The Yahoo Fantasy Football crew — Andy, Scott, Dalton and Matt — is identifying the specific players who have the widest range of outcomes this NFL season. Who could be a massive fantasy star — and who could never take off at all? Andy Behrens: If things break right for Trey Lance and he emerges as an impossible dual-threat riddle with elite receiving options at his disposal, then he can definitely challenge for QB1 status. In the two games he started last season, Lance had 24 rush… Source link
Read More »The NHL offseason moves that will impact drafters the most
Special to Yahoo Sports The 2022-23 fantasy hockey season is still a ways away, but now’s the time to start getting familiar with every team’s roster, and what better way to do that than to look at their offseason moves? Below, you’ll find a rundown of all the most fantasy relevant trades and signings that could impact drafters this season. The Trades Matthew Tkachuk to Florida, Jonathan Huberdeau & Mackenzie Weegar to Calgary This was easily the biggest move of the summer. A player in… Source link
Read More »Online intruders send hundreds of cabs to Moscow street • The Register
The taxi offshoot of troubled Russian tech giant Yandex has been hit by online pranksters, who yesterday ordered dozens of cabs to a single address in central Moscow, resulting in a major traffic jam. Kutuzovsky Prospekt sporting its usual weekday traffic Breaching the security defences of Yandex Taxi, a division of “Russia’s Google” Yandex, the internet intruders were then able to send available vehicles for hire to the same address. Hundreds of them, by the looks of it. Around three… Source link
Read More »A hacker attacked Yandex Taxi and sent dozens of cars to the same location
Yandex Taxi is however owned and operated by Russia’s largest IT corporation Yandex. Yandex is the equivalent of the Russian Google. Europe has thus far sanctioned the company’s co-founder Arkady Volozh, because of accusations that Yandex is “de-ranking and removing content critical of the Kremlin, such as content related to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.” No one yet knows for sure who was behind the Yandex Taxi hack. However the Twitter page of Anonymous TV has taken… Source link
Read More »Six pass catchers to consider fading in drafts
Maybe Kelce qualifies more as an over-valued fantasy player than the harshly termed “bust,” but he’ll soon be 33 years old and is clearly in the decline phase of his career — yet being drafted as a top-20 pick. Kelce’s yards per route run have decreased nearly 20 percent over the last three seasons with Tyreek Hill off the field, and Kansas City added JuJu Smith-Schuster to play the slot during the offseason. Kelce is being drafted higher than Mark Andrews, who’s six years… Source link
Read More »Stock futures higher after August jobs report
U.S. stocks opened Friday’s trading session higher following an in-line August jobs report. Shortly after the opening bell, the S&P 500 was up 0.7%, the Nasdaq up 0.7%, and the Dow was up about 150 points, or 0.5%. This jump follows a volatile trading session on Thursday that saw all three major indexes sink before paring losses, with the S&P 500 and Dow finishing September’s first trading session in the green. Data from the Labor Department published Friday morning showed nonfarm payrolls grew… Source link
Read More »Google employees at loggerheads with company over defense contract, again
A group of Google employees are yet again speaking out against Google’s defense contracts, this time asking the company to shelve its $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract for the Israeli government and military. Google partnered with Amazon to bid for the project. Under employee pressure, Google has previously dropped one US government defence contract (Project Maven), and shied away from another (JEDI). In a video posted on Youtube, a group of Google employees including… Source link
Read More »Yandex Taxi hack creates huge traffic jam in Moscow
Hackers meddled with ride-hailing service Yandex Taxi to create a two-hour-long traffic jam in the Russian capital. Dozens of drivers working for Yandex Taxi in Moscow likely had a frustrating day. Hackers breached the app, sending dozens of cars to the exact location, forming a traffic jam that lasted up to three hours. Reports on Twitter claim that cars were sent to the Kutuzovsky Prospekt, a major avenue in Moscow. One of the best-known objects in the area is the Stalinist-era building,… Source link
Read More »Google will allow alternative payment systems for Play Store in more countries – TechCrunch
Google announced today it’s expanding the user choice billing program for Play Store — which lets users choose alternative payment systems for in-app purchases — to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area. The company is calling all non-gaming developers globally to apply for this program, and if they qualify, they can use third-party payment systems in the above-mentioned regions. The search giant introduced a similar policy for
Read More »Taxi for Putin! Hackers bring gridlock to Moscow by sending hundreds of cabs to fake pick-up point
Taxi for Putin! Hackers bring gridlock to Moscow by sending hundreds of cabs to fake pick-up in Russian capital (but was it revenge for Ukraine invasion?) Hackers targeted Yandex Taxi, a taxi-hailing app similar to the likes of Uber They sent hundreds of driver to the same pick-up point on Kutuzovsky Prospekt The huge 10-lane road runs into the centre of the Russian capital was gridlocked No one has taken credit for the back, but comes as Russia wages war on Ukraine The two… Source link
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