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Manassas man charged with producing and distributing child sexual abuse material out of day care center 07/17/2021 01:05pm • Virginia State Police arrested a Manassas man on charges of producing and distributing what they describe as "child sexual abuse material" out of a home daycare facility on Friday. The internet crimes against children task force took Filomon Ventura Fernandez, 48, into custody after serving a war Northam: Va. to spend $700 million in federal money for universal broadband by 2024 07/16/2021 02:37pm • Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that the commonwealth will use $700 million in American Rescue Plan funds to bring about universal broadband in Virginia by 2024. “It’s time to close the digital divide in our Commonwealth and treat internet service like the 21st century necessity How a walk in the woods could end with a forced change to your diet 07/14/2021 06:42pm • Play time in the outdoors ended with one local boy having to swear off hamburgers for good. Lauren Katz's 10-year-old son, Abram, developed an allergy to burgers and other red meats after getting bit by a tick. “I had heard what I thought were urban legends about getting a tick bite and then Jeff Bezos gives Smithsonian a record $200 million 07/14/2021 04:00pm • Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is donating $200 million to the Smithsonian Institution, the largest single donation since its founding gift from James Smithson in 1846, the museum announced Wednesday. The Smithsonian said in a statement that $70 million of Bezos' gift will be used to support the renov What Is Proof-of-Stake, and Why Is Ethereum Adopting It? 07/14/2021 12:00am • Just looking at the headlines, cryptocurrencies are in a downturn. The price of Bitcoin has dropped by around half since its peak. More speculative projects, such as Dogecoin, have fallen even further. While this may be discouraging to day traders and fast money types, for longer-term investors, th CNBC ranks Virginia as America's best 2021 business state 07/13/2021 10:06am • Virginia earned the top slot in CNBC's 2021 ranking of America's best states for business, boasting a strong workforce and a solid education system after weathering a year of the coronavirus pandemic. The commonwealth also earned top honors from CNBC's prior review in 2019, becoming the first sta 4 Ways to Improve SAT Science Analysis Skills 07/12/2021 12:00am • Unlike the ACT, which contains a 35-minute section devoted entirely to science, the SAT does not specifically test science content. However, two passages of SAT reading -- or one passage and one passage pair -- and about 25% of the SAT writing and language section cover natural science topics, maki Group rallies for voting rights amid All-Star Game events 07/11/2021 08:59pm • DENVER (AP) — Amid the fanfare, celebrity softball games and other events surrounding Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game, a group rallied Sunday to call attention to what brought the Summer Classic to Denver in the first place: voting rights. The group gathered at Metropolitan State Univer Data Doctors: Preventing website pop-up notifications 07/09/2021 02:12pm • Q: I’m constantly getting pop-up notifications from all kinds of websites on my computer. Does this mean that I have a virus? A: The currency of the internet is often referred to as "eyeballs" because getting the attention of the user is a key way to generate revenue. You’ve probably notic Transportation Department readies new airline consumer protections 07/06/2021 08:19pm • The way airlines handle extra, optional fees -- such as the charges to check a bag or reserve a specific seat -- could change under a set of rules being developed by the Biden administration. The rules -- requiring faster refunds and upfront disclosure of fees -- are under development at the US T Unemployment scams reach record levels across the US 07/06/2021 06:15am • FBI officials began sounding the alarm on a wave of scams, including unemployment fraud, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, concerns have only grown as new levels of fraud are uncovered across the United States. During the pandemic, about 50% of unemployment claims, or $400 bi After cracking down on Didi, China launches probe into other US-listed tech giants 07/05/2021 05:29am • Just one day after ride-hailing giant Didi was banned from app stores in China, authorities have started investigating three other major technology services, citing concerns about national data security. The companies under investigation recently went public in the US stock market, even though ge Data Doctors: The latest version of Microsoft Edge 07/02/2021 05:36am • Q: Should I consider using Microsoft Edge as my browser? A: There was a time when there wasn’t much to think about when it came to browsing the Internet. Windows users defaulted to Internet Explorer; Mac users used Safari. What was initially a simple utility became the gateway to users for t 8 Best Semiconductor Stocks to Buy Amid a Global Chip Shortage 07/01/2021 12:00am • Analysts recommend these semiconductor stocks.A global chip shortage has disrupted the semiconductor industry as demand continues to outpace supply. However, analysts now expect the shortage to subside starting in the second half of the year, and plenty of semiconductor stocks are performing well de 5 of the Best Tech Stocks to Buy for July 07/01/2021 12:00am • Tech stocks are back on the upswing. It was a rough spring for the technology sector, as traders instead turned their attention to reopening stocks along with cryptocurrencies and meme plays. However, now crypto has plunged and reopening stocks are taking on water as well amid a surge in COVID-19 v