Monthly Archives: April 2022

Google teams up with the NBA to host a ‘virtual’ Pixel Arena inside the NBA App – TechCrunch

Google teams up with the NBA to host a ‘virtual’ Pixel Arena inside the NBA App – TechCrunch

Google and NBA have launched the Pixel Arena, a virtual space tied to the 2022 NBA Playoffs, inside the NBA mobile app. The Google and NBA Pixel Area aims to give fans a virtual experience based on real-time information from the games. App users can access the Pixel Arena through the NBA app by selecting a specific game. Here, you can use your phone’s gyroscope to navigate through the 3D virtual space. The Pixel Arena also allows you to make and customize avatars… Source link

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How to Recover Deleted Yahoo! Emails

How to Recover Deleted Yahoo! Emails

rafapress/Shutterstock.com If you’ve mistakenly deleted an important email, Yahoo offers you two options to recover your email. You can either find and restore your email from the “Deleted Items” or the “Trash” folder, or request Yahoo to restore your email backup. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Backup and Restore Emails in Microsoft Outlook Retrieve Deleted Yahoo Emails From Deleted Items on Desktop When an email is deleted, Yahoo moves it to the “Deleted Items” folder… Source link

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Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna on crypto: ‘It’s a huge tool’

Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna on crypto: ‘It’s a huge tool’

As regulators in the U.S. and abroad consider ramping up oversight of digital assets, Congressman Ro Khanna, who represents Silicon Valley, pointed out the benefits of cryptocurrency in a recent interview with Yahoo Finance (video above). “It’s a huge tool,” he said. “I mean, what is cryptocurrency? At its core, it’s a technology that allows decentralization, it takes away a need for a third-party. You have a ledger, basically an accounting book that’s public, so you don’t need… Source link

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Google Wallet may be making a return

Google Wallet may be making a return

Google seems to be working on bringing Wallet back in some form after it made the app part of Google Pay (via Android Police). According to Mishaal Rahman, the company is creating a Wallet interface for Google Play Services that will act as a way to access and manage your payment and transit cards, passes, rewards memberships, and more. Currently, you manage most of these in Google Pay, and it seems likely that you’ll be able to get to the new Wallet UI from within that app, which… Source link

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Yahoo Sports’ Apollo Global Interested in Financing Twitter Buyout

Yahoo Sports’ Apollo Global Interested in Financing Twitter Buyout

AHL’s San Diego Gulls to Debut Facial Ticketing and Concession Payments By Andrew Cohen April 20, 2022 The American Hockey League’s San Diego Gulls will debut facial recognition ticket admission and concession payments for tonight’s game against the Abbotsford Canucks at Pechanga Arena in San Diego. The deployment is the first of its kind through a partnership between facial verification company PopID and ASM Global, which operates more than 300 sports and entertainment… Source link

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Wolves’ Anthony Edwards ready for spotlight

Wolves’ Anthony Edwards ready for spotlight

MEMPHIS — Minnesota Timberwolves rising young star Anthony Edwards is ready for his postseason close-up. After going off for a game-high 36 points to lead his team to a Game 1 opening-round victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday — becoming the fourth player under 21 years of age to score at least 36 points in a playoff debut — Edwards said he’s going to use this elevated platform to show up and show out. “I think it’s very important to play at my best because they hide me… Source link

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Twitter board gets an ‘F’ for dealing with Elon Musk: former SEC chairman

Twitter board gets an ‘F’ for dealing with Elon Musk: former SEC chairman

Twitter’s board (TWTR) is doing a terrible job handling the Elon Musk situation, said former SEC chairman Harvey Pitt. “I would give Twitter’s board an F,” Pitt said on Yahoo Finance Live. “I believe under the circumstances, they needed to check out whether this was a real bid. If it were a real bid, then they needed to do what was in the best interest of their shareholders. This is a price that hadn’t been seen in quite some time. The number is at least a legitimate frame of reference and… Source link

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You won’t believe why De’Veon Smith was cut by the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers

You won’t believe why De’Veon Smith was cut by the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers

Who wouldn’t want pizza over chicken salad? Can anyone blame De’Veon Smith formerly of the USFL Pittsburgh Maulers for wanting a slice? Well, the slice led to Smith being cut by Kirby Wilson, head coach of the USFL team in the Steel City. Smith requested pizza from a hotel worker instead of the chicken salad that was being served to him. The hotel worker told him he couldn’t and asked if that would be a problem. Smith claims that he said “yes” and walked away. Hard to believe but… Source link

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‘We need to catch up with the rest of the world’

‘We need to catch up with the rest of the world’

Shark Tank star and O’Shares Investment Advisers Chairman Kevin O’Leary predicts that one day blockchain and cryptocurrency will represent the 12th sector of the S&P 500 and is “very confident” sensible government crypto regulation will happen before mass adoption. “The pace and acceleration of policy proposals coming out of bipartisan Senate committees and the Hill has never been greater” Kevin O’Leary said on Yahoo Finance Live “We’ve got the Lummis bill. We have the Haggerty… Source link

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