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This startup was supposed to revolutionize California's wine industry: "It totally failed'
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (998+ words) Just two years ago, Monarch Tractor was worth half a billion dollars and ready to shake up the wine industry. In April, it shut its headquarters, laid off its employees and sold its technology to a competitor. The wine-country startup…...
Surge in imports drives US goods trade deficit to 14-month high in May
23+ hour, 13+ min ago (747+ words) The U. S. trade deficit in goods swelled to a 14-month high in May as businesses boosted imports, likely to avoid shortages and higher prices related to the war in the Middle East, prompting economists to cut their growth estimates for the…...
Opinion Front Page for June 26, 2026
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (24+ words) The Spokesman-Review Page designer: Ricky Schodl Other Section Fronts From Today's Paper Past Pages from Opinion...
Micron joins rivals pitching AI deals as cure for memory's boom-bust cycle
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (567+ words) Memory chipmakers have for decades been trapped in boom-bust cycles, with capacity buildouts hitting the market just as demand craters. Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix are now trying to convince investors this time is different, arguing long-term deals will keep…...
Opinion Front Page for June 25, 2026
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (24+ words) The Spokesman-Review Page designer: Kimberly Lusk Other Section Fronts From Today's Paper Past Pages from Opinion...
Medicare AI program made them suffer in pain. Now they want answers
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (1140+ words) For months, Medicare patients in Washington have struggled with delays and denials for medical treatments due to a new program that uses artificial intelligence to review care. Now, patients and their doctors are fed up and demanding changes. Lawmakers scrutinizing…...
Microsoft's quantum computing technology called into question, again
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (613+ words) A new critique in the scientific journal Nature is raising fresh questions about Microsoft's claimed quantum computing breakthrough last year, which underpinned the company's announcement this month that it will have a working quantum system by 2029. Quantum computers could solve…...
Spokane council delays data center moratorium until at least next week
1+ week, 4+ day ago (510+ words) The Spokane City Council is lightly tapping the brakes on a moratorium on new data centers within city limits, pushing a resolution to next week after questions about where to draw the line without affecting desired projects such as'an aerospace…...
Nvidia to raise $20 billion, source says, in first corporate bond sale in five years
1+ week, 5+ day ago (291+ words) Nvidia will raise $20 billion through a U. S. bond issuance, a source told Reuters on Monday, tapping the debt market to fund the massive capital requirements to produce cutting-edge AI chips. Investor demand has hit $85 billion, the source familiar with the matter…...
Likely illegal, AI-generated attack ad depicts Republican Michael Cathcart as a liberal villain
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (565+ words) No one seems to have the foggiest idea who's behind the likely illegal attack ad sent through the mail this week to accuse Spokane City Councilman Michael Cathcart, Republican candidate for county auditor, of being a liberal Hollywood villain. Depicted…...