Chicago Tech News Today
Chicago has built one of the largest tech ecosystems in the American Midwest. This section gathers news about the city's startups, established tech employers, venture investors, and the institutions supporting innovation across the region.
Typical stories include funding rounds for Chicago startups, office expansions and layoffs, fintech, logistics, and food tech companies, university research spinouts, and civic technology projects.
Regional tech hubs offer opportunities that coastal headlines often miss. Founders, job seekers, investors, and local residents follow this coverage to keep track of how Chicago's tech community is growing.
2026-06-27
Starting July 1, California will prohibit streaming services from broadcasting excessively loud advertisements. The new legislation aims to protect viewers from jarring volume spikes during ad breaks. This follows a similar law in Illinois, giving platforms an increased incentive to normalize ad audio volumes across the board.
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Researchers led by Qing Cao have developed a scalable method for sequentially stacking high-performance silicon circuits to create advanced three-dimensional chips. This breakthrough overcomes the physical limitations of traditional manufacturing and provides a promising pathway to extend Moore's Law.
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2026-04-14
Chicago music superfan Aadam Jacobs is uploading his personal collection of over 10,000 rare concert recordings to the Internet Archive. He has been capturing these live shows since the 1980s, creating a massive digital repository available for public access.
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