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Epic CEO Tim Sweeney sent an email to Epic employees, saying the company is laying off around 16 per cent of Epic staff.”We’re divesting Bandcamp (online audio distribution platform) and spinning off most of SuperAwesome (a kid-safe technology developer),” he announced.Epic acquired Bandcamp last year and bought SuperAwesome in 2020.“For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn, investing in the next evolution of Epic and growing Fortnite as a metaverse-inspired ecosystem for creators. I had long been optimistic that we could power through this transition without layoffs, but in retrospect I see that this was…

The victims were identified as Aayush Kumar, 10, Samir Kumar, 10, Sarwan Kumar, 9, and Ritik Kumar, 8.The accident took place in Gambhirpur village under Warisaliganj police station in the district.The victims jumped in a newly built pond to take bath without realizing its depth. When they started drowning, some local villagers tried to rescue them but failed. The pond was built with government funds to provide facilities to the devotees on Chatth Puja.–IANSajk/vd

The government is facing a challenge of handling a series of bandhs and protests across the state.The government is also challenged with handling the water crisis in the state. With the release of water to Tamil Nadu, it is almost certain that the standing crops which require 79 TMC of water will not get it. The fulfillment of drinking water needs of Bengaluru city throughout the summer is also going to be another challenge. The requirement of the state for drinking water up to June 2024 is about 33 TMC.Tamil Nadu had demanded for the release of 12,500 cusecs of…

Hangzhou, Sep 28 (IANS) Indian men’s football team’s campaign at the 19th Asian Games 2023 ended in Round of 16 after a 0-2 loss to Saudi Arabia, here at the Huanglong Sports Center Stadium on Thursday. En route to the knockouts, Sunil Chhetri and Co. lost to China 5-1 in the opener before beating Bangladesh 1-0 and holding Myanmar to a 1-1 draw. India finished second in Pool A behind China to seal a pre-quarterfinal spot.India’s plan, right from the get-go was to turn the game into a physical, gritty, scrappy battle. Igor Stimac had stressed on the importance of…

New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Thursday said that Mohali in Punjab is on its way to become another semiconductor hub in the country as the country begins its chip journey.Congratulating Continental Device India Private Limited (CDIL) for becoming the first Indian company to start production of Silicon Carbide devices for electric vehicles (EVs) while launching the new surface mount semiconductor packaging line, the minister said it is a shining example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to expand India’s electronics manufacturing share in the global electronics supply chain.“Inaugurated and…

Bengaluru, Sep 28 (IANS) Myntra on Thursday announced the arrival of Big Fashion Festival, its biggest festive fashion extravaganza.With over 23 lakh styles from over 6,000 brands, the fourth edition of the Myntra BFF offers one of the biggest assortment of selections across fashion, beauty and lifestyle ever and expects over 8 million customers to shop during the festive carnival. Over 5 lakh new styles have been added from brands that are popular among non-metro customers. To meet the expected surge in traffic and provide a smooth and seamless shopping journey to every shopper coming to the platform, Myntra has…

The development came in the wake of diplomatic relations between India and Canada nosediving in the last week over the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.The group of Indian hackers named Indian Cyber Force shared the screenshot on the social media platform X.The group also shared the screenshot of taking down the Canadian Armed Forces.The group in its post on X claimed responsibility and said: “Canadian Airforce Website has been taken down. Target – forces.ca/en/ Check host – check-host.net/check-report/1… Duration: 2 hour.”Besides the Canadian Armed Forces website, the group also claimed the responsibility of bringing down another website.In a…

Delhi’s Sachin Baisoya matched Akshay’s first-round effort by shooting a tournament low of nine-under 61 on Thursday that placed him one shot behind the latter in second place.The cut was declared at one-over 141. Fifty-seven professionals made the cut.Akshay (61-65), the first-round leader by two shots, put together three birdies and a bogey on his back-nine as he was brilliant on the greens from a range of 10 feet. The 33-year-old two-time winner on the PGTI, picked up another birdie on the second hole to continue his march forward.He found himself in difficult spots on both the sixth and eighth…

Both the leaders have been suspended for the rest of the monsoon session till October 4.“We are strongly condemning the behaviour. The Speaker’s chair has a dignity and we condemn the attempts to smear the dignity of the speaker’s chair,” said Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, a BJD MLA.The assembly witnessed ruckus on the fourth day of the monsoon session as BJP members protested demanding removal of controversial remarks made by BJD leader and Nayagarh MLA Arun Sahoo against Leader of Opposition Jaya Narayan Mishra from the house proceedings.Sahoo had earlier said that Mishra and other opposition leaders are suffering from mental…

Officials said that combined teams of Assam Rifles, Customs Preventive Force, Excise and Narcotics department officials and special narcotics police station (CID-Crime) of Mizoram police in separate operations seized the drugs and the foreign-origin cigarettes from Aizawl and Champhai districts.Five apprehended smugglers have been handed over to the Customs Preventive Force and Excise and Narcotics department for further legal proceedings.Officials said that the heroin and foreign-origin cigarettes were smuggled from neighbouring Myanmar.Ongoing smuggling of contraband items is a major cause of concern for the state of Mizoram and India, an Assam Rifles statement said.It said that the Assam Rifles, rightly…