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Xbox warns of a ‘reset’ as it prepares for layoffs

Microsoft's Xbox division will be hit with significant layoffs next month, according to people familiar with Microsoft's plans. The company has been preparing for the layoffs internally for weeks, with Xbox CEO Asha Sharma hinting about "making hard choices" last month. Sources

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AI firms craft state rules as White House, Congress stall

Major artificial intelligence labs are done waiting on Washington to pass a national standard for AI, turning to state bills to carve out their own policy lines while Congress tries to catch up. Most AI labs support a national safety framework for AI that would eliminate the

Jimi Hendrix Way Unveiled In NYC

Jimi Hendrix grew up in Seattle and broke through in London, but before and after finding fame, he made New York City's Greenwich Village his home base. That's where Hendrix set up Electric Lady, his personal recording studio, which remains a fixture of the neighborhood today.

Borneo's ferret badger is found nowhere else on Earth

A collaborative study has provided the most comprehensive assessment to date of the endangered Bornean ferret badger (Melogale everetti). Weighing only around one kilogram (2.2 pounds), the Bornean ferret badger is a small, nocturnal carnivore that is rarely seen by people. The

States starting to see major ObamaCare coverage losses

Newly released state enrollment data show ObamaCare coverage losses could be even more severe than initially anticipated, due to Congress's unwillingness to renew enhanced subsidies. Monthly enrollment data through April from Arkansas, Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, New

Compute becomes lifeblood, constraint of AI boom

{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Compute becomes lifeblood, constraint of AI boom Computing power has become the lifeblood — and a key limiting factor — of the race to develop AI, as the push to integrate the technology into daily life clashes with the finite