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(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s multibillion-dollar deal to build customized versions of its HoloLens goggles for the U.S. Army is moving forward, one year after the Senate considered freezing half the contract. The deal, initially unveiled three years ago, is now worth as much as $21.9 billion over 10 years, according to Microsoft. The agreement runs for an initial five years, with an option to add another five years. The software maker will manufacture the augmented-reality devices in… Source link

A small private Catholic school in eastern Washington that didn’t win a single game over the first six decades of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament‘s existence knocked off USC on Tuesday to reach the Final Four. And the most remarkable part of this remarkable story is that Gonzaga’s supremacy was wholly unsurprising. The new premier program in men’s college basketball steamrolled the sixth-seeded Trojans in the Elite Eight, 85-66. Drew Timme, the Zags’ fourth-best NBA prospect, outplayed and… Source link

Naomi Osaka has gained many fans over the years at the Australian Open. The 2019 champion likely added many more on Friday after her magical moment with a butterfly. During the second set of her 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ons Jabeur of Tunisia, a fan yelled to Osaka as she was about to serve, “There’s a butterfly on your legs.” Very delicately, Osaka scooped up the butterfly off her legs and placed it on the side of the court. The butterfly, however, wasn’t done with the three-time Grand Slam… Source link

If the best defense in the NFL can’t contain the Green Bay Packers, it’s hard to believe anyone else has much of a chance. The Packers used every club in the bag on Saturday. They ran it with ease right at the Rams behind a great offensive line performance. They went with fast tempo, which seemed to put the Rams on their heels. There were countless formations and motions. And when the Packers needed Aaron Rodgers, he looked every bit the MVP of the NFL. It was a reputation-making… Source link