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CHARLESTON – Disciplinary incidents in West Virginia’s school system overall decreased from the previous school year, but incidents, referrals and suspensions for students who are poor, in foster care and homeless are all up, and disparities for minority students persist.The state Department of Education submitted its semi-annual report on student discipline to the West Virginia General Assembly in July. The report was presented to the Legislative Oversight Committee on Educational Accountability on Sunday during the Legislature’s August mid-session.The number of disciplinary incidents in West Virginia public schools decreased 3.8%, from 169,963 in the 2022-2023 school year to 163,473 in the…
A data breach at Caresping Health Care Management led to the personal health information of up to 67,000 people being stolen amid growing cybersecurity risks for care homes. According to a complaint filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, CareSpring was hit by a cyberattack by ransomware group NoEscape in October, which led to the theft of 364 gigabytes of data. The information exposed will vary by individual but may include names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medical information, health insurance information, and medical diagnosis information. The lawsuit alleges that CareSpring…
Since July 12, four unnamed American Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have been hacked. All of these ISPs used the same platform to manage and control large network enterprises. By compromising this platform, hackers were able to steal encrypted customer credentials. Black Lotus Labs first discovered and reported the vulnerability in the Versa Director (the platform used by these four ISPs) two days ago. Researchers identified the first exploitation of the vulnerability as far back as June 12, 2024, but it was only fixed on August 26, 2024. Attackers hijacked small office and home office routers to compromise Versa Director systems.…
Sponsored Content: 15% of US adults use the internet on mobile only. Is your business safe? Published Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at 7:00 AM (Photo from www.freekpik.com) The rise in smartphone usage and ownership continues to change internet habits as browsing websites becomes easier and mobile becomes more reliable year after year. Sites are gradually accessed from smartphones instead of desktops, and more frequently now as the “website” viewing feature can be easily enabled on any browser to get the best of both worlds. Broadband internet use at home is on the rise. 20% to 15% since 2018 And this…
Google Meet’s newest AI-powered feature, “Note-taking,” is available starting today for Google Workspace customers with Gemini Enterprise, Gemini Education Premium, or the AI Meetings & Messaging add-on. It’s similar to Meet’s transcription tool, but instead of automatically transcribing everything said, it summarizes what everyone said. Google first announced the feature at its 2023 Cloud Next conference.Unfortunately, it only supports English audio at the moment, but it seems to make missing an important meeting less stressful: It automatically takes notes in a Google Doc and attaches the file to your calendar event after the meeting so you can refer to it…
Gary Reino, InDepthNH.org CONCORD — Data used by the Department of Education to flag roughly 25 percent of Education Freedom Account student eligibility determinations in compliance reports will not be provided to the Legislative Budget Assistant’s Office for a lawfully required audit of the program’s performance. The program has grown exponentially since it began three years ago, but it is nearly impossible to determine whether the nonprofit organizations that run the programs are properly checking the program’s eligibility requirements and differentiated state aid, or whether parents are using the grant money for eligible education expenses and the organizations are identifying…
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – RANGE has launched a study to identify locations for broadband internet in the Texas Panhandle region. The $110 million initiative is aimed at expanding internet access throughout the Panhandle region, according to a news release. RANGE is currently working on developing maps to identify fiber optic routes and future access point locations. As part of this effort, RANGE is seeking input from local business owners, landowners, farmers and others.Participants can complete a short survey that takes less than five minutes to identify areas where expanded internet access is most needed. The survey results will be used…
Hardware is always a main focus of Nvidia’s GPU technology conferences, and this year saw a preview of the “Blackwell” data center GPU, which is the basis of the 2025 platform that includes the “Grace” CPU, NVLink Switch 5 chip, Bluefield-3 DPU, and other components — all components Nvidia will be highlighting again at its Hot Chips 2024 conference this week. What has received less attention is Nvidia’s NIM strategy to make it easier and faster for developers to create AI applications. There’s been a lot of buzz about Nvidia Inference Microservices, but with the likes of Blackwell on the…
More than a year after federal law enforcement agencies were hit by a massive ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware group is threatening to leak what it claims to be 386GB of data from the United States Marshals Service (USMS).The gang claims the data, which consists of more than 327,000 files, includes “top secret” documents, gang files, information on ongoing cases and files from a 2022 drug operation called “Operation Turnbuckle,” according to HackManac, who posted screenshots of the gang’s claims on the X social media platform.Hunters International said it would release the data if the ransom wasn’t paid by…
Samsung is rolling out the August 2024 security update for the Galaxy Z Flip 5G in the US, following an earlier release in Europe. The update is currently available on locked models and will expand to other regions soon.Main Features of the August 2024 UpdateThe latest update aims to enhance the security and stability of your Galaxy Z Flip 5G by incorporating the latest Android security patches. Here’s a detailed look at what the update brings:Enhanced securityVulnerability fixes: The August 2024 security patch fixes 34 high-level Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) and 14 Samsung Vulnerabilities and Exposures (SVEs) identified by…