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Technician Rene Martinez works on connectivity for a customer at the Quality Technology Services data center.

With an insatiable demand for data centers, some are worried Illinois can’t keep up

December 12, 2018 at 9:46 p.m.

Entering the data center that occupies the former Chicago Sun-Times’ printing facility is like walking through the set of a James Bond film. There’s a 10-foot-tall steel fence encircling the...

Gogo lays off 55 as it seeks to turn around struggling in-flight Wi-Fi business

December 12, 2018 at 9:17 p.m.

In-flight internet company Gogo laid off 55 employees this week as part of the Chicago-based company’s plan to “drastically change” its business model. Gogo employed about 1,200 people before the...

Alison Richards, 13, from left, Diedra Richards and Alex Richards, 10, sit on the ground as they struggle to play Pokemon Go at Pokemon Go Fest July 22, 2017, at Grant Park in Chicago.

Pokemon Go Fest is back and ready for the crowds after disappointing thousands last year

February 26, 2019 at 4:04 a.m.

A year after the inaugural Pokemon Go Fest in Chicago disappointed thousands of players and incited a class-action lawsuit, the festival is back for a second go-round. And this time,...

Accenture acquires Schaumburg AI company in bid to help clients use big data

December 12, 2018 at 9:15 p.m.

Global consulting firm Accenture has acquired Kogentix, a Schaumburg-based data analytics and artificial intelligence company, in an effort to get its clients ahead of the big data curve. The 220-employee...

Ana Milena Salamanca, right, and others on Nielsen's data science team meet at the company's offices in Chicago on June 27, 2018.

Want a job in data science? You might have to take a standardized test when applying

December 12, 2018 at 8:39 p.m.

Data analytics is becoming more vital for businesses, and data scientists are in high demand. But the emerging field is broad, and some companies say they have struggled to find...

Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber and Christoph Keese, CEO of Axel Springer ecosystem, introduce Jump bikes at the 2018 NOAH conference on June 6, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. A six-month pilot program with dockless electric bikes is going into effect on the South Side.

Uber’s electric, dockless bikes coming to South Side

May 7, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

Uber users in Chicago will see a new menu option starting Monday: bikes. The ride-share giant is launching its dockless electric bike-share service, Jump, as part of a six-month program...

The former Zenith Electronics Corp. factory in Melrose Park is shown in 1998.

Foxconn founder says his first order came from Chicago area’s Zenith, maker of TVs and boomboxes

December 13, 2018 at 7:21 a.m.

Before Foxconn Technology Group was an international technology behemoth, manufacturing Apple products and promising to transform southeastern Wisconsin’s economy, it was making boomboxes and personal computers for a Chicago-area electronics...

A U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle attacks an enemy position during a joint military combat exercise with Estonian soldiers on March 23, 2017, near Tapa, Estonia. Chicago-based Uptake Technologies will help monitor Army fighting vehicles.

U.S. Army to start using Uptake’s technology to monitor fighting vehicles

December 13, 2018 at 7:08 a.m.

The Department of Defense has signed a $1 million contract to use Uptake’s technology to monitor the condition of U.S. Army fighting vehicles, predicting their failures and reducing unscheduled maintenance....

The former leaders of Outcome Health, Rishi Shah, left, and Shradha Agarwal, have resigned from the Chicago-based company's board.

Outcome Health’s former leaders step down from board

December 13, 2018 at 6:51 a.m.

Outcome Health’s former leaders Rishi Shah and Shradha Agarwal have resigned from the company’s board. The two stepped down from daily operations of the startup in January as part of...

Arity employees Jade Isaac, left, and Max Plokita play table tennis at the company's office inside the Merchandise Mart Tuesday, June 19, 2018, in Chicago.

In battle for tech workers, downtown office spaces are suburban firms’ secret weapon

December 13, 2018 at 6:55 a.m.

In the quest for digital talent, Chicago-area companies battle the technology giants. To lure data scientists and other tech workers, companies in industries from fast food to insurance have opened...

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