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    Why Zoom fatigue is a thing
    When schools and businesses closed due to COVID-19, we all turned to technology to connect and get things done. For Dr. Shevaun Stocker, that...
    June 15, 2020 - 6:00am
    May 27, 2020
    Trump expected to sign executive order that could threaten punishment against Facebook, Google and Twitter over allegations of political bias
    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order Thursday that could open the door for federal officials to try to penalize Facebook, Google and Twitter for the way they moderate content on their sites, according to two people familiar with the matter, opening...
    government-and-politics/newsMay 27, 2020 - 10:30pm
    A drone sprays water on a playground in Grand Forks. Submitted photo by SkyScopes
    UND Center for Innovation, UAS company test drone capabilities to spray disinfectants
    GRAND FORKS — The University of North Dakota's Center for Innovation and Research Institute for Autonomous Systems are partnering with local...
    science-and-nature/educationApril 27, 2020 - 4:22pm
    April 19, 2020
    In 1970, Norman Borlaug holds bunches of the wheat that he developed by crossing a native Mexican strain with a Japanese dwarf variety. Arthur Rickerby/National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution.
    TV series shows how unintended consequences unraveled a legendary agricultural achievement
    In the 1960s and 1970s, a single farm scientist became a public hero, credited with ending famine in much of the developing world. Norman Borlaug's...
    entertainment/businessApril 19, 2020 - 2:00pm
    April 18, 2020
    Cellphone data shows coronavirus kept churchgoers at home in every state on Easter
    Cellphone data tracking Americans' behavior shows that the vast majority of people who might normally be in church stayed away on Easter, the...
    news/nationApril 18, 2020 - 9:21pm
    April 17, 2020
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    Funeral webcaster hustling to keep up with demand for services during pandemic
    FARGO — When Shane White and Kyle Fogarty started their funeral webcasting business in 2013, they felt they were bringing an essential service...
    business/small-businessApril 17, 2020 - 12:55pm
    April 16, 2020
    This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. (Submitted / NIAID-RML)
    Minnesota looks to boost number of contact tracers
    ST. PAUL — In addition to a rapid ramp-up of testing for the coronavirus, Minnesota will need a seriously scaled-up corps of people to retrace...
    government-and-politicsApril 16, 2020 - 9:00am
    April 8, 2020
    North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum joined a virtual 1 Million Cups event Wednesday, April 8, to announce the launch of Care19, a free app North Dakotans can use to help slow the spread of COVID-19.
    Burgum touts app aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus
    FARGO — North Dakotans can help fight the COVID-19 pandemic from their fingertips the same way football fans use the Bison Tracker app to see...
    April 8, 2020 - 3:37pm
    April 3, 2020
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    Internet use up during day? Yes, the kids are 'in' school and more work from home
    Brian Crommett is doing the bulk of his work from his home in north Fargo, rather than from his office in Moorhead these days. And Crommett,...
    business/technologyApril 3, 2020 - 1:49pm
    April 1, 2020
    Seth Arndorfer detailed his involvement in a federal precision agriculture task force during the Precision Ag Summit on Jan. 20 in Jamestown, N.D. Jenny Schlecht / Forum News Service
    Rural internet's importance highlighted by coronavirus
    Getting broadband internet access to rural areas has been a goal for rural advocates and service providers alike for years, but the COVID-19...
    business/agricultureApril 1, 2020 - 6:00am
    March 31, 2020
    Phoenix Elementary second-grader Evie Weaver-Hightower, 8, and her dad, Marcus Weaver-Hightower, a UND professor in the College of Education and Human Development, get acquainted with the Google Chromebook on Thursday, March 26, that Evie will be using for home-schooling during the coronavirus pandemic. Evie's 12-year-old brother, Harrison, a seventh-grader at Valley Middle School, is also continuing his studies at home. Photo by Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald
    Superintendents hoping for the best as ND students head into virtual classrooms
    GRAND FORKS — When Grand Forks students resume class via distance learning Wednesday, April 1, Superintendent Terry Brenner is hoping for a...
    education/newsMarch 31, 2020 - 6:03pm
    Barry Batcheller is chairman of the board of Appareo Systems of Fargo, N.D. (Mikkel Pates / Agweek)
    Fargo tech company, University of Minnesota team up on emergency ventilators
    FARGO — A Fargo company known for its high-tech aviation and agricultural electronics entrepreneurship has stepped up to manufacture machines...
    business/technologyMarch 31, 2020 - 1:38pm
    March 19, 2020
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    If you've never telecommuted, here’s some tech advice
    ST. PAUL — The COVID-19 outbreak is giving American workers a crash course in how to work from home. Telecommuting had already been on the...
    business/technologyMarch 19, 2020 - 8:00am
    March 18, 2020
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    Watch out for coronavirus scams
    MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI and local law enforcement are warning people to be wary of COVID-19 scams. Criminals are using websites and apps that...
    news/crime-and-courtsMarch 18, 2020 - 4:03pm
    March 14, 2020
    Bill Gates leaves Microsoft's board, stepping farther away from the tech giant he founded
    SEATTLE - Bill Gates, who co-founded Microsoft and led the company as it became a technology juggernaut, is stepping down from the company's board to spend more time on his philanthropic work. Gates, who made the announcement Friday afternoon, March 13, said in a LinkedIn post he...
    businessMarch 14, 2020 - 3:55pm
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