Cowboy Joe is headed for No. 1, closing in on the top spot on the chart. Joe West is poised to break baseball’s umpiring record when the St. Louis Cardinals visit the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. West is set to work home plate for his 5,376th regular-season game, snapping a tie with Hall of Famer Bill Klem. The colorful West, who turns 69 on Oct. 31, is perhaps the most famous umpire in major league history, known for his memorable run-ins with several players and managers over the… Source link

Yahoo Japan Corp. said Tuesday it will sell a subsidiary that offers foreign exchange margin trading services to industry leader GMO Financial Holdings Inc. for 28.8 billion yen ($265 million), ending its involvement in the highly competitive space. Yahoo Japan is expected to complete the sale of all its shares in YJFX Inc. in September. YJFX will be renamed Gaika ex byGMO Inc., according to GMO, an industry leader by volume in retail foreign exchange margin… Source link

Damian Lillard certainly came to play early on Monday night at Ball Arena. His hot start, however, didn’t carry over into the second half — and the Portland Trail Blazers paid the price. The Denver Nuggets, behind a 38 point night from Nikola Jokic, powered past the Trail Blazers to grab a 128-109 win in Game 2 and even up their opening-round playoff series 1-1. “That right there was a playoff game, for both teams,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said, . “The intensity, you had two… Source link

The Week U.S. warns Americans not to travel to Japan, but Japan says that won’t affect the Summer Olympics The State Department on Monday warned Americas, “Do not travel to Japan due to COVID-19.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned that “because of the current situation in Japan, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants and should avoid all travel to Japan.” The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee said it still plans to… Source link

Amid blowback over perceived preferential treatment for LeBron James, the NBA explained on Monday why it declined to suspend him for breaking the league’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols.  James reportedly attended an event promoting a tequila brand alongside Drake and Michael B. Jordan prior to the Lakers‘ play-in game against the Golden State Warriors last week. The appearance reportedly violated the league’s COVID-19 protocols, but the league declined to suspend or isolate James for… Source link

Vishwanath Ramarao needs no introduction in the world of technology and engineering. In two decades, he has developed over 15 patents in search system designs, IM, mail, and communication.  Today, as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer of digital insurance startup Acko, Vishwanath is responsible for data science, product, design, and engineering, and focuses on ensuring newer strategic technology initiatives.  His belief has stood him in good stead: “If you fall in love with… Source link

Google has added a way to put a password on your Web and Activity page, which shows all your activity from across Google services, including your searches, YouTube watch history, and Google assistant queries (via Android Police). Without the verification, anyone who picks up a device you’re logged into could see that activity. To activate the verification, you can go to activity.google.com, and click the Manage My Activity verification link. From there, you can select the Require Extra… Source link

Google’s Martin Splitt explains to site owners why their Page Experience report in Search Console may not be populated with data. A question regarding lack of Page Experience data in Search Console was asked during Splitt’s live appearance on the Search Engine Journal Today show. SEJ Founder Loren Baker tells Splitt that SEOs and site owners are concerned they’re not seeing data in Search Console, despite their site testing well for Core Web Vitals and other Page Experience factors. What… Source link

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Google’s Project Starline 3D videoconferencing system, unveiled last week, is well-timed for a post-pandemic world but still has a long way to go in seamlessly marrying the in-person and the virtual, three people who have used the system say. FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave Alphabet’s Google and rivals, including Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc… Source link

Are you planning to stick with Google Photos when its free unlimited storage disappears on June 1st? If you’re anything like me, you’re probably still struggling to figure out whether you can afford to procrastinate that decision a little bit longer — and today, Google has made that reckoning a little bit easier. First off, the company’s finally telling it like it is: Google will no longer pretend its compressed, lower-quality photos and videos are “High quality,” something… Source link