Fans look on from a tree as Phil Mickelson plays his shot from the seventh tee during the third round of the 2021 PGA Championship at Kiawah. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Does Phil Mickelson have your attention now? Going into Saturday’s third round of the PGA Championship, Mickelson was not the betting favorite … despite holding a share of the lead. He still wasn’t the betting favorite after he birdied the second hole to take sole possession of the lead, nor was he after he birdied the… Source link
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Goldman’s Crypto Chief Worries About Fraud, but Not Cryptocurrency’s Future
The Global Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs said in a Q&A published in the firm’s May 21 Global Macro Research newsletter that the growing cryptocurrency space, particularly related to “hot storage,” was “only one big fraud away from a very negative impact on the market.” Addressing a question about risks to the industry, Mathew McDermott, who was expressing his own views and not those of the research team, also noted that “inconsistent regulatory actions” worldwide could… Source link
Read More »Ex-Eagles coach Eugene Chung details bizarre job interview
Eugene Chung has a decade of coaching experience, a Super Bowl ring and years of experience as an NFL offensive lineman, but he still reportedly found himself dumbfounded by an interview with an NFL team this offseason. The former Philadelphia Eagles assistant offensive line coach told the Boston Globe’s Nicole Yang that a job interview with the unnamed team took a bizarre turn when the interviewer allegedly interrupted Chung’s pitch with a point of contention about his race. From the Globe:
Read More »Ethereum Foundation Says Berlin Hard Fork Addressed ‘Clear and Present’ Threat
Bloomberg World’s Best Rally Has Morgan Stanley to Newton Eyeing Europe (Bloomberg) — For so long the laggards of global equity markets, European stocks are back in favor and with the likes of Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley joining an increasingly bullish chorus, investors are taking note.The Euro Stoxx 50 Index of eurozone blue-chips is up 13% so far in 2021, outperforming the S&P 500 in the opening five months of the year for the first time since 2017 and topping all other… Source link
Read More »Luka Doncic leads Mavericks over Clippers
Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Saturday’s games. Mavericks hold off Clippers behind Luka Doncic’s triple-double Luka Doncic picked up right where he left off last time he faced the Los Angeles Clippers in the playoffs. The Dallas Mavericks pulled out a 113-103 win over the Clippers in Game 1 of their first-round rematch on Saturday, behind a triple-double from Doncic. The… Source link
Read More »Blockstream Buys Demeester’s Adamant in Expansion Into Bitcoin Investment Products – Yahoo Finance
Bloomberg Merkel’s Twilight Months Cloud German Crisis Rebound: Eco Week (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.The Germany economy is enduring a moment of flux as it tries to shake off the coronavirus crisis, just as the era of Chancellor Angela Merkel draws to a close.In just four months on Wednesday, voters will choose a new government in an election that augurs a turning point as she leaves a political void after 13… Source link
Read More »Virgin Galactic moves one step closer to commercial space flights
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Flying at Mach 3 and reaching more than 55 miles above the Earth Saturday, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson’s private spaceship company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc completed its first manned space flight from its new home port in New Mexico. This is a milestone in Branson’s near two-decades effort to create a commercial “spaceline” to take paying customers into outer space. Touted as the first human spaceflight from the state, Branson’s SpaceShipTwo craft… Source link
Read More »Elizabeth Hurley, 55, defends her bikini photos
Refinery29 An Exhaustive List Of Skimpy (& Supportive) Plus-Size Bikinis Skimpy bikinis are great! Honestly, truly. There are minimal tan lines, they’re easy to adjust, and — if you find one that really fits — they are actually really comfortable, too (there’s no pinching or chafing common to fuller-coverage bottoms). The cons? At many swimwear brands, revealing suits are often only available in straight sizes, or, the plus sets they do carry are somehow more modest, as if plus… Source link
Read More »Can Google and Samsung’s Wear OS take on the Apple Watch? It’s complicated
James Martin/CNET Google had big ambitions with its wearable software, Wear OS. But for the past few years, it’s… Source link
Read More »Google wants to make your Android phone your TV remote. Here’s how it’ll work
Android 12, which is now available as a public beta, will work with Android TV. Angela Lang/CNET
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