Business Stories from June 17, 2017 (Change date)
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Des Plaines mulls spending millions on downtown theaterJun 20, 2017 7:16 am - Restoring the shuttered Des Plaines Theatre, a project that could cost taxpayers millions, might be the key to starting a string of suburban theaters showing live perfor...
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A Father's Day letter from the patriarch's sonJun 19, 2017 6:04 am - Editor's note: For a Father's Day reflection, we asked Stuart R. Paddock III, senior vice president of digital technologies, if he would share some personal memories...
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Review: Xbox One X is not the gaming console for everyoneJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - Microsoft's Xbox One X delivers on its promises to bring gorgeous gaming into the living room. But after spending a little time with it, I still need a little convincing...
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Why is virtual reality taking so long to take off?Jun 20, 2017 6:14 am - LOS ANGELES - At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, all seemed right for virtual reality. Players were waiting in snaking lines - some for up to seven hours - for a chan...
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Automakers asking to test more self-driving cars on U.S. roadsJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - Automakers - and aspiring automakers - are seeking permission to put more experimental self-driving cars on the road to speed their development. The companies want Congr...
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Microsoft bets on future of gaming consoles with Xbox One XJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - LOS ANGELES - Microsoft pulled out all the stops - flashing lights, pounding music, fake smoke - to debut its new $500 game console, aimed at the kind of hard-core gamer...
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Canadian tech thriving under Justin TrudeauJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - Not so long ago, Canadian tech entrepreneurs had a long list of grievances: a dearth of early and late-stage funding, long visa wait times for foreign hires, local corpo...
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Facebook's plan to block terrorists online, weed out extremist contentJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - To combat the spread of terror-related content online, Facebook announced Thursday that it will bolster its automated and human-powered efforts to flag and take down ext...
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Review: Apple's iPad Pro closer than ever to replacing laptopsJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - Last year I reviewed Apple's new iPad Pro and found that it was not quite the laptop replacement that we had hoped for. But with the new tablet that Apple announced rece...
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Robotics are helping paralyzed people walk - but the price tag is hugeJun 20, 2017 6:14 am - Ashley Barnes was 35 years old when doctors told her she would never walk again. A botched spinal procedure in 2014 paralyzed her from the waist down. The Tyler, Tex., r...
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