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PHILADELPHIA — Lightning-quick Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey has already established himself as one of the elite sprinters and transition bucket-getters in the league. But the second-year guard isn’t too quick to forgive the teams that passed him by in the 2020 NBA draft. And one of the teams he thought would select him is the team he’s facing now in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs with a must-win Game 6 for the 76ers at 7 p.m. ET Thursday. “I thought Miami would take… Source link

After seemingly forgetting that Android tablets existed for a while, Google is suddenly very invested in the market. Android 12L is in development to support larger-screened devices, and one of the platform’s co-founders, Rich Miner, has rejoined the team with the title “CTO of Android tablets.” Now, speaking to developers during an episode of Google’s The Android Show, Miner explained the opportunity the company is seeing (via 9to5Google). Miner references the introduction of… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Google and Facebook logos and Australian flag are displayed in this illustration taken, February 18, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration CANBERRA (Reuters) – Australia’s lawmakers on Tuesday inched closer to passing landmark laws that would force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to pay news outlets for content and could set a precedent for tighter regulation in other nations. The country is on course to become the first to introduce laws that challenge big technology… Source link

After parting ways with the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 12, Brian Schottenheimer has found a new job on the opposite end of the nation. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, he’ll be joining the Jacksonville Jaguars’ staff as their passing game coordinator, which means he’ll likely be working with Trevor Lawrence after April’s draft. Former Seahawks’ OC Brian Schottenheimer reached agreement to become the Jaguars’ Passing Game Coordinator, per source. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February… Source link

Benzinga Ohio Teachers Pension Fund Bought GM, Alibaba And Sold Tesla, Apple in Q3 The State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, or STRS Ohio, offloaded some Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) shares and snapped up more of General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd- ADR (NYSE: BABA) in the third quarter, Barron’s reported.What Happened: According to Barron’s, the pension sold 864,478 Apple shares in the third quarter (after a 4-for-1 split in August),… Source link

It didn’t take long for LaMelo Ball to establish a couple of facts in his preseason debut on Saturday: He has a lot to work on before becoming a reliable threat on offense. He is already one of the most entertaining facilitators in the NBA. In his preseason debut, the Charlotte Hornets rookie finished with zero points on 0-of-5 shooting, 4 assists, 10 rebounds and 4 turnovers in 16 minutes. It was an uneven night for one of the most divisive prospects of the 2020 NBA draft, but it was also… Source link

Barring something catastrophic, on Thursday night in Tennessee, Philip Rivers will step into an exclusive club. With his first or second completion of a prime-time showdown between the Indianapolis Colts and Titans, he’ll leapfrog Dan Marino on the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leaderboard. He’ll ascend into fifth place, barring the 20th century from the top five forever. And he’ll help tell a story. Marino retired after the 1999 season atop that list and many others. He was widely… Source link