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    May 21, 2019
    The postal service is expected to process more than 16.2 million pounds of mail for military destinations this holiday season. Forum News Service file photoplay button
    Self-driving trucks will carry mail in US for the first time
    The United States Postal Service is going to put mail on self-driving trucks. Starting on Tuesday morning, letters and packages moving between...
    business/technologyMay 21, 2019 - 3:48pm
    May 14, 2019
    The Mulitband Tower, 2000 44th St. S., will now be known as the Sundog Tower. Sundog Interactive, a marketing and technology firm based at the tower since 2006, acquired naming rights for the building through a lease extension agreement in 2018. Submitted photo
    North Dakota marketing firm Sundog to be acquired by Perficient Inc
    FARGO – Sundog Interactive, an award-winning digital marketing and technology firm based in Fargo, has entered into a sales agreement with...
    business/technologyMay 14, 2019 - 9:11am
    May 12, 2019
    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross looks at FLIR Systems products during a "Made in America Product Showcase" event in the East Room of the White House last year. Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford.
    Tech firms vying to sell drones, robots and other unmanned systems to the military
    Hoping to capitalize on an imagined future in which robots are on the front lines of warfare, defense contractors are making new investments...
    business/technologyMay 12, 2019 - 7:30pm
    May 10, 2019
    The Uber app on April 29, 2019. Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.
    Uber set to go public valued at $82 billion in the year's biggest IPO
    Uber's stock is set to start trading Friday morning in the year's most hotly anticipated tech IPO, a key test of investor faith in the stability...
    business/technologyMay 10, 2019 - 7:41am
    May 9, 2019
    Amazon’s Echo Dot is able to do everything Echo can but costs $30. Photo courtesy of Amazon / Special to The Forum
    Amazon accused of using Echo Dot Kids to illegally collect data on children
    A coalition of 19 consumer and privacy groups plans to file a complaint Thursday alleging that Amazon's Echo Dot Kids Edition is illegally collecting...
    business/technologyMay 9, 2019 - 4:30pm
    May 7, 2019
    FCC warns of late-night phone scams
    In the middle of the night, the calls come in waves, going silent after a ring or two. It's no one you know, just someone who really wants you...
    business/technologyMay 7, 2019 - 12:19pm
    An Amazon Echo on a kitchen counter, in San Francisco, Nov. 13, 2017. Researchers can now send secret audio instructions undetectable to the human ear to Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Assistant. (Christie Hemm Klok/Copyright 2019 The New York Times)
    Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
    Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, "Are you crazy?"Yet that's essentially...
    business/technologyMay 7, 2019 - 10:34am
    May 1, 2019
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    Here's why Instagram is going to hide your 'likes'
    Instagram will test hiding the number of "likes" that photos and videos receive - a central aspect of its platform - to rein in competitive tendencies...
    business/technologyMay 1, 2019 - 7:00pm
    April 25, 2019
    The flag of Canada, flying in Vanier Park, near downtown Vancouver.
    Canada accuses Facebook of breaking local privacy law, threatens lawsuit
    Canadian regulators on Thursday, April 25, found that Facebook committed "serious" breaches of local laws over its mishandling of users' personal...
    business/technologyApril 25, 2019 - 12:19pm
    April 24, 2019
    The Twitter logo is displayed outside the company's headquarters in San Francisco. Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Twitter launches reporting tool to curb misinformation during elections
    Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new reporting tool designed to prevent deliberate attempts to misinform voters. As part of the social media company's...
    business/technologyApril 24, 2019 - 1:21pm
    April 23, 2019
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    Microsoft awards $100K grant to UND for drone industry innovation
    GRAND FORKS — Microsoft announced Tuesday, April 23, that it has awarded a $100,000 TechSpark grant to the University of North Dakota Aerospace...
    business/announcementsApril 23, 2019 - 1:29pm
    Wing, the drone delivery firm under Google parent Alphabet, delivers a package to a family in Virginia as part of the company's validation testing with the FAA. Wing handout photo
    Drone company gets 'air carrier' approval from FAA
    Wing, a delivery venture that is part of Google parent Alphabet, has become the first drone company to be certified as an "air carrier" by the...
    business/technologyApril 23, 2019 - 10:06am
    The Facebook app icon is displayed on an iPhone. Johannes Berg, Bloomberg
    Sri Lanka social media shutdown reveals Facebook's Achilles' heel
    WASHINGTON - Facebook's mission statement is to "bring the world closer together." But its failure to rein in rampant misinformation and violent...
    business/technologyApril 23, 2019 - 9:51am
    March 30, 2019
    Matt King, right, a deputy with the Cass County Sheriff's Office, prepares a drone for a test flight. Also pictured is Chris Pieper with the Fargo Fire Department. The two are part of a new multi-agency unit that will use drones in a wide variety of situations, from helping with structure fires to dealing with natural disasters. Chris Flynn / The Forumplay button
    Fargo drone unit lifting off to lend birds-eye view to fires, natural disasters and more
    FARGO — Matt King gazed intently at the video screen as he guided a small drone on a training flight along the Red River near downtown Fargo....
    business/technologyMarch 30, 2019 - 4:04pm
    March 17, 2019
    Signage is displayed outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Bloomberg photo by David Paul Morris
    Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of the Christchurch attacks within 24 hours - and there were still many more
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch...
    business/technologyMarch 17, 2019 - 12:16pm
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