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Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.
Fighters of Wagner private mercenary group pull out of the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to base, in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023.
  • After a long hiatus, Wagner Group mercenaries are back on the battlefield, Ukraine's military says.
  • Around 500 fighters from Belarus will help Russian combat operations around Bakhmut.
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GM CEO Mary Barra, left, and Ford CEO Jim Farley, right, appear to be at odds over the use of Chinese battery technology.
  • General Motors and Ford appear to be feuding over the use of Chinese battery technology in electric cars. 
  • GM executives have reportedly warned that Ford's use of the tech could give China a boost.
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Bloomberg reports that Fortnite developer Epic Games is expected to lay off 16 percent of its workforce.

In a statement from Tim Sweeney, Epic has confirmed the layoffs will impact around 830 employees. He wrote that the company intends to divest from Bandcamp — an independent music storefront company Epic acquired just last year — and



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Ex-Twitter executive Yoel Roth told X CEO Linda Yaccarino she should be "worried."
  • Ex-Twitter executive Yoel Roth told the company's new CEO she should be "worried."
  • Roth fled his home last year after Elon Musk promoted the "Twitter Files" and misrepresented Roth's past academic writing.
  • In a tense interview after Roth's comments, X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she feels "well



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SpaceX has won its first contract with the US Space Force to provide satellite communications via Starshield, Bloomberg reports. Announced last December, SpaceX describes Starshield as a “secured satellite network for government entities,” offered alongside its civilian-focused Starlink satellite internet service. Bloomberg notes that the Starshield



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Even the best student loans and other financial aid items don't always provide enough to cover all the costs of college. Scholarships are a great way to



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Almost two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his company Facebook to Meta — and since then, he has been focused on building the “metaverse,” a three-dimensional virtual reality. But the metaverse has lost some of its luster since 2021. Companies like Disney have closed down their metaverse divisions and deemphasized using the word, while crypto-based startup