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Staff members Ana Silva, far left, and Matt Wilson, second from right, work with children at Codeverse on Aug. 23, 2018, in Chicago.

Welcome to Codeverse, where young kids learn to build games and hack light fixtures

December 12, 2018 at 7:57 p.m.

Eight-year-old Cillian Rhodes was hosting a dance party. He hacked the concert lights in the small, dark room, making them flash and move around. Another kid bounced around next to...

An airtight research lab, seen Aug. 10, 2018, at the Institute for Food Safety and Health in Bedford Park allows scientists to experiment with foodborne pathogens.

Salads, fruit and cereal have sickened diners this year. This lab is on the front lines of the fight against food poisoning.

December 12, 2018 at 7:45 p.m.

After the scientists step safely out of the airtight lab in the biocontainment plant, and after their spacesuitlike protective wear is disinfected, the room is flooded with chlorine dioxide gas....

Grubhub CEO Matt Maloney speaks at a 2015 Technori Pitch event in the Loop. His Chicago-based company had $237 million in revenues in the second quarter, up 51 percent from the same period last year.

Chicago-based Grubhub is growing faster than Netflix

December 12, 2018 at 7:29 p.m.

Technology companies are rising, according to a new Fortune ranking, and Grubhub is leading the way in Illinois. The food-ordering platform landed at No. 13 on Fortune’s list of the...

Employees of Home Chef exit after a May 23, 2018, company meeting at its offices in the Wrigley Building in Chicago. The company is ranked No. 3 on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies.

5 things to know about Home Chef and the other Illinois companies among the Inc. 5000

December 12, 2018 at 7:04 p.m.

Chicago-based meal kit company Home Chef is the third-fastest-growing private company in the country, according to the Inc. 5000, a ranking released Wednesday. Home Chef led the 240 Illinois companies...

The living room of an Airbnb home in the the Logan Square neighborhood is pictured, Monday, May 16, 2016, in Chicago.

Airbnb hosts scramble after Chicago sends 2,400 notices rejecting registrations for short-term rentals

December 12, 2018 at 6:58 p.m.

Airbnb hosts throughout Chicago are concerned and confused after receiving notices from the city last week informing them they could face potential fines if they don’t remove their units from...

Juan David Garcia measures portions of a cannabis product at Cresco Labs medical marijuana cultivation facility, August 8, 2018, in Joliet.

Despite low demand, medical marijuana companies in Illinois are growing

December 12, 2018 at 6:47 p.m.

In a well-lit room in a nondescript Joliet building, racks of marijuana plants are stacked, row after row. The plants are young but pungent, and sway to the breeze of...

William "Beau" Wrigley, former president and CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., seen here in a 2008 file photo, has been named chairman of the board of directors at Surterra Wellness, a medical cannabis company with operations in Florida and Texas.

From gum to ganja: Why William Wrigley, Jr. is investing in medical marijuana

December 12, 2018 at 6:22 p.m.

The former head of the Wrigley gum empire is getting into the medical marijuana business. William Wrigley Jr., once the president and CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., has been...

ThinkChicago has opened college students’ eyes to the city’s tech scene. The Lollapalooza tickets don’t hurt

December 12, 2018 at 6:09 p.m.

In the effort to recruit recent college graduates to live in Chicago and work in its technology industry, one program has a secret weapon: free tickets to Lollapalooza. ThinkChicago —...

Chicago-based Grubhub is set to buy mobile ordering and payment company LevelUp to facilitate its growth, its CEO said.

Grubhub to buy mobile ordering and payment company LevelUp for $390 million

December 12, 2018 at 10:07 p.m.

Chicago-based Grubhub is set to pay $390 million for mobile ordering and payment company LevelUp in an effort to reach more diners, the company announced Wednesday. The acquisition of the...

SpotHero is getting parking garages ready for driverless cars

May 14, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.

Don’t ask SpotHero co-founder and CEO Mark Lawrence to pick his favorite parking garage in Chicago. He’s been in 1,000 of them, and several top his list. “It’s like picking...

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