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Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard said on Wednesday that he was reported on the NBA’s anonymous tip line. Howard, however, may have simply snitched on himself. Howard, according to Brandon Robinson, said he was reported on the hotline — which is in place to allow players to anonymously report violations to the league’s safety protocol to keep COVID-19 out of the bubble — for not wearing his mask. “Somebody told on me,” he said. Dwight Howard said he was reported on the snitch… Source link

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump shook up his campaign staff Wednesday amid sinking poll numbers less than four months before the election, replacing campaign manager Brad Parscale with veteran GOP operative Bill Stepien. “I am pleased to announce that Bill Stepien has been promoted to the role of Trump Campaign Manager,” Trump said on Facebook. “Brad Parscale, who has been with me for a very long time and has led our tremendous digital and data strategies, will remain in that… Source link

You’d have to search far and wide to find a better match between a running back and his organization than Derrick Henry and the Tennessee Titans. The Titans are committed to smash-mouth football, even in today’s chuck-it-around era. Henry is an imposing 6-foot-3, 250-pound freight train of a man with breakaway speed and a stiff arm from hell. He is the game’s premier big back, a worthy successor to Eddie George and Earl Campbell, famed power backs in the organization’s past. For all… Source link

Google continues to add new tools to help businesses shift into digital marketing, as many look to replace operational capacity that they’ve lost due to the COVID-19 lockdowns around the world. Google’s latest update involves new ad types, including new markers on search ads to prompt audience action, and improved display types to assist in branding. First off, Google’s launching a new beta program for image extensions, which will enable advertisers to include product visuals in search ads.

Michael McDowell ruined Bubba Wallace’s chances at advancing to NASCAR’s Cup Series All-Star Race on Wednesday night. McDowell turned his car left on the straightaway and turned Wallace into the wall during the first segment of the qualifying race for the main event at Bristol. McDowell was apparently unhappy with a bump that Wallace had just made to make a pass. McDowell was trying to block Wallace to keep him behind. But Wallace used his bumper to get past and McDowell looked like he… Source link

Reliance Jio continues to add billions of dollars to its bank account, Apple scores a tax victory in Europe and researchers test a system for undersea Wi-Fi (with lasers!). Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 15, 2020. Google invests $4.5 billion in India’s Reliance Jio Platforms Another giant tech company has invested in India’s largest telecom, following Facebook’s investment a couple of months ago. Reliance Jio has raised about $20.2 billion in the past four months — more… Source link

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) is attempting to make nice with European regulators. On Monday, the U.S. tech giant promised that it will not leverage the fitness and health data generated by Fitbit (NYSE:FIT) to target advertising. Alphabet’s Google unit signed an agreement to buy the fitness tech company… Source link

A day after Nick Cannon lost his job for peddling anti-Semitism, Dwyane Wade tweeted his support for the entertainer. He later wrote that he wasn’t supporting Cannon’s comments. ViacomCBS cut ties with Cannon on Tuesday, citing “hateful speech” and “anti-Semitic conspiracy theories” he espoused on a podcast. On Wednesday, Wade tweeted at Cannon “We are with you keep leading!” The retired NBA star then deleted the tweet after around two hours and more than 2,000 comments before… Source link

In a set of new lawsuits, two Illinois residents argue that three tech giants violated state laws prohibiting the use of personal biometric data without permission. Illinois residents Steven Vance and Tim Janecyk allege that images of their faces appeared in IBM’s “Diversity in Faces” database without their consent and were used to train facial recognition systems at Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s parent company Alphabet. While all three companies are based on the West Coast,… Source link