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Uber tests commuting service for drivers with a seat to spare

May 20, 2019 at 11:20 p.m.

Uber will test a new commuting program in Chicago just weeks after launching its shared-ride service UberPool here. The UberCommute pilot, which the company announced Tuesday in a blog post,...

Google Fiber superfast Internet service may come to Chicago

May 20, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

Google Fiber said Tuesday it was eyeing expansion of its superfast Internet service to Chicago and Los Angeles. In a company blog post, Jill Szuchmacher, director of Google Fiber expansion,...

Lyft launches carpool service Monday in Chicago

May 20, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

Lyft has pulled up to Uber in Chicago, bringing its own carpool service, Lyft Line, here Monday morning. The service, also available in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston,...

Fraud analytics firm Rippleshot raises $1.2 million in funding

May 20, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

Chicago-based Rippleshot has raised a $1.2 million bridge round of funding, which it plans to use to hire developers, account managers and sales staffers. Rippleshot offers a cloud-based platform that...

Amazon adds new delivery tool: its own truck trailers

May 20, 2019 at 11:16 p.m.

Amazon will one day drop your holiday packages in your backyard via drone. But for now, it's still ramping up an old-fashioned method: trucks. The company said Friday morning it...

IBM’s Watson using data to transform health care

May 20, 2019 at 11:16 p.m.

IBM Watson once won $1 million playing "Jeopardy." Soon, it could be helping your doctor read your X-rays. IBM Watson Health aims to make sense of a growing pool of...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with his wife, Priscilla, and their new daughter, Max.

Zuckerberg pledges to give 99 percent of his Facebook shares to support causes

May 20, 2019 at 11:14 p.m.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the birth of his daughter Tuesday with a pledge to give most of the shares in his company, worth $45 billion, to a family-run effort...

‘Tis the season for package-delivery startups to show their stuff

May 20, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Few things dampen holiday cheer like a porch full of sleet-covered packages. As e-commerce shopping rises, a new fleet of package-focused startups has cropped up, letting shoppers have a little...

Amazon shows off prototype delivery drone in new video

May 20, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Amazon says its delivery drones will be as common one day as mail trucks on the road. The world got a peek at what that day will look like in...

Cards Against Humanity’s Black Friday sale: Give them $5 for absolutely nothing

May 20, 2019 at 11:12 p.m.

Cards Against Humanity is known for its raunchy card game and for getting people to cough up cash for pretty much anything, including a $6 box of "literal feces." This...

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