• The Canadian Press

    AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EDT

    Mexico awaits results in an election likely to choose the country’s first female president MEXICO CITY (AP) — Polls closed on Sunday in a national vote that will likely give Mexico its first female president, but the heat, violence and polarization continued almost right through election day. People turned out to vote in the township of Cuitzeo, in the western state of Michoacán, despite the fact that a town council candidate was shot to death by two hitmen aboard a motorcycle just hours before

  • Reuters

    AMD launches new AI chips to take on leader Nvidia

    Advanced Micro Devices unveiled its latest artificial intelligence processors on Monday and detailed its plan to develop AI chips over the next two years in a bid to challenge industry leader Nvidia. At the Computex technology trade show in Taipei, AMD CEO Lisa Su introduced the MI325X accelerator, which is set to be made available in the fourth quarter of 2024. The race to develop generative artificial intelligence programs has led to towering demand for the advanced chips used in AI data centers able to support these complex applications.

  • The Canadian Press

    Canady strikes out 8 and leads Stanford past UCLA and into Women's CWS semifinals

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — NiJaree Canady struck out eight and went the distance as Stanford defeated UCLA 3-1 on Sunday night to reach the Women's College World Series semifinals and eliminate the Bruins. Stanford won the final game between Pac-12 teams before the league splits up. UCLA will be in the Big Ten next season while Stanford will join the Atlantic Coast Conference. Canady allowed just three hits and walked none for the eighth-seeded Cardinal (50-16), who reached the semifinals for the seco