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Feeling hangry? Deliver the message with Grubhub’s new emojis

May 21, 2019 at 12:24 a.m.

Grubhub is dishing up emojis for dinner with a new app that lets people share cuisine-related cartoons with their friends. The Chicago-based online food ordering and delivery company rolled out...

The Sun-Times ended its printing operations at its South Ashland Avenue plant in 2011.

Former Chicago Sun-Times printing plant gets high-tech facelift

May 21, 2019 at 12:22 a.m.

Five years after the presses stopped at the former Sun-Times printing plant, the space will open soon with a new owner and a new identity as a massive data center....

Alicia Alves-Goodz of Massachusetts uses a previous version of the Weight Watchers iPhone app in 2013. The most recent app has been roundly criticized.

Why the Weight Watchers stumble is about tech, not just Oprah

May 21, 2019 at 12:22 a.m.

Was it Oprah — or a botched app rollout — that caused the wrong kind of loss for Weight Watchers? The new high-profile spokeswoman took much of the blame when...

Illustration of blood flow in vessels of the brain during a stroke.

This company’s software helps alert doctors to future strokes

May 21, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

A River Forest company's software is helping doctors determine whether a patient could have another stroke. VasSol's Nova system works with MRI machines to provide a 360-degree model of a...

Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chairman of LinkedIn

CEOs look future in the eye at Economist Innovation Forum

May 21, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

The future — with artificial intelligence, self-driving cars and all — will affect business sooner than we think, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman says. But it might not always be the...

An Amazon fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif.

Amazon to add 500 jobs at Joliet fulfillment center

May 21, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

Five months after opening a fulfillment center in Joliet, Amazon said Wednesday that it was adding 500 additional full-time jobs at the facility. In August, the online retail giant said...

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate.

Creator of @MayorEmanuel takes swipe at Trump

May 21, 2019 at 12:19 a.m.

Chicago's Dan Sinker — known for the satirical, profanity-laden Twitter account @MayorEmanuel — is back at it. Sinker built a Chrome extension that replaces all Internet mentions of Trump with...

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing titled "The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans' Security and Privacy," on Capitol Hill, March 1, 2016.

Inside the software law enforcement uses to get into your phone

May 21, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

So you committed a crime and the police have a warrant to search your phone. Now what? Under certain circumstances, law-enforcement agencies can use a variety of software to break...

Allstate to bring 400 innovation jobs to Merchandise Mart

May 21, 2019 at 12:14 a.m.

Allstate said Tuesday it will open an innovation office for 400 employees in the Merchandise Mart this spring, making neighbors of tech companies Motorola Mobility and Braintree and joining the...

A team of four researchers, led by Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering computer science professor Fabian Bustamante, has launched an application to figure out where in-flight Wi-Fi is struggling.

Could crowdsourced data turn in-flight Wi-Fi around?

June 11, 2018 at 5:43 a.m.

A team of Chicago-area researchers wants to turn in-flight Wi-Fi into something that you'd gladly fork over $40 for. The team, led by Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering professor...

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