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With millions of people out of the workforce due to Long COVID, and millions more who will likely be permanently disabled by Long COVID within the next year or two, it’s inevitable that staff shortage

I interviewed a few people in the cybersecurity industry who have been greatly harmed in the COVID pandemic. Frank Barton is a cybersecurity-minded sysadmin in the higher education sector. He has been

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As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., have begun communicating with congressional investigators