The Cleveland Cavaliers were expected to be one of the worst teams in the NBA this season.  The Cavs’ preseason win total was about 26.5 or 27.5, depending on where you looked. It was among the five lowest totals in the league. It wasn’t unfair. They hadn’t won more than 22 games in a season since 2018, when LeBron James was still on the roster.  Then a weird thing happened. The Cavaliers have been good. And for bettors, they have been great. The best team in the NBA, actually.  Cavaliers… Source link

After rounds of intense discussion and negotiation between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, an agreement has been reached to revamp parts of the COVID-19 testing thresholds and get players back onto the field more quickly.  Before that measure kicks in, the NFL has entered all franchises into the enhanced COVID protocols through the end of this week’s games in response to a massive spate of positive tests this week. That means through the end of this week’s games, franchises will… Source link

Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is stepping down for health reasons, and the six-year-old company and its products will be folded into Google, he wrote in a blog post Thursday. Doctoroff says he’s been diagnosed with what may be ALS and wants to spend more time with his family. “Starting next year, Sidewalk products Pebble, Mesa, Delve, and Affordable Electrification will join Google, becoming core to Google’s urban sustainability product efforts,” Doctoroff wrote in the post…. Source link

Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff speaks during a press conference where Alphabet announced it will develop an area of Toronto’s waterfront on October 17, 2017. Mark Blinch | Reuters Alphabet is folding its smart city projects, known as Sidewalk Labs, into Google, as the company aims to bolster its climate sustainability efforts and consolidate businesses that aren’t making money. In a Medium post on Thursday, Sidewalk’s Founder and CEO Dan Doctoroff announced the changes. Doctoroff also said… Source link

The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a $768 billion defense policy bill that directs the president to create a “grand strategy” to address global economic and military threats posed by China. That vote came as news emerged that U.S. military commanders have created a software tool designed to predict how China will react to U.S. activities in the area, such as U.S. officials’ visits to Taiwan. In a new interview taped Monday, billionaire hedge fund titan Ray Dalio said a military… Source link

Full stop, Jet.com founder and former Walmart U.S. e-commerce wizard Marc Lore is trying to shake up the world.  And that’s where Yahoo Finance found Lore on a recent Wednesday afternoon, somewhere between executing on big, bold new ideas (food delivery startup Wonder plus city of the future Telosa), mapping out a vision for basketball teams Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx (which he now partly owns with former baseball star Alex Rodriguez) and having a little fun on Twitter… Source link

Alphabet’s smart city project is winding down and Google will take over its products. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff announced the news in a letter, in which he noted he is stepping down for health-related reasons. A spokesperson confirmed to Engadget that Sidewalk Labs products will be folded into Google, though Alphabet plans to spin out Canopy Buildings as a separate company. “Starting next year, Sidewalk products Pebble, Mesa, Delve, and Affordable Electrification will join Google,… Source link

Thaddeus Young was shocked to learn that he was being traded this past offseason when the Chicago Bulls, where he’d put together two effective seasons, acquired DeMar DeRozan and sent Young to the San Antonio Spurs. Since then, Young has been among NBA trade rumors as a piece that could bolster a team looking for consistent inside scoring and a dominant rebounder. In the latest episode of the “Posted Up with Chris Haynes” podcast, Young explained what he’s looking for at this point in… Source link

I was lost and in search of myself after hearing the devastating news on Ars Technica: Google Toolbar had been put down by the search giant after nearly 21 years — longer than most projects the company lets live. (A recent newsletter effort didn’t make it past three months). There was no ceremony, no announcement, no moment of silence, nor any closure — just a “no longer available.” That’s what Google has now on its Install Google Toolbar help page; it tells you how to… Source link

With time ticking away before shipping deadlines put a stop to your online holiday shopping, Google is highlighting a few new Chrome features that might help you out. Still, it’s not lost on us that these features used to keep track of stuff to help you shop are also useful for the nearly $2 trillion company that makes most of its money from serving up relevant advertisements and making sure shoppers hit the “buy” button. But you will probably use Chrome anyway, so you should know… Source link