June 3, 2021

Your Amazon Echo will share your Wi-Fi network

Amazon’s Echo Show devices are among those that will automatically be added to its shared Wi-Fi network scheme, called Amazon Sidewalk. Amazon Amazon is building […]
June 3, 2021

Millions of women haven't rejoined the workforce — and may not anytime soon

Maria Stavreva/Getty Images On the day in April 2020 that Valerie Mekki lost her job, she was scared to share the bad news with her […]
June 3, 2021

Trump Justice Dept. seized phone records of 4 NYT reporters

WASHINGTON — The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained the phone records of four New York Times reporters as part of a leak investigation, the newspaper […]
June 3, 2021

George P. Bush running for attorney general in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas — George P. Bush on Wednesday launched his next political move: a run for Texas attorney general in 2022 that puts the scion […]
June 3, 2021

Supporting rural communities across southern Minnesota with a mobile health clinic

A mobile health clinic will launch this summer in southern Minnesota and offer a new way for patients in rural communities to connect with Mayo […]
June 2, 2021

Libertarian economist Bryan Caplan on 'Freedom, Populism and Big Tech'

St. Olaf College hosted a series of speakers this spring focused on the broad theme of “America After Trump.” Bryan Caplan is a libertarian economist […]
June 2, 2021

Harvard researchers recommend Census not use privacy tool

A group of Harvard researchers has come out against the U.S. Census Bureau’s use of a controversial method to protect privacy with the numbers used […]
June 2, 2021

Fed to sell off assets from an emergency loan program

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will start selling off the holdings of one of its emergency lending programs created last year […]
June 2, 2021

Challengers unseat third Exxon board member in climate fight

NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil shareholders have unseated a third board member in their bid to force the oil giant to deal more aggressively with […]
June 2, 2021

Minnesota-based Live Give Save, a promoter of smart saving, is bought by Michigan credit union

Live Give Save Inc., a financial-technology company in Red Wing that helps consumers save money as they spend it, has been purchased by Michigan State […]