The Memphis Grizzlies are a confident bunch. Just ask the Golden State Warriors. The NBA champions arguably got their toughest playoff test from a Grizzlies team that showed zero backdown or deference during their second-round series in May. None, of course, is more confident than Ja Morant. Take, for instance, his comments to Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks on Sunday. When asked about what he would say in a hypothetical conversation with Michael Jordan, Morant said that he would thank the NBA… Source link

Elon Musk is trying to kill his own plan to take over Twitter (TWTR) for $44 billion and mold it to his liking. The deal crumbled on Friday when the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO announced via a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that he’s terminating the buyout. So where did the tie-up that Twitter never asked for go wrong? It depends on whom you ask. Musk says he’s walking away because Twitter refused to hand over information about how many bots and spam accounts it has on its… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The NBA transition “take foul” during games is inching closer to being penalized, starting with the 2022-23 season, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The NBA’s Competition Committee is moving forward with a proposal to grant the team on offense with one free throw and possession of the ball if the team on defense employs the take foul, sources said. The committee began meeting in Las Vegas over the weekend to discuss rule-change proposals. The committee’s rule-change… Source link

Around nine months after bringing real-time lyrics to Android, iOS, smart TVs, game consoles, and desktops, Spotify has now introduced them to the Nest Hub, Google’s smart device for the home, as well as other Google Assistant smart displays. 9to5Google and Reddit users noticed this rollout a few days ago. Spotify and Google haven’t offered a comment. To access real-time lyrics on Nest Hub devices, you tap the lyrics icon on the bottom-right corner of the… Source link

BlackRock (BLK) has downgraded its outlook for stocks amid increasing economic uncertainty and persistent inflation. Strategists at BlackRock’s Investment Institute said Monday the firm cut its exposure to developed market equities, citing aggressive intervention by central banks to tame rising prices across the global economy. “Right now, we think the Fed has boxed itself in by responding to political pressures to rein in inflation,” strategists led by Jean Boivin said in a note… Source link

LAS VEGAS — The first weekend of Summer League was jam-packed with exciting games and glimpses of top players from the 2022 NBA draft. The No. 1 pick, Paolo Banchero, went head-to-head with No. 4 pick Keegan Murray in a sudden-death double-overtime thriller. No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren is settling in with the Oklahoma City Thunder, while No. 5 pick Jaden Ivey showcased some flashy passes and dunks in the open court. “This is a great class and people were kind of underestimating our class,”… Source link

Condoleezza Rice is now a part owner of the Denver Broncos. The former U.S. Secretary of State officially joined the new ownership group of the Broncos on Monday, the team announced. Rice joins the group led by Walmart heir Rob Walton and his family. “We’re pleased to welcome former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to our ownership group,” Rob Walton said in a statement. “A highly respected public servant, accomplished academic and corporate leader, Secretary Rice is well known as a… Source link

“YaLM 100B is a GPT-like neural network for generating and processing text. It can be used freely by developers and researchers from all over the world.” This is the introduction to a groundbreaking open source technology developed by Yandex on and made public on its platform “GitHub” (https://github.com/yandex/YaLM-100B) on 23 May 2022. The technology is available in the English and Russian languages, leverages 100 billion parameters and is reportedly the largest GPT-like model for… Source link

Google is adding a new report to Search Console that will help you understand how your videos perform in search results. Previewed in May at Google I/O, the Video Indexing report makes it easy to identify and fix issues preventing your videos from surfacing in Google Search. You can use the report to answer questions such as: In how many pages has Google identified a video? Which videos were indexed successfully? What are the issues preventing videos from being indexed? Like other reports in… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. There will be 10 games played across baseball Monday, including a doubleheader between the Royals and Tigers. While that’s not exactly an exciting matchup, the headline of the night will be the Braves hosting the Mets. After falling in a big hole at the start of the season in the NL East, the Braves have cut the Mets’ lead to 1.5 games. It will be a battle between two aces, as well, when Max Scherzer faces off against Max Fried…. Source link