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    December 8, 2019
    Zerick DeCrans, 7, and Petroula DeCrans, 5, of Forest Lake, used their family’s Ring doorbell camera to send messages to their father, Peter, while he was stationed in the Middle East earlier this year with the Minnesota National Guard’s 34th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team — the “Red Bull” unit. (Courtesy of Peter DeCrans)
    Doorbell camera kept Minnesota kids close to father deployed overseas
    FOREST LAKE, Minn. -- Peter DeCrans bought his family a Ring video-doorbell camera for Christmas last year while he was stationed overseas. DeCrans,...
    business/technologyDecember 8, 2019 - 7:02am
    December 6, 2019
    Illustration by Troy Becker / Forum News Service
    Cybersecurity 'has to be in your DNA' to fend off hacking threats
    WEST FARGO, N.D. — Small- to mid-sized businesses may not face the tens of thousands of daily cyberattacks directed at big corporations or...
    business/technologyDecember 6, 2019 - 2:00pm
    The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on an Apple iPhone in this arranged photograph taken in New York. Bloomberg photo by Alex Flynn
    Twitter wanted to be the town square. Now it's also grappling with being a cemetery
    Aaronekia Williams still visits her brother's Twitter page, even though he died in 2014. She'll read though his old jokes for a laugh, occasionally...
    business/technologyDecember 6, 2019 - 10:31am
    November 24, 2019
    Wine bottle Christmas lights, like those from The Old Farmer's Store, add a unique, festive flair to holiday decor. Theresa Bourke / Brainerd Dispatch
    Unique Christmas light decorations for a tech-filled holiday season
    With Thanksgiving right around the corner and Christmas closely following, it’s hard not to start getting into a holiday mindset, especially...
    business/technologyNovember 24, 2019 - 10:00am
    November 4, 2019
    Logan Stewart sells his Freeze Alert Plus units at Bueg's Ace Hardware in Detroit Lakes, where he works and pictured here, as well as online at his product's website, Ther-Monitor.com. The units sell for $80 each, with $10 of that going to the Detroit Lakes High School robotics team. Stewart is the adviser of the team. (Marie Johnson / Tribune)
    Electronics whiz creates freeze alert device for peace of mind
    DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Tired of trudging back and forth to his pumphouse all winter to keep an eye out for weather-related damage, Logan Stewart...
    business/technologyNovember 4, 2019 - 7:00am
    November 3, 2019
    Fingerprint from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fingerprint_picture.svg
    What is fingerprinting? The online tracking you can't avoid
    Just when you thought we had hit rock bottom on all the ways the internet could snoop on us - no. We've sunk even lower.There's a tactic spreading...
    business/technologyNovember 3, 2019 - 7:09pm
    November 1, 2019
    A Fitbit Inc. Ionic smartwatch for a photograph at the Wearable Expo in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018. Bloomberg photo by Kiyoshi Ota.
    Google to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion to boost hardware
    Google agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash, a move that could shore up the internet giant's hardware business...
    business/technologyNovember 1, 2019 - 9:46am
    October 24, 2019
    TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you’re avoiding it. (Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    TikTok raises national security concerns in Congress as Schumer, Cotton ask for federal review
    WASHINGTON - Two senior members of Congress, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, asked U.S. intelligence officials...
    business/technologyOctober 24, 2019 - 11:38am
    October 23, 2019
    The Google logo at a marketing conference in Cologne, Germany. Bloomberg photo by Krisztian Bocsi
    Google scientists say they've achieved 'quantum supremacy' breakthrough over classical computers
    For the first time, a machine that runs on the mind-boggling physics of quantum mechanics has reportedly solved a problem that would stump the...
    business/technologyOctober 23, 2019 - 2:33pm
    October 22, 2019
    Google Maps now shows speed traps, potentially raising the ire of law enforcement
    IPhone users who want to avoid the police can now hit up Google Maps before they hit the gas. Google is rolling out the ability to report speed...
    business/technologyOctober 22, 2019 - 10:48am
    Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin and owner of The Washington Post, introduces a newly developed lunar lander "Blue Moon" at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in May. Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton
    Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin to team up with aerospace giants to help meet Trump's moon mandate
    Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, the secretive space company he's been running for nearly two decades, is teaming up with a trio of aerospace industry...
    business/technologyOctober 22, 2019 - 8:52am
    October 18, 2019
    Photo courtesy of Pixabay.
    Your smartphone takes amazing selfies. Those selfies could tell stalkers where you live
    When it comes to sensitive information, the eyes have it. That became apparent last week, when a man allegedly stalked a Japanese pop star after...
    business/technologyOctober 18, 2019 - 8:00pm
    William, who declined to provide his last name, heats up a cup of water for coffee at a homeless camp near Cathedral Hill in St. Paul. Beyond the fence is Interstate 35E. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
    Rental app aims to close housing gap: More transparent rental screening could help bypass barriers
    ST. PAUL — Tyrone Poole was working to become a firefighter. He got an associate’s degree in fire science and became a certified paramedic....
    business/technologyOctober 18, 2019 - 6:17pm
    October 11, 2019
    This Netflix box, found in a secure room at Gardonville Cooperative Telephone Association in Brandon, contains all Netflix movies. When the box arrived, it included this hand-written quote from a Netflix employee. It's a quote from an "Ironman" movie. (Karen Tolkkinen / Echo Press)
    Small town. Big tech. Minnesota-based server is bring you faster Netflix, web content
    BRANDON, Minn. — Amid the wires and cases in a Brandon telecom center is a box with a familiar logo: Google. Below that is a red box from Netflix....
    business/technologyOctober 11, 2019 - 10:45am
    October 10, 2019
    The Facebook logo is displayed for a photograph on an Apple iPhone. Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer
    Facebook policy on political speech lets politicians lie in ads
    As Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians remained...
    business/technologyOctober 10, 2019 - 8:58pm
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