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Who’s playing starters in Week 1?
With NFL teams increasingly opting against playing their starters significant time in the preseason, Yahoo Sports will do our best to keep you updated with which big names you’ll actually be able to watch each week. Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs starters will play one quarter, Bears will get 15-20 plays The Kansas City Chiefs’ starters will play the entire first quarter against the Chicago Bears on Saturday. Patrick Mahomes and the new-look Chiefs offense, which no longer features Tyreek Hill, will… Source link
Read More »The Best Cleaning Caddies for 2022
We may receive commission from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. This content is created by a 3rd party partner for Yahoo. A cleaning caddy to organize cleaning Are you someone who is annoyed by your cleaning supplies not being in one place? Do you often find yourself rushing around the house to gather your supplies, wasting precious cleaning time? If the answer to these questions is yes, then it’s time to get yourself a cleaning caddy! Not… Source link
Read More »Austin Ekeler’s Yahoo fantasy football show is back
When consensus first-round fantasy draft pick Austin Ekeler isn’t slicing through defenses this fall, he’ll be moonlighting in a gig that feels rather appropriate, if not a little meta: fantasy football analyst. Driving the news: The Chargers running back’s weekly fantasy football show, “Ekeler’s Edge,” is returning to Yahoo Sports for a second season starting Sept. 7. The video and podcast series will run on 18 consecutive Wednesdays as Ekeler and co-host Matt Harmon, a Yahoo fantasy analyst,… Source link
Read More »Xiaomi beats Tesla to building a working robot
Forget about that crazy-thin foldable phone from earlier. Xiaomi just beat Tesla to unveiling a working humanoid robot prototype at a live event earlier today, and yes, it looks awfully familiar. The Xiaomi CyberOne is 177cm (5.8 feet) tall, weighs 52kg (115 pounds), is nicknamed “Metal Bro” and is also somehow given a zodiac sign, Leo. After a short walk to the middle of the stage, the CyberOne gave CEO Lei Jun a flower (for some reason), before it politely accepted a selfie with the man… Source link
Read More »The Best Tummy Control Swimwears for 2022
We may receive commission from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. This content is created by a 3rd party partner for Yahoo. A women’s one piece swimwear for summer Wearing a swimsuit at the beach or the pool can sometimes require self-confidence. Many of us don’t feel this comfortable all the time. Especially when we’ve constantly been fed this idea of an ideal “beach body,” and only those bodies get to show off and shine, right? Well, we… Source link
Read More »Mortgage rates surpass 5% again
Mortgage rates jumped back above 5%, after briefly and barely falling below that level last week. The rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage increased to 5.22% from 4.99% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac. While the rate remains lower than the 5.81% registered in June, it’s still 2 percentage points higher than the start of the year. The jump in rates is discouraging news for sidelined, price-shocked buyers, who are contending with tough affordability conditions. Meanwhile, homeowners are… Source link
Read More »Sanofi, GSK and Pfizer Lose Billions in Value on Zantac Woes
(Bloomberg) — Sanofi, GSK Plc and Haleon Plc extended their declines and have lost a combined $40 billion in market value since Tuesday’s close amid mounting concerns about litigation around the recalled heartburn drug Zantac. Most Read from Bloomberg Sanofi fell as much as 13% on Thursday in trading volumes nearly 10 times the average, taking its two-day decline to 20%, the steepest drop ever over that timeframe. GSK slid as much as 12% in London, while its recent spinoff Haleon slumped… Source link
Read More »Google Search rolling out long-awaited updates to snippets
Google is rolling out changes to its featured snippets. While that text box at the top of a Google search page can be helpful, it’s also been known to spread misinformation. The tech giant announced Thursday it was rolling out its latest AI model, called the multitask unified model, in an attempt to deliver more accurate information. Google said that the model can now understand the notion of consensus, which in this case is when multiple high-quality sources all agree on the same fact. The… Source link
Read More »Yahoo-yahoo: Experts tok why youths dey do internet fraud as Nigerian Court send seven go prison for cybercrime
Wia dis foto come from, EFCC 11 August 2022, 11:56 WAT One Nigerian court for Oyo state, south west Nigeria don send seven yahoo boys go chill for prison. On August 8 and 9, Justice Bayo Taiwo of di Oyo State High Court, wey sit for Ibadan, convict and sentence seven internet fraudsters to different years in prison. Di yahoo boys wey chop prison sentence na Ogunyemi Olajide Temitope, Olamilekan Fafiolu Quadri, Olamilekan Paul Akinyemi, Ayegbusi Ayokunle, Taiwo Azeez Dolapo, Adeogun Usman… Source link
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