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Demonstrators protest against Amazon outside New York's City Hall on Jan. 30, 2019. The e-commerce giant has encountered some opposition to its plans to establish a campus in the Long Island City neighborhood of New York's Queens borough.

Chicago and Illinois are still after Amazon’s HQ2, or at least part of it

February 8, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

Chicago and Illinois officials reached out to Amazon on Friday in a renewed effort to win a 25,000-job campus that would serve as part of the tech behemoth’s second headquarters....

Caterpillar is growing its digital team as the company works to embed technology deeper into its operations and earth-moving equipment, and it's opened a new Chicago office for its tech talent.

Caterpillar, famed for lumbering earthmovers, expanding Chicago office to stay nimble, lure tech talent

February 8, 2019 at 3:08 p.m.

Caterpillar is growing its digital team as the company works to embed technology deeper into its operations and earth-moving equipment, and it opened a new Chicago office to accommodate the...

A Nest camera keeps watch from high on the living room wall at the Sud family's home in Lake Barrington. Experts say there are several steps homeowners can take to help keep their smart home devices secure.

How to avoid having your smart home devices hacked

February 8, 2019 at 3:05 p.m.

There are several steps homeowners can take to help protect their smart home devices from hackers. Here’s some advice from security experts: • Always change the default password, which is...

Arjun Sud puts his 7-month-old son Oliver down for a nap in Lake Barrington. On Jan. 20, Sud heard a man's voice coming from the Nest camera mounted about his son's crib. The next cameras and thermostat in the Sud family's home had been hacked.

‘Why are you looking at me? I see you watching me.’ Smart devices like Nest getting hacked in digital home invasions.

February 8, 2019 at 3:05 p.m.

Arjun and Jessica Sud routinely use a baby monitor to keep tabs on their 7-month-old’s bedroom. Last month, they heard something chilling through the monitor: A deep male voice was...

A sign for Grubhub is displayed April 4, 2014, on the door to a New York restaurant. Grubhub has expanded its reach though a partnership with Taco Bell parent Yum Brands.

Grubhub making sure your Cheesy Gordita Crunch gets to you faster as Taco Bell delivery goes nationwide

February 7, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

Grubhub has officially rolled out delivery at Taco Bell locations across the country. But can a Cheesy Gordita Crunch travel well? Taco Bell, like other fast-food restaurants, has invested in...

Tashena Altman, 31, of Chicago, holds several of the medical marijuana products she received at the FloraMedex dispensary on Feb. 1, 2019 in Elmwood Park.

She once bought black-market weed to cope with pain without opioids. Now medical marijuana is a legal option.

February 4, 2019 at 11:24 a.m.

An old photo popped up on Tashena Altman’s Facebook profile recently, showing her a memory from three years ago. “I had maybe 15 pill bottles in the picture, just to...

President Donald Trump, from left, Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou and then-House Speaker Paul Ryan at a groundbreaking for the Foxconn plant on June 28, 2018, in Mt. Pleasant, Wis.

Apple supplier Foxconn reconsidering its Wisconsin plans: Much-touted $10 billion plant might be R&D site instead

August 22, 2019 at 10:23 a.m.

Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans for its first U.S. plant, which promised a $10 billion investment and up to 13,000 jobs in southeastern Wisconsin, raising questions about the future...

Quality Technology Services site director Toby Hallmer walks through 40,000 square feet of vacant space intended for future use at the data center, which is housed in the Sun-Times' former printing plant.

Chicago area ranks 3rd in U.S. for data centers, but ‘we’re increasingly losing our desirability and our competitiveness’

January 27, 2019 at 5:08 p.m.

The Chicago area ranks third in the country for data center capacity, a coveted spot to hold in a world that increasingly depends on data. But a new report concludes...

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously against Six Flags Entertainment Corp. in a lawsuit filed by the family of a teenager whose fingerprint data was collected in 2014 when he bought a season pass.

Illinois Supreme Court rules against Six Flags in lawsuit over fingerprint scans. Here’s why Facebook and Google care.

January 25, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld consumers’ right to sue companies for collecting data like fingerprint or iris scans without telling them how it will be used — a...

A mini-macro site on a light pole along Randolph Street, as preparations for 5G in Chicago continue on Jan. 16, 2019. The mini-macro site fills in the gaps for cellular coverage.

Here’s when 5G is coming to Chicago and what it means for you

March 10, 2019 at 7:57 p.m.

A thick black cable full of fiber and copper lines sits coiled on a pile of snow on the roof of a Loop parking garage. In the coming days, workers...

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