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Tag: Technology
Posted inNews & Politics
Programs empower young women of color in STEM
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
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
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?
Elastigirl does all the stretching in Brad Bird’s sequel to his Pixar megahit.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
We can’t make America great again
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
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
Artists save Ferris’s room and take it to Ferris Fest.
Posted inBlogs
Sick of bulky keys? Meet KeySmart.
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
“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
David Royko drove a cab and an Uber—and disliked both.
Posted inBlogs
A local start-up is tackling transgender unemployment
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
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
I’m a happier person after going back to iTunes version 10.7.
Posted inBlogs
A Fajr-5 rocket—what’s that?
A Wired article gives some insight into how technology’s role in the Israel-Hamas conflict