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Obsolete Amazon Kindles? St. Paul man loads them with books for Little Free Libraries
57+ min ago (507+ words) Little Free Libraries are for more than printed reading materials. Users of the streetside stations give and receive all manner of non-reading merchandise, such as homemade trinkets, canned goods and garden seeds. This all occurs with the blessing of the…...
The MacBook Neo is my new favorite Apple Mac. What do others think?
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1049+ words) I have a new favorite Mac. Apple in March unveiled the MacBook Neo, which at the time had its lowest-ever starting price for a Mac laptop, $599. (The notebook recently got bumped to a starting price of $699 due to rising memory…...
Calling for kids: New phones work like landlines — and keep cellphones out of young hands
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1093+ words) One recent morning, Grey Prohofsky, 4, of St. Paul, deemed his mother, Amalia, boring. It was time for a visit with the more fun Popop — his grandfather, Christopher Hertel, who lives next door. Grey grabbed his phone — not a cellphone but…...
Mendota Heights: Residents want to cut the cord on cell phone tower plan
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (935+ words) It’s probably the most common concern that Mendota Heights Mayor Stephanie Levine hears when out in the community: “Why can’t Mendota Heights have good cell service?’” An effort to fix part of that issue — a 149 foot one, at that — has…...
One Tech Tip: A new generation is reviving the iPod for distraction-free listening
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (900+ words) Remember the iPod? It’s making a quiet comeback. Four years after Apple killed off its digital music player, secondhand sales are surging. It’s fueled in part by young people interested not just in its retro looks but a desire to…...
Artemis II astronauts using headsets from Maplewood-based 3M
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (267+ words) Artemis II’s astronauts are using headsets from Maplewood-based 3M as they wrap up their lunar flyby with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean Friday night. The crew of the Orion capsule are using 3M Peltor tactical headsets to communicate, according to 3M. The…...
MN lawmakers consider ban on recreational AI chatbots for minors
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (11+ words) Pioneer Press...
One Tech Tip: All you need to know about the iPhone’s Lockdown Mode
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (654+ words) By KELVIN CHAN, Associated Press A little known security feature on iPhones is in the spotlight after it stymied efforts by U.S. federal authorities to search devices seized from a reporter. Apple’s Lockdown Mode recently prevented FBI agents from getting into…...
Verizon says hourslong outage that disrupted calling and data services has been resolved
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (325+ words) The New York-based carrier didn’t specify what caused Wednesday’s disruptions, but confirmed that the outage was resolved by 10:20 p.m. ET. Verizon previously said it had deployed its engineering teams to address “an issue impacting wireless voice and data services.” “Today,…...
From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (921+ words) By RIO YAMAT and SHAWN CHEN As Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang put it, “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is here.” And everywhere you looked, robots. They roamed the show floor, assisted workers and entertained crowds — from humanoid helpers and…...