Information Technology
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Best practices: Maintaining cybersecurity remotelyMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 has quickly changed the way large and small companies in the Chicago area and elsewhere carry out their business. One of the biggest adjustments companies have ...
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Uber approaches Grubhub with takeover offerMay 12, 2020 1:00 am - Uber has made an offer to acquire Chicago-based Grubhub in a move that would build out its food-delivery platform even as it shutters parts of its own service abroad, ac...
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Help Desk: Why is my WiFi so bad? More tips and answers
May 09, 2020 6:25 am - The WiFi doctor is in. Last week, I shared five steps to fix bad home Internet connections without (necessarily) spending a dime. The advice hit a nerve during the coron...
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The big keep getting bigger in the pandemic-rearranged economy
May 09, 2020 6:20 am - Welcome to the post-pandemic U.S. economy. The biggest companies are getting even bigger. Mid-size players are running on fumes. Brick-and-mortar stores are struggling t...
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The billionaire who cried pandemic
May 09, 2020 6:19 am - SEATTLE - As the coronavirus pandemic rapidly spread across the United States in March, Bill Gates peppered his longtime friend Jeff Raikes with the science behind testi...
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The Silicon Valley workplace will never be the same
May 09, 2020 6:18 am - When the headquarters of Mission Bio reopens next week, employees will find many of the familiar perks they enjoyed before Silicon Valley went into lockdown have changed...
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Analysis: The next frontier of shopping will be livestreamed
May 09, 2020 6:11 am - Years before COVID-19 reared its hideous head and gave the world an urgent reason to shop from home, retail influencers were livestreaming inside of boutiques, offering ...
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Here come COVID-19 tracing apps - and privacy trade-offs
May 05, 2020 1:00 am - As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help st...
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European virus tracing apps highlight battle for privacy
May 04, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone. As governments race to develop mobile tracing apps to help contain infections, attention is turning to how officials will en...
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Analysis: We really weren't ready to work from home
May 03, 2020 6:10 am - Call it teething problems, disorganization or plain Luddism: the first few weeks of working from home were, for many, far from smooth. Set aside for a second the impact ...