Construction is underway on a 50,000-square-foot building in Orono that will house the university’s massive 3D printers and train students to produce houses, boats, wind turbine molds and more.
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Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Separate teen accounts for those under 18 are part of an effort to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives.
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EU forcing Google, Apple to pay billions in fines and back taxes
Both companies have now exhausted their appeals in cases that date to the previous decade and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech.
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Questions about the safety of Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ system are growing
The technology’s problems have led many observers to become skeptical that Tesla’s system will ever be able to operate safely on a broad scale.
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How tech companies are obscuring AI’s real carbon footprint
Despite pledges to become carbon-negative, tech companies are creating more and more planet-warming emissions.
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Nvidia eyes return to record as AI spending bonanza continues
Concerns about the returns from AI investments recently contributed to a tech selloff, although that dip was readily bought amid signs that economic growth remains resilient and rising confidence that the spending on AI itself will stay strong.
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U.S. proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese technology with military uses
President Biden also placed a stiff tariff on Chinese EVs, an issue with political implications as he and Republican Donald Trump are both trying to show voters who can best stand up to China.
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Eight U.S. newspapers sue ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement
The executive editor for the Tribune Publishing and MediaNews Group papers said the tech companies shouldn’t be allowed to steal ‘our work to build their own businesses at our expense.’
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China surging equipment sales to Russia to help war effort in Ukraine
U.S. intelligence reports increased sales of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology Moscow uses to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry.
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Maine lobstermen struggle to adapt to new electronic reporting rules. Their licenses are on the line.
Because of a federal mandate, many Maine fishermen – and all lobstermen – must now file online reports documenting how much they caught and where.