LeBron James also matched Kobe Bryant’s 16 appearances on Christmas on Saturday, the most in NBA history. (Gary A. Vasquez/USA Today Sports) LeBron James needed just 16 minutes to pass Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and claim a new NBA record on Saturday night. James, in the first game at the newly named Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, surpassed Bryant’s Christmas Day scoring record in the Lakers’ 122-115 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. James, after making a layup to tie… Source link
Read More »Kim Potter breaks down while testifying to the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
The former police officer on trial for killing Daunte Wright testified Friday she “wouldn’t have stopped the car” the day that led to the fatal shooting in Brooklyn Center, Minn., on April 11. Instead, the officer she was training made the decision to pull Wright over. “I’m so sorry. … I didn’t want to hurt anybody,” Kimberly Potter said sobbing after returning from a break in the trial Friday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Potter, who worked as a Brooklyn… Source link
Read More »Retailers confront ‘perfect storm’ as thefts skyrocket, public safety breaks down
Retail theft is soaring across the U.S., with large chains like Best Buy (BBY) and Walgreens (WBA) beset by increasingly brazen and widespread instances of shoplifting that’s hurting their bottom lines. In recent weeks, reports of “smash and grab” robberies in major cities — featuring crowds of thieves making it off with electronics, clothing and footwear, have flooded social media. Security experts cite a litany of reasons including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed law… Source link
Read More »Ethereum ‘London fork’ helps prices rally as bitcoin breaks $40K
Developers successfully completed a ‘hard fork’ of ethereum on Thursday, essentially changing the underlying code that the cryptocurrency relies on to run. Photo: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty A successful change to the code underlying the world’s second biggest cryptocurrency ethereum (ETH-USD) has helped improve sentiment and drive crypto prices higher. Developers successfully completed a “hard fork” of ethereum on Thursday, essentially changing the underlying code that the… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin’s RSI Breaks Out of 6-Month Downtrend – Yahoo Finance
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Trading at Rock-Bottom Prices When a stock’s price falls into the doldrums, it’s tempting to just avoid those shares. After all, rock bottom prices usually happen for a reason, and those reasons are usually not good for the stock’s prospects. But there are times – more frequent than most would guess – that this common wisdom runs counter to the facts. Because the fact is, many fundamentally sound stocks can and do see periods of falling share price…. Source link
Read More »Netflix will face its biggest test yet when it breaks into gaming
This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe The video game business will be harder for Netflix than streaming Netflix (NFLX) may need to reinvent itself as people become unglued to their couches and streaming competition from the likes of Disney (DIS) and Amazon (AMZN) heats up. Just Tuesday, Netflix reported a third-quarter new subscriber… Source link
Read More »Karsten Warholm breaks 400m hurdles world record
Karsten Warholm made history on Thursday. (Photo by ANNIKA BYRDE/NTB/AFP via Getty Images) The men’s 400-meter hurdles officially has an Olympic favorite. And a new world record-holder. Karsten Warholm, a 25-year-old Norwegian hurdler, clocked a 46.70-second time in the 400m hurdles at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday to break a 29-year-world record, according to NBC Sports. The record was previously held by American Kevin Young, who ran a 46.78 at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. The… Source link
Read More »Bubba Watson’s driver breaks and he still hits fairway
Here’s yet another example of how much better professional golfers are than the rest of the golfing population. Bubba Watson‘s driver broke on impact of a tee shot he hit at the Travelers Championship on Friday. He still hit the ball over 260 yards and put it in the fairway. Just look at this ridiculousness. The feeling of a clubhead coming off during a swing is a sickening one. And the two-time Masters champion still hit a better drive than a lot of people can dream of hitting. Watson’s… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin breaks above $40,000 as market rallies
‘Bitcoin prices continue to recover from their recent hangover,’ said one expert. Photo: Getty Images Cryptocurrencies are continuing to recover from the weekend sell-off, with bitcoin crossing the $40,000 (£28,258) mark. It still remains far from its record-high of $63,000 though, which it hit earlier this year. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) was up 4.2% to trade at $40,500 on Wednesday morning. Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, was up roughly 9.4%, trading at $2,896…. Source link
Read More »Will Google Give Breaks for Slow Plugins and Apps?
Google’s Martin Splitt answered a question about what to do about third party must-have functionalities in the form of apps and plugins and whether Google would give publishers a Core Web Vitals break since those apps were made by a third party. Loren Baker asked a question that discussed the issue of publishers who need marketing and sales related functionalities on their sites that tend to slow down the web page and contribute to poor core web vitals scoring. The example used was of a… Source link
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