Bloomberg Over 700 Barges Stuck in Mississippi River From Bridge Crack (Bloomberg) — A crack in a bridge over the Mississippi River has stranded more than 700 barges, cutting off the biggest route for U.S. agricultural exports when the critical waterway is at its busiest.The route is shut near Memphis while the Tennessee Department of Transportation inspects a large crack in a highway bridge spanning the river, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A queue has expanded to 47 vessels and 771… Source link

Disney (DIS) shares tumbled on Friday after reporting disappointing fiscal second-quarter results, with revenue and new Disney+ subscribers coming up short and the company’s theme parks business posting a fourth straight quarterly loss.  Shares of the Dow-component were down as much as 5.4% at session lows Friday morning, which would represent the stock’s worst day since June 2020.  “Disney’s in the middle of a recovery. I think what you’re seeing in terms of the stock performance is,… Source link

The New York Times Activists and Ex-Spy Said to Have Plotted to Discredit Trump ‘Enemies’ in Government WASHINGTON — A network of conservative activists, aided by a British former spy, mounted a campaign during the Trump administration to discredit perceived enemies of President Donald Trump inside the government, according to documents and people involved in the operations. The campaign included a planned sting operation against Trump’s national security adviser at the time, H.R…. Source link

Two years after the first warnings, it seems that Google may have a serious problem on its hands, as cracks in Android’s ecosystem open up. This is a serious game-changer for millions of users around the world. Here’s what you need to know. Android has a serious new problem. Corbis via Getty Images The headlines this week (1, 2, 3, 4) warn of an impending nightmare for Google, with the most serious threat yet to its globally dominant Android ecosystem. Blacklisted Huawei… Source link

Welcome to the Final Round of the NBA Yahoo Cup! This free, multi-round, single-entry contest was run every Friday for the entirety of the NBA DFS season. Scoring is cumulative for the year-long points race, with your five lowest scores dropped. At the end of the season, a $50,000 prize pool is shared amongst the top 7,950 competitors, with a whopping $10,000 going to first. Even if this your first time playing in the competition, the top-15 finishers in tonight’s freeroll contest earn… Source link

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The big, sweet-sounding Google Home Max is a pretty stellar deal at $150. Chris Monroe/CNET Before Google switched… Source link

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski spent at least a portion of the offseason watching his brothers get beat up by a YouTuber. Gronkowski served as a referee as four of his brothers boxed against YouTube personality-turned-boxer Logan Paul. Paul — who will box Floyd Mayweather in June — completely outclassed each of the four Gronkowski brothers during the bout.  Paul took on a different Gronkowski brother in each round. He faced Glenn in the first, Chris in the second, Dan in… Source link

Last year, right as people were really starting to grapple with pandemic life, Google decided to cancel its 2020 I/O developer conference entirely. (We can’t say we blame them.) This year, though, I/O is back — just in a different form. The online-only event kicks off on May 18th, and all signs point to it being a big one — Sundar Pichai himself said, during an Alphabet earnings call, that the show would feature “significant product updates and announcements.” From everything we’ve… Source link

Auburn’s 2021-22 basketball season is still six month away from beginning but the people over at Yahoo Sports are already looking at where two Tigers might end up in the 2022 NBA draft. High up on the list is Jabari Smith Jr., the incoming freshman and highest-ranked recruit in program history. He is slotted at the No. 3 overall spot. “Smith Jr.’s dad, Jabari Smith, played four years in the NBA and five years overseas. Last fall, Smith Jr. went up against Holmgren at the Pangos West… Source link