Microsoft is laying off more than 6,000 employees in an effort to streamline its corporate ranks.

The Redmond, Washington-based software giant said Tuesday that the layoffs, which will affect almost 2,000 workers in Washington state, are meant in part to strip away layers of management and create more nimble teams.

Sound familiar?

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A data center builder and a battery startup have agreed to deploy a novel type of energy storage for the first time at a U.S. data center. It’s the latest example of tech companies’ search for ways to manage the soaring energy needs of artificial intelligence.

Prometheus Hyperscale and XL Batteries will install what’s known as an organic...Read more

AUBURN HILLS, Michigan — Deep inside the sprawling Chrysler Technology Center is a metal structure equipped with sensors that Stellantis NV engineers call their "virtual reality arena."

Stepping into this VR laboratory, the engineers don headsets, pick up controllers, and are virtually transported to an assembly line inside any one of the ...Read more

SpaceX knocked out another Starlink launch from Florida's Space Coast on Wednesday afternoon.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 of the company’s internet satellites lifted off at 12:38 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40.

The first-stage booster for the mission made its fourth flight making ...Read more

SpaceX has lined up another Starlink launch from Space Coast for early Wednesday afternoon.

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 of the company’s internet satellites is targeting a 12:38 p.m. liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 with backups available until 2:47 p.m. as well as on Thursday beginning at 11:17 a....Read more

“Fatal Fury” has always felt like the Pepsi to the Coca-Cola of “Street Fighter.” SNK’s fighting game series emerged around the same time as Capcom’s iconic franchise but never rose to its iconic heights. At 1990s arcades, when fans huddled around cabinets featuring Ryu and company, the ones showing Terry Bogard were usually open. ...Read more

Pick a color, any color. Once you choose a single color, multiple colors or patterns and effects, you'll have a whole new look for the do-it-yourself Enbrighten outdoor lighting systems.

As far as installation goes, when a company tells me it's easy, it often isn't. But in the case of Enbrighten, it was even easier than I could have imagined....Read more

This week I got an email from a reader who asks, “I have a stand-alone hard drive that cannot be accessed anymore. I've tried different laptops and different cables, but to no avail. The light is still on it (it is a Seagate Free Agent hard drive, probably 10 years old or so), but it no longer makes any noise. Of course, I have all my ...Read more

Jamie Lee Curtis didn't expect to be at the forefront of the artificial intelligence debate in Hollywood. But she didn't have a choice.

The Oscar-winning actor recently called out Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on social media, saying the company ignored her requests to take down a fake AI-generated advertisement on Instagram that had ...Read more

Where I work, I get to choose if I have a desktop or a laptop.

We buy Dell computers and our preferred configurations for desktops and laptops are very close in cost.

Because I work on my computer all day, and we have more than one office, I chose a laptop so I can pick it up and take it with me when I’m working at one of our other buildings...Read more

Google unveiled the biggest update to its Android mobile operating system in years, weeks before its biggest competitor in the space, Apple Inc., is expected to give a preview of its overhauled iPhone software.

The Alphabet Inc. unit is rolling out a new, bolder design language — called Material 3 Expressive — that spans the entire Android ...Read more

Earlier this month, a mysterious store selling a vision of the future opened its doors in downtown San Francisco's Union Square district.

A cryptic message appeared on the storefront window: "World is the real human network. Anonymous proof of human and universally inclusive finance for the age of AI. Millions of humans in over 160 countries. ...Read more

When the Denver City Council rejected a $25 million contract with Suncor Energy last week, it was just the latest example in the past year of local governments in Colorado pushing back against the oil and gas industry.

The council voted unanimously as its members cited the Commerce City oil refinery’s repeated violation of its air and water ...Read more

Scientific work that has long benefited Alaskans is in the crosshairs as President Donald Trump's administration moves to slash funding for climate and environmental studies, Alaska scientists say.

Entire research institutes that often work with universities, such as the Alaska Ocean Observing System that provides critical weather data and ...Read more

In December, astronomers identified that the asteroid YR4 had a small but not insignificant chance of striking Earth in 2032, a scenario that experts postulated could have more explosive potential than 500 Hiroshima nuclear bombs.

Researchers reclassified YR4 as a non-threat in February, but the interim period when the asteroid was considered a...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has paused a pilot program that allowed for the collection and lethal gassing of nuisance Canada geese, according to a Friday letter from M. Scott Bowen, the state agency's director.

Bowen announced the decision in a message to a group of Democratic lawmakers who had expressed ...Read more

BOSTON — The sharks are back!

The second largest shark species in the world is being spotted close to the Bay State coast, according to shark researchers.

Multiple basking sharks were seen off Plymouth Friday morning. Shark researcher John Chisholm was alerted to the site, and he counted at least five basking sharks close to the beach.

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LOS ANGELES — California public health officials have announced a quarantine on mussels that aren't commercially harvested, cautioning that naturally occurring toxins make the species potentially poisonous to humans this time of year.

The order from the state Department of Public Health, which is issued annually, runs through Oct. 31 and ...Read more