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Home » Technology

Tag: Technology

Posted inArts & Culture

‘Chicago New Media 1973-1992’ pays tribute to the city’s contribution to video games and digital art

by Caroline Picard November 29, 2018August 18, 2021

On the frontier of free information, experimentation, and self-expression.

Posted inNews & Politics

Programs empower young women of color in STEM

by Sandra Guy November 13, 2018August 18, 2021

High school students connect with role models, receive
hands-on training.

Posted inArts & Culture

A silent retreat fails to provide enlightenment in Small Mouth Sounds

by Max Maller October 31, 2018August 18, 2021

Behold another exemplary production from A Red Orchid.

Posted inFilm

In Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Jean-Luc Godard contemplates the transition from celluloid to video

by Ben Sachs September 27, 2018August 18, 2021

Originally broadcast on French TV in 1986, it’s having a rare Chicago screening at the Siskel Center.

Posted inFilm

Incredibles 2 : Who’s afraid of the superpowered woman?

by Andrea Thompson June 29, 2018August 18, 2021

Elastigirl does all the stretching in Brad Bird’s sequel to his Pixar megahit.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

We can’t make America great again

by Deanna Isaacs November 9, 2016August 18, 2021

Economist Robert Gordon says the glory days of growth are behind us.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago police investigate Pirates infielder in sexual assault claim, and other Chicago news

by Faraz Mirza July 6, 2016August 18, 2021

American Airlines tests speedier security, and a Chicago ex-cop admits a fraudulent tax scheme.

Posted inBlogs

Ferris Bueller’s bedroom has been meticulously recreated inside Chicago’s Virgin Hotel

by Jake Malooley May 21, 2016August 18, 2021

Artists save Ferris’s room and take it to Ferris Fest.

Posted inBlogs

Sick of bulky keys? Meet KeySmart.

by Tatiana Walk-Morris November 10, 2015August 18, 2021

The Mount Prospect-based startup makes sleek key organizers designed to cut down on pocket bulk.

Posted inBlogs

Uber encourages its Chicago drivers to capitalize on taxi strike

by Robin Amer October 8, 2015August 18, 2021

“Thousands of Chicagoans will be looking for a ride to work, so We Need YOU to help us move Chicago,” the company wrote in an email.

Posted inBlogs

Cabbies have an unlikely ally in their fight against Uber: Uber drivers

by David Royko October 8, 2015August 18, 2021

David Royko drove a cab and an Uber—and disliked both.

Posted inBlogs

A local start-up is tackling transgender unemployment

by H Kapp-Klote October 27, 2014August 18, 2021

TransTech Social Enterprises CEO Angelica Ross says: “We’re here to empower.”

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Jon Sobieski, Spirit of America car-wash owner

by Anne Ford May 16, 2014August 18, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Jon Sobieski, car-wash owner: “We don’t hope for rainy days to get the cars dirty.”

Posted inBlogs

How to downgrade from iTunes 11 and why I did it

by Miles Raymer February 13, 2013August 19, 2021

I’m a happier person after going back to iTunes version 10.7.

Posted inBlogs

A Fajr-5 rocket—what’s that?

by Tal Rosenberg November 17, 2012August 19, 2021

A Wired article gives some insight into how technology’s role in the Israel-Hamas conflict

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