A Google computer program that simulated a wildfire evacuation in Mill Valley is offering solutions to ease traffic congestion in an emergency. Researchers Yu Chen, Yusef Shafi and Yi-Fan Chen compared Mill Valley’s infrastructure issues to the town of Paradise, which was nearly leveled by the Camp wildfire in 2018. In their report, researchers built a traffic simulation to explore how to avoid the bottlenecks that happened in Paradise, where at least 85 people were killed. “We apply the… Source link

Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes and senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill discuss the recent injuries battling Los Angeles, which offseason signings just aren’t working out and if it’s a sign that the defending champs are in real trouble entering the stretch run of the regular season. Hear the full conversation on the Posted Up with Chris Haynes podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen. Source link

More stimulus checks are on the way through direct deposit and the mail. The Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Treasury said Monday that the next batch of Economic Impact Payments will be issued this week with many coming as paper checks or prepaid debit cards. Some direct deposits began processing Friday with an official pay date of Wednesday, March 24. Additional payments are expected to be released on a weekly basis going forward, the IRS said in a news release. “The IRS continues to send… Source link

So much for this year being the Big Ten’s best chance to end its 21-year national title drought. College basketball’s supposed strongest league has been the NCAA tournament’s biggest disappointment. Nine Big Ten teams secured NCAA tournament bids on Selection Sunday, more than any other league in college basketball. Eight days later, only Michigan is still alive. The carnage started in the First Four when Michigan State squandered a 14-point lead against UCLA. Purdue then crumbled in the… Source link

Bloomberg Fight Between Commodities Giants and Shippers Leaves Seafarers Stuck (Bloomberg) — A standoff between commodities giants and shipping companies is prolonging the labor crisis at sea, with an estimated 200,000 seafarers still stuck on their vessels beyond the expiration of their contracts and past the requirements of globally accepted safety standards. In an effort to keep deliveries of food, fuel and other raw materials on schedule, some of the big commodities firms are avoiding… Source link

Kyrie Irving will miss the Brooklyn Nets’ next three games while dealing with a “family matter,” the team announced on Monday. Irving will miss a three-game road trip for the Nets, where they will take on the Portland Trail Blazers, Utah Jazz and Detroit Pistons. It’s unclear specifically what Irving’s “family matter” is. Kyrie Irving will not accompany the team on this week’s three-game road trip (POR/UTA/DET) in order to tend to a family matter. — Brooklyn Nets… Source link

TipRanks Analysts Say ‘Buy the Pullback’ in These 3 Stocks The savvy investor knows that the best time to buy is when a stock is priced low – it’s just the old game of ‘buy low and sell high,’ the age-old advice on how to make money. But with the S&P at near record levels, it’s hard to tell when a stock is priced low. The key is just to take them as individuals. The stock market is the world’s greatest real-time experiment in averaging over large mass numbers. The markets as a… Source link

The 5 worst things people are doing with stimulus checks, Suze Orman says More than 90 million American households have now received their third stimulus checks. The $1,400 checks, which are part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, are expected to help recipients cover immediate household expenses and pay down debt. And given that many qualifying households are receiving additional checks for dependents — that is, children and non-working adults – a large number of… Source link

Google Cloud has hired Intel engineering veteran Uri Frank to lead new server chip design efforts as part of the cloud service provider’s increasing investments in custom silicon. The Mountain View, Calif.-based cloud vendor announced Monday that it was “doubling down” on custom chips as “one way to boost performance and efficiency” in its servers, expanding beyond the work it has done in introducing the Tensor Processing Unit, the Video Processing Unit and the open-source… Source link

No. 13 Wright State buried two 3-pointers in the final minute to deliver the NCAA women’s basketball tournament its first major first-round upset in nine years. The Raiders eked out a 66-62 win against No. 4 Arkansas on Monday in the Alamo Region in its third ever appearance in the tournament. The No. 13 seeds were 6-100 all-time against No. 4 seeds before Wright State’s victory, per the ESPN broadcast. The last 13-4 upset was in 2012 when Marist toppled Georgia. Only one team seeded lower… Source link