“After announcing plans to acquire the majority of Intel’s smartphone modem business, Apple is getting straight to work on a custom 5G modem. According to Reuters, this custom hardware could arrive in new Apple products as soon as 2021. Here’s what Reuters said, citing anonymous sources: A person familiar with the matter said Apple plans...

In a formerly meat-packing and warehouse district, Google is setting its sight on a potential Midwest expansion into Chicago on the Near West Side. “Less than a year after announcing plans to expand its footprint in the Fulton Market District with a big new office, Google is once again searching for another huge swath of...

“Some may consider NYC to be the fashion capital of the world, but one of the Big Apple’s most successful fashion tech firms is making moves Westward. Today, Moda Operandi announced they are opening a new office right here in Chicago. According to the company, the new Chicago office will focus exclusively on the technology behind...

“In 2011, Air New Zealand introduced something called Skycouch: a row of three economy seats which can fold forward to create a completely flat space, one big enough for two people to sleep next to each other side by side. While other airlines were focused on their business and premium cabins, Air New Zealand wanted...

“When Esaïe Prickett sat down in the living room with his mother, father and four older brothers, he was the only one wearing Google Glass. As Esaïe, who was 10 at the time and is 12 now, gazed through the computerized glasses, his family made faces — happy, sad, surprised, angry, bored — and he...

Open your laptop with only your face?  Window 10 is becoming password-less! “Microsoft is planning to make Windows 10 PCs work without passwords. While the company has been working on removing passwords from Windows 10 and its Microsoft Accounts for a number of months now, the next major update to Windows 10 next year will...

“Brillhart, who formerly headed up VR film making at Google, agreed. She says her years working with Google and others made her realize that ‘a lot of the money and tech is owned by large corporations—and decisions about who gets to use the technology, what stories are told, who gets funded, and what kinds of...

“Consulting giant Accenture is adding hundreds of new tech jobs in Chicago, and getting its name atop its West Loop office tower, in new expansion plans announced Wednesday. Accenture said it plans to add 600 high-skilled tech jobs in Chicago by 2022. It plans to take up seven floors at 500 W. Madison, and will name the...

“Uber announced Tuesday that it has launched Uber Comfort, a feature that allows passengers to select “quiet preferred” in their Uber app if they want to ride in silence. They can also choose “happy to chat” or “no preference.” Uber Comfort also provides passengers with vehicles that have extra leg room and drivers that have higher...