HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – There’s a new scam circulating Facebook Marketplace- scammers are using your phone number, plus a code, to get into your Google accounts. A person may post something on Marketplace, like a couch, and moments later someone messages saying they’re interested. Instead of messaging on Facebook, the scammer asks for a phone number. “She wanted to make sure that I wasn’t a scammer, so she needed my phone number,” Kathy Donovan said. After Donovan gave the scammer her… Source link

As the U.S. faces a cash crunch and global pressure to prioritize vaccinating African countries, two unlikely partners have joined forces to do the same, all without U.S. government funding or help. Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Hotez and ImmunityBio (IBRX) executive chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong announced a partnership in late 2021 in which Hotez and his partner, Maria Elena Bottazzi, licensed their free, no-strings-attached COVID-19 vaccine candidate to ImmunityBio. And the… Source link

Selection Sunday is less than three weeks away, and NBA scouts are gearing up to see top draft prospects on the biggest college basketball stage. Auburn forward Jabari Smith has taken over the top spot after a strong showing in February. He’s combined for 59 points in two games, including 11 3-pointers, making him the best shooting big man in this draft class and a complete triple threat on offense. NBA scouts have flocked to Lexington, Kentucky, to get eyes on Shaedon Sharpe, who is sitting… Source link

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The crowned champion won $100,000 cash, the second-place winner won $25,000 and the third-place winner won $10,000.Photo: Courtesy of YahooNATIONAL HARBOR, M.D.—The LA Rams might have just won the big game, but back in December, a group of fantasy football players faced off on the digital gridiron to earn bragging rights and big bucks. Last fall, fantasy football players competed in the inaugural Yahoo Fantasy Football Championship, a 10-week contest that culminated in an in-person event… Source link

CLEVELAND — He bathed in the applause, yelled to the heavens, earning the biggest cheers among all the current players in the All-Star Game. Later, when LeBron James stood among so many of the NBA’s greatest players in its 75 years, only a few could relate to being the face of the game. One by one, they all played a part in molding the game into what it is: the texture, the depth and even its warts. But being an ambassador is something different. Carrying the torch of what the NBA is… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Oil was whipsawed along with gold after France said that the U.S. and Russian presidents agreed to a summit meeting over Ukraine. Most Read from Bloomberg West Texas Intermediate sank as much as 0.8%, reversing an early gain, after Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin agreed to the “principle” of a summit proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron, according to statements from the White House and the Elysee. There was no immediate confirmation from the Kremlin. See also: Biden… Source link

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures rose and Asian stocks pared losses Monday as traders evaluated the possibility of a summit on Ukraine between President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Most Read from Bloomberg Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and European contracts erased falls to climb about 1%, while an Asia-Pacific equity index came off its lows but stayed in the red. Markets are being whipsawed by Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine and efforts at diplomacy to bring both sides… Source link

Google’s quest to find a way forward for targeted advertising in a more privacy-centric world continues unabashed, despite its many (and vocal) detractors. After its previous proposal to replace the third-party cookie’s ad targeting capabilities came under fire for being potentially too invasive, Google has introduced an alternative cookie alternative called “Topics” that swings the pendulum in the other direction. WTF… Source link

For years, internet giants that have provided “free” services, had their business models hinged on collecting user data and monetising it in the form of advertisements. Recent global incidents that have put the spotlight on data privacy issues have also forced internet companies to make amends to their methods in order to give their users a better handle on their online data. At the same time, these big-tech firms such as Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon have also come under antitrust… Source link