For the fourth time in his 17-year career, LeBron James is an NBA champion. A four-season layoff between titles isn’t long for many, but it was the longest layoff for James since he first hoisted the Larry O’Brien Trophy back in 2012. Since James’ last title with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, the Golden State Warriors superteam and Los Angeles Lakers rebuilding project caused him to go four-plus years without a championship. Poor guy. So when James was reunited with the trophy on… Source link

Donald Trump defended spreading a preposterous conspiracy theory about the death of Osama bin Laden during a town hall on NBC Thursday night, saying he had merely been passing along a supporter’s view. “That was an opinion of somebody and that was a retweet. I’ll put it out there. People can decide for themselves,” he said, when questioned by NBC’s Savannah Guthrie about his passing along a theory that the killing of bin Laden by Navy SEAL Team 6 had been staged, and that members of… Source link

Hall of Fame guard Gary Payton told Yahoo Sports that he is interested in coaching in the NBA and wants it known that he’s passionate about this next phase and is available to join a coaching staff. “I have had conversations in the past about coaching, but the timing wasn’t right. I believe I now am ready to coach,” Payton told Yahoo Sports in a phone interview Thursday night. “A lot of young NBA players are a voice away from reaching their true potential. I would like to join an… Source link

The Kansas City Chiefs signed free agent Le’Veon Bell, the team announced Thursday. Bell will team up with rookie first-round pick Clyde Edwards-Helaire to serve as the counterbalance to an explosive passing offense led by reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. Bell, 28, played only 17 games with the New York Jets before they released him Tuesday, ending a tumultuous relationship between the running back and head coach Adam Gase. The former All-Pro is expected to add some punch to a Kansas… Source link

Google Search Head Prabhakar Raghavan opened the company livestream event, saying people use Google over supposed ccompetitors because it’s “helpful.” Users choose Google because it’s innovative and ‘helpful’ — not because there’s no competition. At least, that’s the message company executives tried to show viewers in a live-streamed event about its search product Thursday. The company announced a burst of small updates to its core search product, including the ability to detect songs from… Source link

Google Assistant is now available on newer Samsung smart TVs in the US, the companies announced. The AI helper will be available on Samsung 2020 smart TV models, including the 2020 8K and 4K QLED models, the 2020 Crystal UHD TVs, 2020 Frame and Serif sets, and 2020 Sero and Terrace models. The update will be available in the US first and roll out to more countries soon, according to Google. Pressing down on the TV’s remote control mic will activate Assistant, and users will be able to… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 100% From Current Levels Election day is just around the corner, and Wall Street is placing its bet on a Democratic sweep. Following the Presidential debate on September 29, the chance of a Biden victory has been increasing in the market.Since September 30, the S&P 500 has moved 5.5% higher. That said, the rotation into cyclicals and small-caps has been much more pronounced, with the Russell 2000 surging 8.5% over the same… Source link

Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify music. The feature is now part of Google’s mobile app and Google Assistant, where you can say “what’s this song?” (add a “Hey Google” first on Google Assistant) and then hum, whistle, or sing for 10 to 15 seconds. The results will include several probable songs, along with the search engine’s estimation of how likely it is that each is the one you’re looking… Source link

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss Alabama Head Coach Nick Saban’s positive COVID test, the two SEC games that have been postponed, and debate what would make the season a success. Video Transcript DAN WETZEL: Obviously, the big news is this is the week that COVID came for the SEC. The SEC waited until September 26th. Watched the Big 12 have all sorts of different issues, different things happening. This week it got real. Obviously, you… Source link

Google today announced a number of improvements to its core search engine, with a strong focus on how the company is using AI to help its users. These include the ability to better answer questions with very specific answers, very broad questions and a new algorithm to better handle the typos in your queries. The company also announced updates to Google Lens and other Search-related tools. Most of these are meant to be useful, but some are also just fun. You will now be able to hum a… Source link