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    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
    December 4, 2019
    Emerging Digital Academy, North Dakota's first coding school, will offer classes starting in April of 2020. If construction is complete, the classes will be held at the Black Building, 118 Broadway. If not, classes will be held next door at the Prairie Den or another temporary location. Forum file photo
    Emerging Prairie to open North Dakota's first coding school
    FARGO — Emerging Prairie has announced plans to launch what officials are calling North Dakota's first coding school. According to a press...
    education/newsDecember 4, 2019 - 4:24pm
    December 3, 2019
    Dr. Rebecca Gilbertson
    Social media might be making you miserable
    DULUTH, Minn. — Michele Johnson’s weeks are packed. She spends a fair amount of time tied to technology, grading, researching and emailing...
    lifestyle/healthDecember 3, 2019 - 8:00am
    November 27, 2019
    County assessors in Minnesota have been directed to classify all short-term vacation rental properties in their counties as commercial. (file / News Tribune)
    Minnesota lawmakers, hoteliers still not sure what to make of vacation rental apps
    ST. PAUL — Eleven years after its launch, vacation home rental service Airbnb continues to pose regulatory and safety questions for Minnesota...
    news/government-and-politicsNovember 27, 2019 - 2:38pm
    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 7, 2019
    Screen grab of the AccuWeather.com forecast for the next couple weeks for Fargo, N.D.
    Science says 'specific' weather forecasts can't be made more than 10 days in advance
    Imagine someone telling you the weather forecast for New Year's Day today, two months in advance, with exact temperature bounds and rainfall...
    news/weatherNovember 7, 2019 - 11:20am
    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
    October 24, 2019
    A demonstration of how pizza-delivery workers might use a WalkingPod. Handout courtesy of Under the Weather
    Whisky pods, walking pods, living pods: Are we pod people now?
    In early October, the Glenlivet, a Scottish whisky distillery, introduced its latest booze-delivery vessel: a transparent, sac-like pouch that...
    lifestyleOctober 24, 2019 - 7:17pm
    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 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
    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
    Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, left, takes a tour of a drilling rig near Williston Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Photo provided by Bakken Backers.
    Port: Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to be your speech police
    Sometimes the most critical moments in history happen not when a person does something, but when they refuse to do something. Mark Zuckerberg...
    opinion/columnsOctober 18, 2019 - 11:26am
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