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Artificial intelligence puts powerful new technology in consumers’ hands — if they can afford to use it. The rise of AI requires enormous computing power, which in turn is leading to a shortage of memory chips. That’s pushing up the price of personal computers, according to analysts with Oxford Economics — the first time those prices have risen since the early 1980s. Computer costs had steadily declined over the past 40 years until the AI boom reversed that trend. Recently, the cost of computers, software, and accessories has jumped more than 3% per month, according to Oxford’s analysis of government data. “We’re talking…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailBooking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the company’s quarterly earnings results, impact of the Middle East conflict on the business, state of travel demand, and more.05:47Wed, Apr 29 20268:13 AM EDT

Ukraine used its latest technology to deepen strikes against Russian oil storage, ports and refineries in the past week, bombing targets in the Urals 1,600 kilometres (990 miles) from its borders and prompting protests about “terrorist attacks” from the Kremlin spokesman.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday announced “a new stage in the use of Ukrainian weapons to limit the potential of Russia’s war”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Ukraine Security Service (SBU) later clarified it had struck Transneft’s oil pumping and distribution facility in the city of Perm that day, from where oil was pumped to the Perm refinery…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: South Carolina Republicans are pushing to strip funding from the state’s only public HBCU after the university rescinded Republican Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette’s commencement invitation following student protests and security concerns.What began as a student protest over a conservative commencement speaker, resulted in “credible safety threats,” according to Evette, who spoke to Fox News Digital after her commencement address at South Carolina State University was canceled. Following an uproar from students, who decried Evette’s views on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), abortion and her support for President Donald Trump,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect was arrested after allegedly running a secret meth lab at Michigan State University’s Wells Hall, the institution’s largest academic building.Xin Tong, 31, is facing felony charges in connection with the alleged operation, as well as misdemeanor trespassing, according to police.Officers responded earlier this week to Wells Hall over reports of a suspicious person, a strong odor and unknown substances on the floor, WILX reported. Officers found Tong and confirmed his identity by using his expired MSU student ID.FIVE MEXICAN NATIONALS INDICTED AFTER MASSIVE METH LAB BUST UNCOVERS ENORMOUS QUANTITIES OF…

Brisbane Roar midfielder Sam Klein will become the third Australian plying his trade with St Pauli after securing a transfer to the German club.Klein leaves Brisbane after scoring nine goals across 45 A-League appearances.The midfielder joins fellow Australians and Socceroos mainstays Jackson Irvine and Connor Metcalfe at the Hamburg-based club.”I’m really looking forward to joining St Pauli and getting to know my new teammates, a different country and a new league,” Klein said in a statement.”The club has successfully integrated and developed international players especially from Australia on several occasions in recent years.”The club’s management have outlined an exciting prospect…

Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been killed and several have been injured.A Russian drone attack overnight damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and wounded two people in the Black Sea port city of Odesa, regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Friday morning.Two high-rise residential buildings were damaged in the attack, which destroyed apartments and caused fires, Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging app.“This night, Russia again massively attacked the civilian infrastructure of the…

The New York Times reported that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have left a suicide note following an earlier incident about three weeks before his death. However, that note has been sealed in a separate case for nearly seven years and remains out of public view. Meg Oliver reports.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Pennsylvania woman who died in 2024 after falling into a sinkhole above an abandoned mine shaft alleges the property owner and U.S. Steel failed to take adequate measures to mitigate the risks posed by the mine.Elizabeth Pollard, 64, was searching for her cat, Pepper, with her 5-year-old granddaughter in Westmoreland County in December 2024 when she went missing. Pollard had parked her car near Monday’s Union Restaurant, where authorities located the vehicle hours later, according to WTAE-TV.”The Pollard family is looking for…

Canada’s new Financial Crimes Agency will have its work cut out for it amid growing cases of fraud and scams, experts say. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government proposed the creation of the FCA in their Spring Economic Update on Tuesday, making good on a 2021 Liberal campaign promise to create a dedicated policing agency to investigate issues such as money laundering, fraud, insider trading and organized crime.Financial crimes are a significant issue. The Expert Panel on Money Laundering in British Columbia (B.C.) Real Estate in 2019 estimated that money laundering alone consistently amounted to about two per cent of Canada’s…