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An FBI study shows that in the past year, the reported incidents of internet fraud in the United States in 2019 jumped by nearly one-third to more than 467,000 cases, while the total dollar value swindled from unsuspecting internet consumers exceeded $3.5 billion. Both amounts are records in the 20 years that the FBI has […]

Federal money to bring fast internet to a rural community has arrived in a $4.4 million grant, the first time the government has picked a Georgia project to receive a share of $600 million worth of funding. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that the money will go to the Ellijay Telephone Co., […]

Albert Einstein wanted nothing to do with it: he mocked the strange concept of quantum entanglement as “spooky action at a distance.” But a hundred years on, Einstein’s bugbear could help create an ultra-secure internet network, thanks to the most reliable technique yet for entangling nodes along miles of fiber-optic cable. With entanglement, an object […]

“After lunchtime, you can pretty much count out of doing much work,” said Carver. “I can’t send emails. If I’m doing any kind of form or work online, it kicks me off. Sometimes, it can take up to ten times just to get a form filled out and sent. It’s really crazy.”

WAUSAU, Wis (WSAW) — Tuesday, February 11th is known as ‘Safer Internet Day’ around the globe. Although the internet is sometimes helpful, it can be dangerous for a lot of children. According to the annual report from Wisconsin Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Task Force, the number of tips filled about online child predators in […]

CLOSE People searching for a partner may be more vulnerable on Valentine’s Day. These hopeless romantics are often the target for online scammers around the holiday. Veuer’s Susana Victoria Perez has more. Buzz60 SARASOTA — A devastating internet crime is on the rise in Florida, and it already has claimed close to 1,200 victims who […]

The internet is here to stay. For those of us on this editorial board, and for millions of others who grew up without the internet, life as we knew it went on. Quite honestly, life was a lot simpler before the internet came along, especially for kids. Instead of being glued to the computer after […]

This year, Wisconsin will provide a record amount of money for broadband internet in underserved areas of the state that need it for business, government and school. The $24 million the state is making available in 2020 through the Broadband Expansion Grant Program is the largest amount since the program began in 2014. But it […]

You have your popcorn and you’ve got your movie picked out on your favorite streaming service. You’re cuddled up on the couch ready to go, but five minutes in, the video starts buffering. Frustrated, you check your router, and it’s definitely working. What’s wrong? The answer might be your internet speed. Tap or click here […]