All Stories from August 19, 2017 (Change date)
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Author events: Pulitzer winner Julia Keller stops at Anderson'sAug 23, 2017 6:05 am - • Donna Codell signs copies of "There are No Elephants in Heaven!" - a book she co-authored with Jennifer Hale and Evan Michael Codell - from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug....
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Weekend picks: Don't look down! Air and Water Show hits ChicagoAug 20, 2017 9:24 am - Blue yonder See the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and more at the 59th annual Chicago Air and Water Show this weekend along North Av...
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Unretired, Soderbergh wants to pull a fast one on HollywoodAug 20, 2017 9:51 am - NEW YORK - "Populist Pictures" reads the buzzer to Steven Soderbergh's TriBeCa office. You might easily mistake it as ironic. It's a grand title for a little nameplate o...
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How Silicon Valley has escalated its war on white supremacyAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - Silicon Valley significantly escalated its war on white supremacy this week, choking off the ability of hate groups to raise money online, removing them from Internet se...
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Cutting the cord? Freedom from cable TV isn't freeAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - In the old days of video streaming - that is, not so long ago - consumers could cut the cable cord and subscribe to one or two services, enjoying a vast array of movies ...
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How Google Home, Amazon Echo give a new twist to the home phoneAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - The death of the landline has been well-documented for years, as cellphones have become the primary phone for the majority of Americans. But now, thanks to tech companie...
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See thosee hipsters outside that new restaurant? Chicago native's new app pays them to stand thereAug 22, 2017 8:21 am - Pretend for a moment that you're walking through your neighborhood and notice a line of people wrapped around the block outside a newly opened restaurant. Local food blo...
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AI learns from pro gamers - then crushes themAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - For decades, the world's smartest game-playing humans have been racking up losses to increasingly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence. The defeats began in th...
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Change this iPhone setting to stop nude pics from strangersAug 22, 2017 7:51 am - Some iPhone users are getting unpleasant surprises from a sharing feature they may not realize allows anyone to send pictures to their phones. According to the New York ...
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Could movie theater chains get left out of deal on digital downloads?Aug 22, 2017 7:51 am - Movie studios are considering whether to ignore the objections of cinema chains and forge ahead with a plan to offer digital rentals of films mere weeks after they appea...