Technology

State Farm has told its 19,000 agents it is changing its compensation and benefits contract for them. The Bloomington-based company is also cutting benefits for retired agents.

Illinois Wesleyan University is leaning into technology improvement and expansion as it moves toward the 2026-27 school year.

Data centers may have a big geographical footprint, but they don't necessarily use a lot of water compared to other industrial facilities. WGLT gathered some data to help put data center water use in context, based on what's been approved in Joliet between here and Chicago.

City Manager Jeff Jurgens doesn't think there is any location inside city limits that would be suitable for a large-scale data center, though there may be places outside municipal limits that fall under county government.

A startup robotics company owned by Rivian and founded by Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe has secured $500 million in startup capital. Mind Robotics announced an investment by Accel and Andreessen Horowitz. The firm wants to build AI-powered industrial robots.

Electric automaker Rivian has unveiled new technology it says will put it at the forefront of autonomous vehicles.

The structure of college classes will have to change in an AI world. That's according to Roy Magnuson, the director of the newly created Adaptive Edge Institute at Illinois State University. The institute studies new technologies and how they influence teaching. Right now, that's Generative AI.

Trump administration trade and regulatory policy initially hurt Rivian. Changes in the administration stance may now help some.

The head of electric vehicle maker Rivian says the future is not just EVs, it’s artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles. And it’s coming sooner than you might think.

In this glued-to-your-phone era of technological isolation from our fellow human beings, one creative person is turning to old tech to help people reconnect and spread joy and a little art. As part of our ongoing feature series More of That, Please, we bring you the story of typewriter poetry.