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Discovery District Maryland, home to the Capital of Quantum’s deep tech facility where Quantum Motion joins IQM and Microsoft in advancing quantum innovation. (Capital of Quantam)
Jun 16, 2026

Quantum company to build facility in MD innovation district

The Capital of Quantum announced June 15 that U.K. company Quantum Motion will establish a facility in Discovery District Maryland.

Elon Musk walks to attend the trial in his lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion at a federal courthouse, in Oakland, California, on April 29, 2026. (REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo)
May 18, 2026

Elon Musk loses lawsuit against OpenAI

A U.S. jury ruled against Elon Musk in his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company not liable.

The Amazon Web Services Data Center in Springfield, Virginia, is one of many such centers in the Washington metropolitan region. (Peter Riccio/Capital News Service)
Mar 6, 2026

MD delegation supports regulating energy use by AI companies

As power costs surge across Maryland, the state’s congressional delegation is taking a bipartisan stance in support of legislation that would regulate energy use by AI companies.

A view shows the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signage in New York City, July 21, 2025. (REUTERS/Jeenah Moon)
Mar 5, 2026

Homeland Security use of secretive legal weapon draws congressional scrutiny

Congressional Democrats launched an inquiry into how tech giants handle demands from Homeland Security for personal information on Americans who criticize the agency.

IonQ, based in College Park, is racing to build a quantum computer processor that could surpass the most advanced computers on Earth. (Photo courtesy Maryland Governor Flickr account)
Feb 11, 2026

This Maryland lab’s quantum computer could cure cancer — and steal passwords

Maryland is betting over $1 billion on quantum computing to accelerate cancer cures, boost its economy and stay ahead in a global tech race.

The U.S. Supreme Court building is seen in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
Dec 1, 2025

Supreme Court wrestles with copyright dispute between Cox, record labels

U.S. Supreme Court justices grappled with a bid by Cox Communications to avoid financial liability in a major music copyright lawsuit.

artificial intelligence illustration showing a person and laptop (Depositphotos)
Nov 12, 2025

Courts test new frontier of defamation law as AI enters the mix

The capacity of artificial intelligence to generate false or misleading information is creating a new legal frontier — defamation by AI.

This undated combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the company logos for Amazon, Target, Lufthansa Group, UPS, ConocoPhillips, Intel, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Nestle. (AP Photo, file)
Oct 29, 2025

Layoffs are piling up, raising worker anxiety; many companies cutting jobs

Amid wider economic uncertainty, it’s a tough time for the job market. Here are some companies that have moved to cut jobs recently.

Northside American Federation of Teachers President Melina Espiritu-Azocar, right, speaks with middle school teacher Celeste Simone during a Microsoft AI skilling event in San Antonio on Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Oct 20, 2025

Big Tech paying millions to train teachers on AI, in push to bring chatbots into classrooms

The country’s largest teachers unions are teaming up with tech companies like Microsoft and OpenAI to help educators build literacy in AI.

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated 'actress', smiles in an AI-generated image obtained by Reuters on Oct. 1, 2025. (Particle6/Handout via REUTERS)
Oct 8, 2025

Meet Tilly Norwood: The AI ‘actress’ has real performers seeing red

An artificial intelligence-generated creation named Tilly Norwood is infuriating movie fans from Hollywood to Oklahoma.

This building in the University of Maryland Discovery District will house a development hub for next-generation quantum technologies. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Wes Moore's office)
Sep 17, 2025

Microsoft to open quantum research center in MD

Microsoft will launch a quantum research center at the University of Maryland, boosting innovation, jobs and U.S. leadership in quantum tech.

A data center owned by Amazon Web Services, front right, is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)
Aug 12, 2025

States weigh higher costs for big tech data centers

States push back as big tech data centers drive power demand, raising electric bills and sparking calls for higher costs on tech firms.