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An AmazonBasics Microwave sits on display during an unveiling event at the Amazon.com Spheres headquarters in Seattle on Thursday.

Analysis: Amazon's Alexa is coming for your microwave, wall clock and more

Amazon.com unveiled some 70 new devices and capabilities for its Alexa product line at its Seattle headquarters Thursday. Like a rebooted Sharper Image catalog, Amazon is adding its talking artificial intelligence to a microwave, a wall clock, a wall plug, cars and more.
Sony’s robotic dog Aibo is about the size of a Yorkshire terrier and costs $2,900. It will go on sale in the U.S. this week.

Review: Aibo, Sony's robot dog, will melt your heart with mechanical precision

This much is clear: The era of the affectionate robots is dawning, and Aibo offers early evidence we're going to love them.
Station manager Chad Shane of SAS Airlines takes a traveler through the scanning process at Dulles International Airport. The facial scans can be compared with stored passport and visa photos.

Mixed reviews on facial recognition scans of travelers

Facial recognition has been used in more than 3 million instances by Customs and Border Protection since June 2017. But privacy advocates and civil libertarians are concerned about the devices' accuracy and potential misuse of the information they collect, and they say the technology is being rushed into use before it has been fully vetted.
A scene from the original 1977 “Star Wars” film.

'Star Wars' holograms -- the next promise of 5g technology

Vodafone Group used an experimental 5G network on Thursday to conduct Britain's first live holographic call. The 3D image was also projected onto a stage for an audience, evoking parallels with the 1977 Star Wars movie scene in which the robot R2-D2 projects Princess Leia's appeal for help to Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Aiden Keneally, Roman Wright and Benny O’Neill enjoy a game of Super Smash Brothers at a Game Gym camp in Potomac, Md., in late August.
Where do future pro gamers hone their skills? At esports camp, of course!
As the esports market explodes -- by one estimate, the industry is worth $905 million and could grow to near $1.4 billion by 2020 -- video games continue to take on a new role in America's recreational landscape, not just as a legitimate competition but also as a primary hobby for adults and children alike.
A new app launching this month called “Mom I am Ok” will allow parents to set agreed-upon “check-ins” with their children or loved ones. Those check-ins arrive in the form of push notifications asking whether the phone's owner is safe.
New app is helping parents track their children
A new app launching this month called "Mom I am Ok" will allow parents to set agreed-upon "check-ins" with their children or loved ones. Those check-ins arrive in the form of push notifications asking whether the phone's owner is safe.
Carson’s at Randhurst Mall in Mount Prospect and all the others closed last month. A technology company bought the bankrupt retailer, relaunched the website and is expected to open some stores.
Carson's launches online sales, sprints to reopen stores
Carson's is back. A technology company bought the 120-year old bankrupt retailer, relaunched the website and is in a "sprint to reopen stores ahead of the holidays," the new company leader said.
Robert Esquivel, supervisory lender relations specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration in the Illinois District Office, talks to others business leaders at the Daily Herald Business Ledger Newsmakers Forum in Lisle on Thursday.
Panel: Despite good market, boomers not ready to sell businesses
Although the market could not be better for aging Baby Boomers to sell their businesses, many are not doing so because they are not ready to give up their work, according to financial experts speaking at the Daily Herald Business Ledger's Newsmakers Forum on Banking and Finance Thursday.
General Manager Andy Dvorak of Ogden 6 theaters in Naperville checks out one of the unfinished theaters that will host new heated reclining chairs to watch first-run movies.
Facelift to refresh Naperville's Ogden 6 theater, with nod to nostalgia
The Ogden 6 cheap theater in Naperville soon won't be quite so cheap. But it'll be showing first-run movies and sporting heated, reclining seats. Tickets will be $7.50 max.
A seven-story, 45-unit apartment building at 212 N. Dunton Ave. in downtown Arlington Heights is now complete.
Construction complete on Arlington Heights apartments
Construction is complete on a seven-story, 45-unit apartment building in downtown Arlington Heights, officials said this week, despite initial delays.
The owner of Stanley’s Restaurant and Ale House in South Elgin is opening a second location in West Dundee at the site of the former Bootleggers Kitchen and Pub on Route 31.
South Elgin's Stanley's Restaurant expanding to West Dundee
Eight years since opening Stanley's Restaurant and Ale House in his hometown of South Elgin, Scott Stanley is expanding his business into another Fox Valley community where his roots run deep.
Star Levandowski, vice president of corporate strategy and business development for Stenograph LLC, shows some of the company’s current shorthand writers.
Columns | Elmhurst's Stenograph dominates shorthand industry for 80 years
Since the first machine was sold 80 years ago, Elmhurst-based Stenograph LLC's reputation for quality, accuracy and customer service has commanded almost 90 percent share among the half-dozen companies in the market, making the name synomimous with court and legal shorthand reporting.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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