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A small Vancouver web hosting firm with a history of helping controversial websites has recently struck a deal to help another notorious internet community.

Nick Lim, founder of VanwaTech, confirmed to OPB on Tuesday that his company is providing hosting services to Kiwi Farms, an internet message board under intense scrutiny for hateful content posted by some of its users.

According to NBC News, Kiwi Farms is currently at the “epicenter of vicious, anti-trans harassment campaigns,” with some users doxxing and filing false police reports against people.

The message board had temporarily fallen off the internet over the weekend. Its last web services provider, Cloudflare, blocked Kiwi Farms amid a heightened public pressure campaign. Cloudflare wrote that, in recent weeks, the message…

When dedicated volunteer, team member and Board of Director member, Anita Ulwelling, passed away unexpectedly in January 2021, the Hormel Historic Home knew they needed to celebrate her legacy.  

Family members of Ulwelling’s approached the Hormel Historic Home to discuss the possibility of remembering her annually around her birthday to honor her legacy and raise funds for the historic house museum.

Ulwelling’s favorite polka band was Barefoot Becky, so plans are set to host an annual polka night, alongside food and beverages, which were added to the plan so everyone can enjoy an entire evening at the HHH.

Burgers, Brats & Barefoot Becky will be held starting with food being served at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday night, followed by the concert at 7-9 p.m.

People are…

It may seem that to be an entrepreneur; you need to leave your home and set up an office somewhere. While this may be true for some businesses, many tasks can be done from the comfort of your own home. Here are a few entrepreneurial tasks that can be done from home

Start a blog or website

Blogging and website creation are two great ways to start your own business from home. To start a blog, all you need is a domain name and web hosting. A domain name is the address of your website (e.g., www.yourbusinessname.com), and web hosting is the service that stores your website’s files on the internet. There are many affordable options for domain names and web hosting, so you can find one that fits your budget.

Once you have a domain name and web hosting, you can install a blogging…

After the Capitol insurrection, major social media and web hosting platforms that provide the tools for them to stay online, like Amazon Web Services, made substantial efforts to eradicate domestic violent extremists and conspiracy groups like QAnon from their platforms.

AWS removed far-right social media space Parler from its services, causing it to go temporarily offline. 

Since then, many of these far-right groups have jumped to online spaces like Gab.

These alternative hosting companies hold terms of service that allow hate speech and other unfavorable content to flourish on their platforms. 

The most well-known of these alternative hosting sites is Epik, backed by CEO Rob Monster, who over the years has provided services to several hate-speech-filled message boards like neo-Nazi…

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Feb 5, 2021–

The “Virtual Private Server Market – Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2021 – 2026)” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com‘s offering.

The Virtual Private Server Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.1% over the forecast period 2021 – 2026.

Major growth drivers for the market include several advantages of VPS, such as availability of the cost-effective virtual private server, growing insecurity concerns among enterprises, enhanced customization, scalability, and downtime and more control with virtual servers than shared hosting.

A significant rise in the number of cyber-attacks and a…