The treat, good as a side or a condiment, can be found in a few places across the Roanoke Valley, or made at home.
Tad Dickens
Tad Dickens is technology reporter for Cardinal News. He previously worked for the Bristol Herald Courier and The Roanoke Times and likes to bang on his drums when he can. Reach at tad@cardinalnews.org or 540 293-6018.
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Tech briefs: Sen. Warner seeks comment on potential law for AI agents market
Plus: Energy Department gives Virginia Tech $2.8 million for a project to improve energy transmission; Smyth, Washington counties receive GO Virginia grant for shared industrial park.
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Investment firm to buy troubled tech company Luna Innovations
The company, formerly headquartered in Roanoke, had recently settled a class-action lawsuit for $7.3 million, after plaintiffs alleged securities fraud.
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Tech Briefs: Virginia adds a new term, agrivoltaics, to its code of laws
Plus: Jefferson Lab Data Center will provide research boon to Virginia Tech, professor says.
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Tech Briefs: Virginia Tech adds an artificial intelligence minor to its curriculum
Plus: The Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council offers Ecosystem Navigator office hours.
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Bedford County wants out of a broadband deployment project that is in danger of missing a federal deadline
RiverStreet Networks is seeking financing to complete internet service to nearly 40,000 locations in Southwest and Central Virginia. In Bedford County, where RiverStreet has about 950 locations left to serve, local officials say there has been no new work in about a year.
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Grandin Theatre digging a hole for performer perks
A new dressing room and restroom area are being constructed underground, adjacent to the Roanoke theater’s new green room.
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Martinsville mayor, ex-city manager file federal lawsuits
Mayor L.C. Jones has sued the law firm Sands Anderson and council member Aaron Rawls on counts including defamation. Aretha Ferrell-Benavides’ suit against the city of Martinsville, Sands Anderson and Rawls includes allegations of discrimination, hostile work environment and retaliation by the city, and defamation against Rawls and Sands Anderson.
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Tech Briefs: New bill backed by Warner would curb energy costs, demands from data centers
Plus: An ARC grant will fund a Radford University study on AI and workforce development.
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More than 30,000 customers await broadband connections as provider struggles to complete work
RiverStreet Networks is attempting to secure further funding to finish its work in a dozen localities across Southside and Central Virginia. But federal deadlines are looming.
