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Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection or Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the latest in a year full of political and social pushback from the tech giant’s workforce.

Google employees demand company renounce working with Trump immigration agencies

Google's challenges are mounting from within as employees call on the company to promise it won't do business with the Trump administration's immigration apparatus.

Researchers create robotic lens that can be controlled by eyes

Imagine blinking twice to make a lens zooms in or out, or looking left, right, up or down and having a lens that followed.
Kyle Giersdorf reacts after he won the Fortnite World Cup solo finals in New York. Giersdorf, of Pottsgrove, Pa. who goes by the name “Bugha” when competing, racked up the most points and won $3 million as the first Fortnite World Cup solo champion.

Fortnite World Cup audience shows fan base isn't just young men

New numbers that show the Fortnite World Cup's U.S. audience was older and more female than might be expected. It also was as big a draw as traditional sports.
A statue of Nintendo Co.’s video game character Mario stands at an electronics store in Tokyo on April 12, 2019.

Analysis: Gadgets are boring, but video games are cooler than ever

For many categories of consumer electronics, the titans of Silicon Valley churn out indistinguishable products, while the video game industry represents the rare corner of the business not entirely hampered by hegemony.
A wildfire burns on Highway 63 south of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 7, 2016.
AI and bionic eyes are helping to contain raging wildfires
On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these eyes aren't human.
Brazilian lawmakers supporting a pension reform bill wave flags in the lower house of the National Congress in Brasilia on July 10, 2019.
Robots are solving banks' very expensive research problem
Using so-called artificial intelligence to automate swathes of the research process is quickly gaining traction because cost-conscious investment banks are downsizing.
Earlier this month, Amazon changed its privacy settings to allow users to opt out of its voice recording reviews.
How to manage voice recordings on your smart devices
Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant allow users to manage their voice recordings after the fact, but they each offer varying degrees of control. Here's how it's done.
Downers Grove-based Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurant was one of 106 suburban-based, privately held companies named to Inc Magazine’s 2019 list of 5,000 fastest growing companies in the U.S.
Suburban companies make Inc's annual 'fastest growing' list
A total of 106 suburban companies made Inc Magazine's 2019 list of the 5,000 fastest growing privately held companies
Naperville leaders are ready to review an ordinance to prohibit sales of recreational marijuana after the city council last month took an early vote toward approval of a ban.
Naperville set to review details of recreational marijuana sales ban
Naperville leaders are ready to review an ordinance to prohibit sales of recreational marijuana after the city council last month took an early vote toward approval of a ban.
John Deere products, including a toy tractor on the sign, are on display at a home and garden trade show in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Moline-based manufacturer cut its profit expectations for the year as beleaguered farmers and an escalating trade war with China cut into sales.
Flooding, a trade war and Deere cuts outlook for the year
Deere & Co. cut its profit expectations for the year as beleaguered farmers and an escalating trade war with China cut into sales.
Kratom capsules are displayed in Albany, New York. The Naperville City Council is considering prohibiting the sale of the plant-based substance, which is derived from the leaves of a tropical evergreen tree native to Southeast Asia.
Naperville could ban sales of 'drug of concern' kratom
Citing public health and safety concerns voiced by the FDA, Naperville could ban sales of a plant-based substance called kratom.
Mike, John and Bob Cain attend the first test flight of the Orion EFT-1 was capsule in 2014. That capsule will return Men to the surface of the moon in 2024.
Columns | St. Charles firm's work with NASA dates back to Apollo
Cain Tubular, a third-generation family-owned business in St. Charles, is among a number of Illinois-based companies that provide products and services for NASA's space programs. Its relationship with NASA goes back to the Apollo program.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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