Meet Lady Sarah Rose Hanbury, a British noblewoman whose family has been linked to royals for generations

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Rose Hanbury, Prince William, and Kate Middleton at Houghton Hall in 2016.

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  • Rose Hanbury is a British noblewoman whose family has been linked to the royals for years. 
  • She and her husband, David Cholmondeley, are neighbors of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
  • Media reports have speculated about Hanbury's ties to William and Kate on and off since 2019.

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NASA is investing in a rocket that could get humans to Mars and back in 2 months — and travel at 100,000 mph

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Once fully developed, the Pulsed Plasma Rocket could blast through space at 100,000 miles per hour.

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  • NASA aims to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. But with current technology, the journey will be years long.
  • That's why NASA invested in a new type of rocket that could shorten the trip to just 2 months.
  • Reducing the amount of time astronauts spend in spaceflight is critical to their

NATO is taking greater control of Western efforts to back Ukraine's fight as US politics raise questions about its reliability

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Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on the front lines with the support of Western partners, but there are questions about the reliability of those partnerships.

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  • Past political gridlocks and the upcoming US presidential election have fueled concerns over future Ukrainian military aid.
  • Donald Trump, a critic of NATO, has questioned the large amount of support the US gives Kyiv.
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Welcome back to Wall Street earnings season

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Welcome back! President Joe Biden's reelection campaign is facing a critical moment. Sen. Peter Welch became the first Senate Democrat to publicly call for the president to drop out of the race — and some Democratic leaders might also now

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German Navy looks to replace its outdated floppy disk system for its frigate fleet

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The German Navy is in need of a serious upgrade for its fleet of submarine frigates and we’re not talking about a digital upload or some kind of software patch. The country’s fleets of submarine frigates have operated on old-fashioned, 8-inch floppy disks since they were commissioned back in the 1990s.

Now the German Navy is trying to find a way to replace the outdated disk system that are “vital

Tesla Gigafactories: A look at the manufacturing hubs and their future

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Local residents voted against Tesla's plans to expand its gigafactory in Germany

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  • Tesla currently has six massive Gigafactories building batteries and electric vehicles.
  • The company also has plans to build a seventh Gigafactory in Mexico.
  • Here's a look at Tesla's Gigafactories, which Elon Musk said he wants to build 10-12 of in the next several years. 

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Read Intuit CEO's message announcing over 1,000 layoffs due to performance — but the company is hiring 1,800 in areas like AI

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Intuit's CEO Sasan Goodarzi wrote in a letter to employees that 1,050 of the 1,800 staff cuts were due to employees not meeting expectations, according to an SEC filing published Wednesday.

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  • Intuit's CEO wrote in an email to staff that 1,050 of 1,800 cut employees didn't meet expectations.
  • The company plans to hire a roughly equal number of workers in roles in engineering and

How to make the most of the Olympics on Peacock

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It's almost time for the 2024 Olympics, those special weeks when we watch the world's best athletes go for gold (and get emotional watching their parents cheer them on). And for the first time ever, Peacock will be streaming every event live — a step up from the muddled viewing experience of the 2020 Summer Games.

With 329 medal events and over 5,000 hours of live programming planned, Peacock's

Elon Musk has reportedly offered his sperm to help colonize Mars. It's unclear if that's possible.

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  • Elon Musk offered his sperm to seed a settlement on Mars, anonymous sources told The New York Times.
  • Secretive teams at SpaceX are investigating options for a Mars colony, including reproduction, according to the report.
  • It's unclear whether it's possible to have babies on Mars due to high radiation and low gravity.

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