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Technology

Jan 30, 2020

S.C. National Guard building cybersecurity facility

The facility will be built at the University of South Carolina Aiken campus near the Savannah River National Laboratory Advanced Manufacturing Center. It aims to spur collaboration between government and private-sector cyber experts.

Jan 20, 2020

USC School of Law to hold ransomware training

The National Cybersecurity Legal Institute reports more than 950 organizations were victims of ransomware attacks in 2019, with an estimated $9 billion in damage. The training session will be held March 5.

Dec 18, 2019

Cybersecurity presents serious, potentially expensive business issue

Experts say businesses must be vigilant in protecting information belonging to them and to clients. Threats can range from individual hackers to governments and cost companies an average of $3.9 million a year, according to one insider.

Dec 5, 2019

BullStreet District getting another tech company

Truematter is moving its 13 employees and headquarters from West Columbia to the second floor of the Ensor Building in the BullStreet District. The company specializes in user experience strategy and design.

Nov 14, 2019

IT support company to open Clarendon County office

The Manning technology innovation center will be the third facility Provalus has opened in rural communities since its 2017 founding. The center is expected to create 105 jobs.

Nov 4, 2019

S.C. Fraunhofer USA Alliance bridging companies and countries

Software provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering will be used to connect academic institutions, businesses, entrepreneurs, researchers and development officials in South Carolina and Germany.

Oct 28, 2019

Richland Library offers NewsGuard browser extension

NewsGuard uses a color coding system to indicate whether articles appearing in browsers or social media sites are posted by reliable sources that practice responsible journalism.

Oct 23, 2019

South Carolina gets grant for broadband expansion

The USDA grant money will be used to improve high-speed internet access for nearly 4,000 households in Orangeburg County.

Oct 22, 2019

S.C. attorney general investigating Facebook

Attorney General Alan Wilson is working with his counterparts from 47 other states to investigate possible antitrust violations by the social media platform.

Sep 19, 2019

Upgrades aim to increase library internet speed

Some libraries have broadband internet speeds as low as 20 to 40 megabits per second. Upgrades made possible by a new service provider contract are improving those speeds at libraries statewide.

Aug 27, 2019

USC students developing technology for Nephron

The University of South Carolina College of Engineering and Computing will build a fully functional, sterile compounding lab at the McNair Aerospace Center to help develop a robotic-syringe filling process.

Aug 22, 2019

S.C. attorney general joins legal battle against illegal robocalls

A coalition comprising the attorneys general of every U.S. state and the District of Columbia has joined with 12 phone companies to adopt a strategy to fight illegal automated phone calls.