Information Technology
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Commentary: Is it time to put self-driving cars in the slow lane?
Mar 31, 2018 1:00 am - A self-driving Uber car fatally crashed into a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, tragically illustrating the fears that some of us have long held about the dangers of these ...
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A white tech guy with an idea to make tech less white
Mar 31, 2018 1:00 am - Bjorn Freeman-Benson is a little embarrassed by his 200-person engineering team: It's overwhelmingly white, and it's overwhelmingly male. He says he wants a more diverse...
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Commentary: Russia, China and Silicon Valley have censorship in common
Mar 31, 2018 1:00 am - Russia's recent declaration that it is prepared to operate its own internet should the West cut off access has struck some observers as more Putinesque bellicosity, whic...
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Mastodon - The social network that aspires to #deletefacebook for good
Mar 31, 2018 1:00 am - It's been a terrible few weeks for Facebook, with policymakers and users alike demanding answers from the social network over its Cambridge Analytica fiasco, in which th...
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Amazon opens first robotics fulfillment center in IllinoisMar 30, 2018 1:00 am - Amazon recently opened its first Illinois-based robotics fulfillment center in Monee. The Seattle-based online retailer's 800,000-square-foot center, at 6605 W. Monee Ma...
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Business seminars slated at MCCMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - CRYSTAL LAKE - Get tips on how to start a new business or learn how to protect your business from cyberattacks at two separate seminars offered by the Illinois Small Bus...
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Cabot, Fujimi to collaboration for advanced slurry developmentMar 29, 2018 1:00 am - AURORA - Cabot Microelectronics announced it will collaborate with Fujimi Incorporated in the development of certain advanced IC CMP solutions for the semiconductor indu...
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COD hosts cyber security seminarMar 28, 2018 1:00 am - The Homeland Security Training Institute at College of DuPage will host "HSTI Live: Cybersecurity" from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. April 27 in the SSG Miller Homeland Education Cen...
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Cook County sues Facebook as FTC investigates company's privacy practices
Mar 27, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Cook County is the latest group to sue Facebook and Cambridge Analytica over alleged breach of privacy protections, the Chicago Tribune is reporting. The Fed...
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Here's how to download all your data from Facebook - it might be a wake-up call
Mar 27, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook, my mother will be proud to know, believes that my friends and I are part of the "Established Adult Life" peer group. In fact, Facebook knows a lot about how I'...