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Plans are in the works to create the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, which will occupy part of a 400-acre campus at the former U.S. Steel South Works facility.
The California company PsiQuantum will anchor the new quantum computing campus at the old U.S. Steel site to build the country’s first utility-scale quantum computer, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office said.
Delta has canceled more than 5,500 flights since the outage started early Friday morning, including at least 700 flights canceled on Monday.
Los problemas también afectaron a algunos servicios de Metra, la venta de entradas en teatros locales y a comercios. La causa del caos fue una actualización defectuosa de CrowdStrike, empresa de seguridad en línea cuyo software se utiliza en todo el mundo en múltiples sectores.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike and government cybersecurity agencies warned that people already are trying to take advantage of the massive outage with malicious new phishing schemes involving people posing as CrowdStrike employees or other tech specialists offering to assist those recovering from the outage.
The problems also affected some Metra service, ticketing at local theaters and businesses. The culprit behind the mess was a faulty update that was pushed out from CrowdStrike, an online security firm whose software is used around the world across multiple industries.
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said Friday that the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack. It said a fix was on the way.
HBO film surveys the smaller players taking on SpaceX in the race to carry clients’ satellites into orbit.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, will take residency on the state’s soon-to-be constructed quantum campus to establish a program where quantum computing prototypes will be tested to bolster national security.
The automaker had announced last year that it would reopen the plant and invest nearly $5 billion, as part of its contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers.
The man has robbed at least four victims at gunpoint after meeting at an agreed-upon location, police said in an alert Monday. In one instance, the man met the person at their home and stole their vehicle.
Personal data that was leaked included Social Security numbers, medical conditions or diagnoses, addresses, driver’s license numbers and prescription information, the hospital said in a notice on its website.
Printed circuit boards, which are in short supply in the U.S., are needed in technology from cell phones to aircraft. Proposed legislation in Washington would help.
For about a year, the 548 Foundation’s Clean Energy Training Program has offered 10- to 13-week courses teaching skills to help students land jobs in the state’s burgeoning solar industry.
The building will put customers near the futures exchanges’ own tech center and promises speedy cloud-based access to the markets.
Grubhub shoppers will be able to order from Jewel-Osco stores, following a national partnership between the Chicago-based food delivery app and Albertsons, owner of Jewel-Osco.
Doctors used a spinal anesthetic to numb the patient from the chest down, eliminating the use of narcotics and general anesthesia, cutting recovery time. The patient, John Nicholas, was released within 24 hours of the procedure.
The Hoffman Estates company provides software services to about 15,000 auto dealers across North America.
Hoffman Estates, ComEd and Compass Datacenters held a kickoff event to celebrate the redevelopment of Sears’ former headquarters into a massive data center campus.
Customers on the North and South sides lost connection Wednesday when a construction crew working for another company accidentally damaged the network, according to Xfinity.