It’s a battle of two California teams as LeBron James and the Lakers head to Sacramento for Wednesday’s matchup. We have our usual robust Wednesday night slate on tap, as 11 games are on the docket. There are several advantageous positional matchups to exploit, as well as a good trio of candidates that may be best to steer clear of due to a combination of circumstances/salary.   Guards Jaylen Brown, BOS vs. IND ($40): Brown went off for 53.8 Yahoo points in Monday’s loss to the… Source link

Starting with Chrome 110, stable builds will arrive a week early for a small set of users Last year, Google updated its approach to Chrome’s release schedule as it moved from a six-week to a four-week cycle, with the release of Chrome 94. The change has sped up the delivery of new features to users while keeping’s Google’s approach to development channels relatively intact: early, unstable code starts taking shape in the Canary channel, Beta lets features be… Source link

Justin Bieber is reportedly close to finalizing a $200 million deal to sell his music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bieber is in negotiations with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a Blackstone-backed investment and song management company, in a deal that would value his rights at “around” $200 million. The potential deal includes both Bieber’s publishing and recorded music catalog, the Journal noted, and represents the largest to-date acquisition for Hipgnosis, which purchased Justin… Source link

Justin Bieber is reportedly close to finalizing a $200 million deal to sell his music rights. According to The Wall Street Journal, Bieber is in negotiations with Hipgnosis Songs Capital, a Blackstone-backed investment and song management company, in a deal that would value his rights at “around” $200 million. The potential deal includes both Bieber’s publishing and recorded music catalog, the Journal noted, and represents the largest to-date acquisition for Hipgnosis, which purchased Justin… Source link

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has for years struggled to improve its position in the cloud market versus leaders like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT). An internal estimate by Google, from a leaked Microsoft document and some extrapolation of other market statistics, indicated Google Cloud believes it’s closer to second place than analysts think, CNBC reports. Google estimated that Microsoft generated under $29 billion in Azure… Source link

A woman with dreadlocks, a hairstyle that would be protected under the CROWN Act. (Getty Images) For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would ban race-based discrimination of hair, specifically natural, textured hair and protective hairstyles typically worn by African Americans. The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act aims to protect individuals from unjust treatment in the workplace, in hiring processes and in schools because of their hair…. Source link

Twitter appears to have cut off Google Voice numbers from two-factor authentication (2FA). Although it’s hardly the first company to block virtual phone numbers from SMS authentication, the change could be connected to CEO Elon Musk’s aggressive moves to snuff out bot accounts from the platform. The new behavior, reported by 9to5Google, appears to block users from using a Google Voice number to authenticate their accounts. (I tried it today, and it rejected my Google Voice number.) Further,… Source link

Get the tissues ready. This one is a bit of a tear-jerker. Dansby Swanson, the Chicago Cubs‘ newest shortstop, who recently signed a seven-year, $177 million deal, revealed Wednesday in his introductory news conference why he decided to join the Cubs after seven years with the Atlanta Braves. “Being a Cub means more to me than people would realize,” Swanson said. “It’s no secret I left my hometown team to be here. But I kept telling everyone it’s more personal to me.” It all comes back to his… Source link

In late 2021, the right-wing site Conservative Beaver published a story falsely claiming the FBI had arrested Pfizer’s CEO for fraud. It wasn’t Conservative Beaver’s first brush with fabricated news. The site had falsely claimed Barack Obama was arrested for espionage, Pope Francis was arrested for possession of child pornography and “human trafficking,” and the Pfizer CEO’s wife died… Source link

© Brandon Wade/Reuters CEO of Google Sundar Pichai told some teams to switch gears and work on developing AI products, the New York Times reports. Brandon Wade/Reuters Google issued a “code red” in response to the rise of AI bot ChatGPT, NYT reports. CEO Sundar Pichai redirected some teams to focus on building out AI products, per the report. The move comes as talks abound over whether ChatGPT could one day replace Google’s search engine. Google’s management issued a “code red”… Source link