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Microsoft Promotes New Tools for Making AI-Focussed Windows Software
Microsoft talked up new tools on Tuesday aimed at encouraging programmers to build AI-focused technology into Windows software as it races against Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple to dominate the emerging field.
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US Cop, Who Joked About Indian Student's Death, Taken Off Patrol Duty
A Seattle Police officer, who joked about the horrific death of a 23-year-old Indian student earlier this year, has been pulled off patrol duty, weeks after the South Asian community here demanded action against him.
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US Public Schools Blame Big Tech Firms for Social Media Harm, Mental Health Crisis in Lawsuit: All Details
Facebook parent Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and TikTok were sued by US public schools in Seattle last week, claiming that companies purposefully designed products to hook younger users, while creating a mental health crisis. The firms have previously stated that they aim to create an enjoyable experience on their platforms for users, while removing harmf...
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HashFlare Founders Arrested in Estonia for $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Founders of the Bitcoin cloud miner platform HashFlare were arrested in Estonia this week for alleged wire fraud and money laundering. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, the creators behind HashFlare, were charged by the US District Court in Seattle for reportedly running a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and scamming investors.
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Immigrant Children, Parents Reunited Faster Under New Court Order
When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier.
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Donald Trump Sued By Several States Over Separation Of Immigrant Families
More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump's order last week ending the breakups was illusory.
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Snow Smashes Northeastern US for Second Time in Week
A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot of snow in the Chicago area.
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Another Teen Wounded in US School Shooting Dies
Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.
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Microsoft Gives Employees Sneak Peek at New 'Selfie' Phone
Microsoft Corp's hardware chief gave employees a sneak peek at a 'selfie' phone featuring a 5 megapixel forward-facing camera at an internal meeting this week, a source at the company said on Tuesday.
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Prosecutor: Seattle Campus Shooter Went Off Meds
The man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a small Seattle college last week had stopped taking his medications because he "wanted to feel the hate," and he detailed his plans in a handwritten journal for two weeks before the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Grounded Boeing Dreamliner leaks fuel in tests
Japan Airlines Co (JAL) said on Sunday that a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet undergoing checks in Tokyo following a fuel leak at Boston airport last week had leaked fuel during tests earlier in the day.
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Death of Washington boy third gun accident in as many weeks
A 3-year-old scrambled out of his child seat after his parents stopped for gas early Wednesday, found a gun police say was left in the car by his father and fatally shot himself in the head. The accidental shooting in Tacoma marks the third in three weeks in Washington involving young children, and the second death. The spate of gun violence is rai...
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Cartoonist in hiding after death threats
A cartoonist in Seattle who promoted an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" last spring is now in hiding after her life was threatened by Islamic extremists.The cartoonist, Molly Norris, has changed her name and has stopped producing work for a local alternative newspaper, Seattle Weekly, according to the newspaper's editor, Mark D. Fefer.Mr. Fefer decli...
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Microsoft Promotes New Tools for Making AI-Focussed Windows Software
Microsoft talked up new tools on Tuesday aimed at encouraging programmers to build AI-focused technology into Windows software as it races against Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple to dominate the emerging field.
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US Cop, Who Joked About Indian Student's Death, Taken Off Patrol Duty
A Seattle Police officer, who joked about the horrific death of a 23-year-old Indian student earlier this year, has been pulled off patrol duty, weeks after the South Asian community here demanded action against him.
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US Public Schools Blame Big Tech Firms for Social Media Harm, Mental Health Crisis in Lawsuit: All Details
Facebook parent Meta, Alphabet, Snap, and TikTok were sued by US public schools in Seattle last week, claiming that companies purposefully designed products to hook younger users, while creating a mental health crisis. The firms have previously stated that they aim to create an enjoyable experience on their platforms for users, while removing harmf...
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HashFlare Founders Arrested in Estonia for $575 Million Crypto Fraud Scheme
Founders of the Bitcoin cloud miner platform HashFlare were arrested in Estonia this week for alleged wire fraud and money laundering. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, the creators behind HashFlare, were charged by the US District Court in Seattle for reportedly running a cryptocurrency fraud scheme and scamming investors.
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Immigrant Children, Parents Reunited Faster Under New Court Order
When Yolany Padilla was released from immigration custody in Seattle last week, she assumed she would be quickly reunited with her 6-year-old son, who had been taken from her at the U.S.-Mexico border two months earlier.
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Donald Trump Sued By Several States Over Separation Of Immigrant Families
More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying President Donald Trump's order last week ending the breakups was illusory.
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Snow Smashes Northeastern US for Second Time in Week
A record breaking winter storm walloped the northeastern United States on Monday, burying Boston to force the delay of its Super Bowl victory parade and leaving behind more than a foot of snow in the Chicago area.
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Another Teen Wounded in US School Shooting Dies
Another of the teenagers wounded in a Washington state high school shooting has died, raising to five the number of fatalities after a student opened fire in the cafeteria two weeks ago.
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Microsoft Gives Employees Sneak Peek at New 'Selfie' Phone
Microsoft Corp's hardware chief gave employees a sneak peek at a 'selfie' phone featuring a 5 megapixel forward-facing camera at an internal meeting this week, a source at the company said on Tuesday.
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Prosecutor: Seattle Campus Shooter Went Off Meds
The man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a small Seattle college last week had stopped taking his medications because he "wanted to feel the hate," and he detailed his plans in a handwritten journal for two weeks before the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Grounded Boeing Dreamliner leaks fuel in tests
Japan Airlines Co (JAL) said on Sunday that a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet undergoing checks in Tokyo following a fuel leak at Boston airport last week had leaked fuel during tests earlier in the day.
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Death of Washington boy third gun accident in as many weeks
A 3-year-old scrambled out of his child seat after his parents stopped for gas early Wednesday, found a gun police say was left in the car by his father and fatally shot himself in the head. The accidental shooting in Tacoma marks the third in three weeks in Washington involving young children, and the second death. The spate of gun violence is rai...
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Cartoonist in hiding after death threats
A cartoonist in Seattle who promoted an "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" last spring is now in hiding after her life was threatened by Islamic extremists.The cartoonist, Molly Norris, has changed her name and has stopped producing work for a local alternative newspaper, Seattle Weekly, according to the newspaper's editor, Mark D. Fefer.Mr. Fefer decli...
