Information Technology
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Amset Consulting acquired by Texas firmFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - Mount Prospect-based mechanical and electrical engineering consulting firm Amset Technical Consulting Inc. has been acquired by Rimkus Consulting Group Inc. for an undis...
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CDK renews contract with Berkshire Hathaway AutomotiveFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - HOFFMAN ESTATES - Retail automotive technology company CDK Global has renewed an extended agreement with Berkshire Hathaway Automotive to provide CDKDrive, the core deal...
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Fighting crime or invading privacy? Police deals with Ring video doorbell have advocates and criticsFeb 09, 2020 6:00 am - As suburban police tout the crime-fighting benefits of striking deals for access to video from Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras, several critics, including a prominent civ...
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Coronavirus forces world's largest work-from-home experiment
Feb 09, 2020 5:21 am - Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege in China, it's a necessity. While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning abo...
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Tech firm expands operations in Arlington HeightsFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights technology firm will cut the ribbon on its new manufacturing center on Friday, Feb. 21. Optimal Design, which designs and develops products in virtu...
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Analysis: Iowa caucus app is latest example of politicos building faulty tech with disastrous results
Feb 08, 2020 5:18 am - The Iowa caucus debacle is just the latest example of politicos building faulty technology - with serious political consequences. Professional technologists shuddered at...
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Google's cash cow search business is being 'hollowed out'
Feb 08, 2020 5:18 am - New numbers from Alphabet Inc. this week confirmed a major fear that has lingered around the internet giant for years: the Google online search business is slowing. In i...
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A man walked down a street with 99 phones in a wagon. Google Maps thought it was a traffic jam.
Feb 08, 2020 5:15 am - The streets were shaded the dreaded dark red on Google Maps, warning drivers of a traffic nightmare. In reality, though, almost no one was on the road - except for a lon...
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For Xbox, it's time to ditch the 'console wars' narrative
Feb 08, 2020 5:00 am - Phil Spencer, Microsoft's head of Xbox, hasn't been worried about the “console wars” for some time. In a recent interview, he made clear who Microsoft views as its compe...
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An engineering student is helping envision a self-driving future for people with disabilities
Feb 08, 2020 5:00 am - The weekend she was supposed to be presenting a plan to improve transit service for people with disabilities using self-driving shuttles, Jen Schlegel was confronting he...