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Big Tech’s capex growth may be far slower than it looks

Big Tech’s latest capex projections have shocked investors. Look beneath the headline numbers, though, and spending may actually be growing far more slowly.That’s according to new research on Monday from analysts at RBC Capital Markets.Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are expected to spend almost $600 billion this year on data…

Universities Risk Ceding Control to Big Tech’s AI Push

Universities risk surrendering their intellectual autonomy to Silicon Valley’s influence as they rush to adopt AI, one professor says.In an essay for the Civics of Technology Project — an education platform analyzing technology’s societal impact — Bruna Damiana Heinsfeld, an assistant professor of learning technologies at the University of Minnesota,…