Rudy Gobert is the favorite to win his third Defensive Player of the Year trophy.  But Ben Simmons isn’t far behind in the race and made his case for the hardware during an appearance on ESPN’s “The Jump” on Tuesday. The Philadelphia 76ers guard touted his versatility in an interview with host Rachel Nichols. He couldn’t resist taking a shot at Gobert in the process. “I’m one of those guys who can guard one through five,” Simmons said. “Obviously, there’s a lot of respect for Rudy. I know… Source link

Bloomberg TikTok Founder’s $60 Billion Fortune Places Him Among The World’s Richest People (Bloomberg) — Just last year, the world’s most valuable startup, ByteDance Ltd., was being squeezed from all sides.The Trump administration wanted the Chinese firm, which owns the ubiquitous TikTok video-sharing platform, to get rid of assets. Beijing was cracking down on tech businesses, and India blacklisted some of its social-media apps.For all the obstacles, ByteDance kept growing. Now its… Source link

Bloomberg Oracle’s Years-Long Washington Offense Ends in Trio of Defeats (Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp. Executive Chairman Larry Ellison has spent the better part of a decade waging battle in U.S. courts and forging political alliances in Washington to win lucrative business and thwart adversaries.It’s all part of a high-stakes gamble to revive Oracle’s anemic revenue growth, which has averaged about 1% a year since 2012, and regain relevance in the face of a widening phalanx of upstarts… Source link

Best Life These 4 Beloved Foods Are Disappearing From Grocery Shelves, Experts Warn Thanks to the COVID pandemic, we’re no strangers to major shortages of household staples. Last year at this time, toilet paper and cleaning supplies were almost impossible to find and prices surged, making these necessities a luxury. Now, with more and more people in the U.S. getting vaccinated, it may feel as if the end of the pandemic is just around the corner, but the lingering effects of the last year are… Source link

By Echo Wang    NEW YORK, April 13 (Reuters) – Nasdaq on Tuesday set a reference price of $250 per share for Coinbase Global Inc , projecting a value for the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange at $49.19 billion ahead of its landmark stock market debut on Wednesday.    The reference price is not an offering price for investors to purchase shares, but rather a benchmark for performance when the stock starts trading the exchange on Wednesday.    Coinbase shares are set to start trading… Source link

More than 300 businesses and investors, including tech giants and major utilities, are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate-change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030. That target would nearly double the U.S.’s previous commitment on emissions reduction and the time horizon would require dramatic changes in the power and transportation sectors and elsewhere throughout the economy, analysts say. … Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports We’re barreling toward the finish line, which means only one thing: Fantasy hockey playoffs. So, let’s focus on matchups to target and avoid down the stretch. It’s been a tough year in head-to-head leagues with unexpected schedule changes, but all of the postponed games have been scheduled and hopefully, there are no more delays. I assume all 31 teams will play all 56 games, though how exactly that will work with the Canucks potentially playing games after the fantasy… Source link

Shares of electric car giant Tesla (TSLA), which were under pressure through much of the first two months of the year, continued to claw their way back higher this week after Canaccord analyst Jed Dorsheimer released a note upgrading the stock from “hold” to “buy” — and nearly tripling his price target to $1,071 a share. (To view Dorsheimer’s track record, click here) Tesla, argued the analyst, holds a “several-year lead” over rival electric car companies around the world. And yet, the… Source link

(KTLA) – Google’s latest Nest Hub smart display can analyze your sleep and help you get a better night’s rest – all without wearing any sort of tracker. I’ve been sleeping with it near my bedside and I now know more about my sleep than ever before. “We were kind of astounded actually with how many people were struggling with sleep,” started Ashton Udall, a Google product manager with Nest. The Nest Hub 2nd generation, as it’s officially called, is very similar to… Source link

National Review Anthony Fauci Has Worn Out His Welcome More than a year ago, Americans welcomed Anthony Fauci into their homes as a sober scientist who was helping them make sense of a deadly new virus. But he has worn out that welcome. It’s true that Fauci has enjoyed an illustrious career, advising every president since Ronald Reagan and winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008. There’s much to admire in his overall leadership since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, as… Source link