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BAKHMUT, Ukraine —  Unleashing constant artillery barrages, Russian soldiers are slowly edging closer to Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine in their attempt to seize the city, which has remained in Ukrainian hands despite Moscow’s goal of capturing the entire Donbas region bordering Russia.While much of the fighting in the last month has unfolded in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region, the battle heating up around Bakhmut demonstrates Russian President Vladimir Putin’s desire for visible gains following weeks of clear setbacks in…

Elizabeth Warren and six other Democratic senators are Texas’ energy regulator on whether the crypto mining industry is putting additional strain on the state’s grid, and its impact on climate change. In to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the senators note that “cryptomining companies are flooding into states like Texas,” and raise questions about the industry’s impact on the state’s grid, which is already in position during major storms and other periods of high demand. “The Texas grid is…

Renault is preparing to create two separate divisions within the company to manage a major shift away from fossil-fuel vehicles. Photo: martin bureau/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images…

Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick ordered Mr. Musk’s team Wednesday to search for more possible text messages and other information requested by Twitter as the two sides prepare for a five-day, nonjury trial scheduled to start Oct. 17 in Wilmington, Del., over the stalled $44 billion deal. She said neither party had moved to stop the litigation.Separately, Twitter and Mr. Musk are continuing talks about closing the deal and hope to have an agreement soon, possibly as soon as later today,…

Whistleblower Zatko has claimed Twitter had misled regulators about its compliance with a 2011 settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over improper handling of user data. The US senators said they had invited Agrawal to testify on Tuesday, but he had declined.…

Amazon-owned Ring displays several products of their security line during the CES tech show Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Las Vegas.Photo: Ross D. Franklin (AP)Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday said that his office plans to push forward with an already yearslong investigation into “harmful surveillance practices” and “invasive data collection” facilitated by Amazon’s flagship home security product, Ring. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andrew Jassey—the handpicked replacement of ex-CEO Jeff Bezos, who transitioned to executive chairman…