Montpeculiar: Luckily, This Was Not an Actual Legislative Session

by Kevin McCallum on January 5, 2021 at 6:33PM

Even in normal times, following legislative votes can be hard enough for the public, with the differences between voice and roll-call votes often lost on all but the lawmakers and those who make it their professional business to track the legislature’s at-times mysterious machinations. Remote technology only complicates matters, as the practice session demonstrated.

UVM Medical Center Confirms Cyberattack Involved Ransomware

by Colin Flanders on December 22, 2020 at 6:02PM

Gentile said officials never considered contacting the attackers because even if the hospital received the encryption key, it would still have needed to rebuild the downed systems to ensure the malware was eliminated. Though it took the hospital only about two hours to find the file Gentile described, UVM Medical Center officials repeatedly said they did not know whether the attack involved a form of ransomware — a point they emphasized by noting that they had not received any requests for money.

Vermont Tech Company Develops AI Software That Can Detect COVID Status

by Colin Flanders on December 7, 2020 at 7:42PM

," he said. "It’s like punching numbers into a graphing calculator."

Generator Maker Space Prototyping Face Shields for Hospitals

by Colin Flanders on March 26, 2020 at 3:23PM

Vermont Sues 'Dystopian' Facial Recognition App Maker Clearview AI

by Derek Brouwer on March 10, 2020 at 3:06PM

Burlington, Schurz Communications Announce Investment in Tech Economy

by Courtney Lamdin on October 15, 2019 at 3:03PM

The money will be funneled into two separate pots. The Burlington Telecom Innovation Fund will invest $250,000 a year in a Burlington company in the startup or growth phase, and the STEM & Technical Skill Fund will provide a $50,000 annual grant to a nonprofit or similar organization that promotes technical education and workforce development.

Winooski-Based BioTek to Sell for Nearly $1.2 Billion

by Paul Heintz on July 11, 2019 at 8:00AM

something he started in a garage has turned into something of this scale — this is like the unicorn,” Alpert said. "There are not many businesses that you create that grow to this kind of scale, size and value, and I think he’d be proud of the way we did it.”

Software Firm Serving Vermont Towns Penalized for Security Problems

by Matthew Roy on May 23, 2019 at 6:17PM

Schurz Communications Seals Burlington Telecom Deal

by Katie Jickling on March 13, 2019 at 4:40PM

"There was a strong belief that there was virtually no chance of the Supreme Court undoing the transaction, so all parties were willing to move forward," Weinberger said. Some of the $30.8 million payment from Schurz will repay loans from Citibank and Blue Water Holdings, while some cash will go to consultants Dorman & Fawcett.

Fire Consumes a Tesla Model X on Iced-Over Shelburne Bay

by Sasha Goldstein on February 28, 2019 at 10:56PM

The driver, whose identity Ouimet did not know, then drove his Tesla onto the bay to go ice fishing. He was out of the car when he heard a hiss, and the $82,000 vehicle went up in flames.