Logically increases its workforce to over 250 people with the purchase of Nevada-based IQ Technology Solutions, its fifth acquisition since July 2018.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Portland should ban face-scanning software – now
This technology exists not to protect us but to track us, making it incompatible with our nation’s ideas about freedom and liberty.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Explosion of U.S. tech jobs occurred in just five metro areas, study finds
Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle snapped up 90% of the 256,063 tech jobs created from 2005 to 2017.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Obituaries
‘Smartest person I ever met’: Seismology pioneer Caryl Johnson of Portland loses fight with cancer at 73
Johnson’s early work formed the basis for modern earthquake detection systems and even inspired a passage in author Tom Clancy’s 1984 spy thriller ‘The Hunt for Red October.’
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Portland right to put the brakes on surveillance tech
Police cameras in the schools and use of facial recognition software represent erosions of privacy that should not be taken lightly.
Posted inBusiness
Program to defray cost of IT training seeks applicants
TechHire Maine to use federal grant to help private businesses get upgraded IT training for their employees.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Maine oil dealers launch swipe-and-click ordering, intended to disrupt the market
Two companies offering online and app-based oil deliveries aim to mirror the service consumers have come to expect from Amazon and Uber.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Older iPhones need update immediately or GPS, email won’t work correctly, Apple says
Owners of devices introduced in or before 2012, like the iPhone 4 or 5, will have to install software updates by 8 p.m. Saturday.
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One for the books: UMaine launches 25-foot boat it built with a 3-D printer
Watch a time-lapse video as the boat is built using a plastic-cellulose blend that officials say has the potential to boost the state’s wood products industry.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Facebook just gave up the fight against fake news
The social media platform’s new policy means that nobody will stop you from posting lies there if you’re a ‘political figure.’