ownership: 80% of BTC Came From Bitfinex – News Bitcoin News

    Reports from local Salvadoran press are raising questions about President Bukele’s announcement last week, when he transferred 5,690 BTC to a cold wallet, stating that all of these belonged to the country. Moises Alvarado, a Salvadoran journalist, found that 80% of the funds in this wallet came from Bitfinex, an international exchange, while 20% came […]

  • In the News: Up to $50,000 in Grants for Small Restaurants

    There is up to $50,000 in grants for small restaurants being offered by American Express to help historicall small restaurants nationwide.

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    This small change in the definition of broadband could have a big impact

    When I started using the internet in the 1970s, my business used a 1.544 megabits per second (Mbps) T1 connection. At home, I was lucky to have a 1,200 baud connection that delivered 1.2 kilobits per second (Kbps). We've gotten much faster since then. Since January 2015, however, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has defined "broadband" as 25Mbps for downloads and 3Mbps for uploads. Now, at last, the FCC has redefined broadband as a more robust 100Mbps for downloads and 20Mbps for...

  • Mohegan Arena celebrates 25 years with big news

    WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Celebrating 25 years of live entertainment and sporting events, Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, is now named the Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza. On Thursday, local leaders, community members, and arena management gathered together to commemorate the success of the arena and unveil some exciting announcements. As local []

  • Big Deal: Douglas Development to Purchase News Building

    Douglas Development’s construction plans have been slowed by a tight commercial real estate lending market, but the company headed by Douglas Jemal continues to buy properties.  Jemal is under contract []

  • Japan society on transgender issues to drop 'disorder' from name

    The Japanese Society of Gender Identity Disorder, a body promoting transgender studies, has decided to drop "disorder" from its name based on the latest understanding of people with gender identities differing from those assigned at birth. The change, announced Sunday at its general meeting, is in line with the World

  • Free Gaza and Free the Donbas Too!

    I quite frequently use this space to lament the untimely demise of the antiwar movement in this country and to wallow shamelessly in the miseries of what could have been. Those of my readers who have gone on to join the ranks of the loyal followers whom I lovingly describe as my very dearest motherfuckers More

  • Free Agency Tracker: Updated list of latest Cowboys news

    With NFL free agency starting this week, here is a running list of updates regarding the Cowboys’ free agents, both players signing or leaving for other teams.FA News: FA Day 1: Cowboys lose 3 players to open market Gallup departure looms? Cowboys options explained Zack Martin restructure gives Cowboys cap relief Dak 'excited' to see what 'all in' means to CowboysNFL Free Agents/Veterans:Dallas Cowboys Free Agents: Unrestricted Free Agents

  • Live Free or Die: An American Small Town v Global Imperialism

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwEQ6-TEC5k the Town of Stark New York, like many towns in Oneida and Herkimer Counties, is fighting the encroachment of industrial wind farms and industrial solar energy. At the Behest of the United Nations Environmental Program, New Leaf and TerraGen, wind farm, and solar farm developers, are funded by such groups as Capital Energy Partners,

  • Ransomware hits The Big Issue. Qilin group leaks confidential data

    The Qilin ransomware group has targeted The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless and vulnerable. Spost on Qilin's dark web leak site claimed the gang has stolen 550 GB of confidential data from the periodical's parent company. in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

  • Small victories: Army Applications Lab issues first progress report

    45 percent of AAL’s completed projects have “transitioned” into regular DoD programs, but AAL admits others “end up in the valley of death due to factors external to the project, even if the project meets all milestones and the technology solves the military problem.”

  • 5 takeaways from Doug Pederson's post-free agency press conference

    Where will the newcomers fit in the Jaguars' lineup and what does the team