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Crypto showed up in force this election cycle, raising tens of millions to vote out the industry’s critics and vote in its friends.

Elon Musk’s X implemented new terms of service that are driving some users off the microblogging platform. 

Lakefront advocacy group Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is expressing its opposition to a planned quantum computing campus on Chicago’s Far South Side ahead of a rezoning meeting.

Friends of the Parks, a lakefront advocacy group, has expressed its opposition to a quantum computing campus on Chicago’s Far South Side. NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.

Companies have touted new AI technology that allows users to apply to thousands of jobs per day, flooding job openings with resumes.

Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitation-only space until it opened to the public in February.

For those looking for a high-tech toy this holiday season, the Tech Trends team has tracked down some of the hottest STEM toys in the industry with the help of Scott Friedland of Lincoln Square’s Timeless Toys.

The Supreme Court seems likely to keep alive a class-action lawsuit accusing Nvidia of misleading investors about its dependence on selling computer chips for the mining of volatile cryptocurrency. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in the tech company’s appeal of a lower-court ruling allowing a 2018 suit led by a Swedish investment management firm to continue. It’s one of two...

Google has integrated its artificial intelligence platform Gemini into apps such as Maps and Waze to make it easier and more elaborate for users.

Google has integrated its artificial intelligence platform Gemini into apps such as Maps and Waze to make it easier and more elaborate for users. Scott McGrew reports.

A Russian court ordered Google to pay 20 decillion for removing Russian TV channels from YouTube after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Staying secure online is always a challenge, but to mark Cyber Security Awareness Month, the NBC 5 Tech Trends team is chatting with Barracuda Cyber Security’s Adam Khan about the best tips to keep your information safe.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which means it’s the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from scams.

Lina Khan, who leads the agency, said the rule is designed so that if consumers signed up online, they should be able to cancel in the same number of steps.

Parents are saying that a viral video showing the horrors of teen phone addiction is “powerful” and “hits deep.”

The company formerly known as Facebook appears to have found its footing in virtual and augmented reality through a different medium.

The outages, also reported in other cities including New York City and Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Scottsdale, come one week after a day-long Verizon outage left thousands across the country in SOS mode, with no ability to make calls or send texts.

Verizon restored service to all affected customers Monday evening after a massive outage impacted more than 100,000 people across the U.S., including thousands in the Chicago area.

Verizon restored service to all affected customers Monday evening after a massive outage impacted more than 100,000 people across the U.S., including thousands in the Chicago area.

Verizon late Monday afternoon reported progress on resolving a “network issue” that spurred widespread outages across parts of the U.S., including in the Chicago area. In a post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, at 4:04 p.m., the wireless network provider said its engineers were “making progress on our network issue and service has started...