The Vascones, an iron age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, previously viewed as largely illiterate

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The NYU professor said recent turbulence in the crypto market showed major players in the industry needed to go, and that regulators should be wary.

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Amazon said it is laying off employees across its corporate ranks, in a rare round of cuts for a tech giant that has mostly seen consistent growth throughout its history.

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Elon Musk says workers at the social media firm must be "hardcore" if they want to stay, reports say.

While the primary objective of Artemis 1 is to show that the launch system and spacecraft can make a trip to the Moon and return safely to Earth, the mission is also a unique opportunity to send a whole spacecraft-load of science into deep space.

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