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Microsoft on Monday debuted a new category of personal computers with AI features as it rushes to build the emerging technology into products across its business and compete with Alphabet and Apple. At an event on its campus in Redmond, Washington, Chief Executive Satya Nadella introduced what Microsoft calls «Copilot+» PCs, saying that it and a range of manufacturers would sell them, including Acer and Asustek Computer.

dual-use materials and weapons components to Russia, Beijing has no interest in dropping its backing for President Vladimir Putin, analysts say. While China does not want to upend its ties with the West, and insists it is not sending lethal weapons to Moscow, Washington has stressed that Russia would struggle to sustain its assault on Ukraine without Beijing. On Thursday, Putin arrived in China on a two-day visit as Moscow is seeking more support from President Xi Jinping for the war effort in Ukraine following multiple rounds of Western sanctions.

IPL 2024 SRH vs GT: High-flying Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) will take on Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad on May 16 tomorrow. As per the weekday IPL tradition, it will be an evening match and it will commence at 7.30 pm. While Pat Cummins-led SRH have won seven games out of 12 played so far, GT are out of the playoff race due to Motera washout. This match will be very important for the SRH as those precious two points will help them in qualifying for the playoffs and seal the spot after KKR and RR. If one looks at Shubman Gill-led GT’s 2024 campaign, they posted wins in five out of 12 games that they played. Though they could have a shot at playoff had the Ahmedabad match was not abandoned. AT present, they have eight points in their kitty.

Child care has long been expensive for families, hard to find and financially precarious for day care owners and workers

An employee onboard a cruise ship was arrested by FBI officials in Juneau, Alaska, on Tuesday after he allegedly stabbed three people on the vessel with scissors.

LPL has expanded its presence in the Northwest as it supports a former UBS advisor in starting his own practice.

Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle

aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area Friday night unless the workers accept the company's last offer on wages. The company said the two sides were far apart in negotiations. It described the lockout as a precautionary move because the union could go on strike at any time once the current contract expires at midnight local time.

Real estate agent Mauricio Umansky says high mortgage rates, high prices and low supply are creating difficulties for homebuyers on 'The Claman Countdown.'

The Seattle Kraken will move their games to an over-the-air broadcaster and have a streaming partnership with Amazon’s Prime Video beginning with the 2024-25 season

American and Southwest airlines both say they lost money in the first quarter, and they're responding by trying to cut costs

A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system has hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle

A Tesla driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after a motorcyclist was struck and killed in Washington April 19, 2024, FOX 13 Seattle reports. 

central Washington as police search for a former police officer accused of murdering two women this week and then abducting a one-year-old child as he set out on the run.Police have identified the man as 40-year-old Elias Huizar, and say that he is suspected of killing both his ex-wife and current girlfriend.Huizar is “armed and considered dangerous, and is likely to commit more crimes,” Washington State Patrol says. In an Amber Alert, issued late Monday evening, police said Huizar is “possibly headed to Mexico,” with 1-year-old Roman Huizar.AMBER Alert- West Richland, WA- UPDATE pic.twitter.com/mWUyJMqV7p— WSP Missing Person Alerts (@WSPMissingPers1) April 23, 2024The relationship between the suspect and child was not made clear by officials.The investigation began Monday afternoon after a woman was shot dead outside Wiley Elementary School in West Richland, Wash.

Amazon.com Inc.‘s Maple Valley, Washington, warehouse is built for speed. At night, big rigs pull up to one end to unload boxes and padded mailers – some after a short drive from a bigger warehouse down the road, others following a flight in the hold of a cargo plane. Waiting employees scan, sort and load them into rolling racks.

A major argument for legalizing the adult use of cannabis after 75 years of prohibition was to stop the harm caused by disproportionate enforcement of drug laws in Black, Latino and other minority communities

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller discusses whether the U.S. is facing a transportation crisis and addresses Boeing's problems on 'Making Money.'

US prosecutors have charged a man with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with a large-scale illegal ‘cryptojacking’ operation. 

WASHINGTON—Sen. Maria Cantwell said she wants to end China’s control of TikTok. She also wants such legislation to hold up in court.

Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target. «I think the trilateral agreement is extremely important,» Marcos told a press conference in Washington a day after meeting President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the nations' first trilateral summit. «It is going to change the dynamic, the dynamic that we see in the region, in ASEAN in Asia, around the South China Sea,» Marcos said, referring to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

tech companies in the US added an estimated 6,000 workers last month. Indian IT giants have established a robust presence in the US, with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employing 50,000 people, Infosys 35,000, HCL Technologies 24,000, Wipro 20,000, and LTI Mindtree 6,500. Together, these companies contribute around 2% to the US tech industry workforce, as per an HDFC Securities report. The widespread presence of these firms across various US locations positions them advantageously for the ongoing demand recovery. The surge in job growth has been primarily driven by hiring in technology services, software development, and cloud infrastructure. In March, US employers posted 191,000 new job openings for tech positions, marking an increase of 8,000 from the previous month and the highest volume since August 2023.