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(Adds Insider report, background) Jan 17 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp plans to cut about 5% of its workforce, or about 11,000 roles, U.K broadcaster Sky News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. The reported layoffs would be the latest in the U.S. technology sector, where companies including Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc have announced retrenchment exercises in response to slowing demand. Microsoft could cut recruiting staff by as much as one-third even as many teams have initiated a… Source link

It was ugly, just the way Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller wanted it. Maybe a little uglier than most others would have liked. But the No. 3 seed Sun couldn’t buy the first vowel in “offense” and lost the mightily messy Game 3 affair to the No. 2 seed Chicago Sky, 76-72, at Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut on Sunday. Chicago leads the best-of-five series, 2-1, and is one victory away from a return to the WNBA Finals that tips off in one week. Connecticut will need to win out, including… Source link

Candace Parker did just about everything in her power to lead the Sky to a win on Sunday night. It just wasn’t quite enough. The Connecticut Sun fended off a massive fourth-quarter push, and a historic outing for Parker, to beat the Sky 68-63 in Game 1 of their semifinals series at Wintrust Arena. “A lot of free-flowing offenses of the four teams left, and we know who we are,” Sun coach Curt Miller said, via ESPN. “We’re blue collar. We’re going to be good around the basket. We’re going to… Source link

Adam Cahan and 1110 Green Street (Getty Images, Zillow) Former Yahoo executive and current cannabis vape company CEO Adam Cahan is selling the Russian Hill home he bought less than three years ago, asking $13 million for the 4,800-square-foot property. He purchased the fully renovated “Sky House” for $10 million just before the pandemic began, according to public records. Built in the early 1980s, the home received a years-long studs-out remodel from developer Jeremy Ricks. Marketed as… Source link

Courtney Vandersloot wasn’t going to let the Chicago Sky blow their lead Sunday afternoon. Vandersloot lifted the Sky to an 88-85 win over the Minnesota Lynx with a 3-pointer right at the buzzer. Her shot, which she hit over Minnesota center Sylvia Fowles, was perfect. Vandersloot finished with 18 points, six assists and five rebounds in the win, and shot 4-of-7 from behind the arc. The game likely marked Fowles’ last in Chicago. The former Sky star is set to retire at the end of the season,… Source link

Candace Parker joined an elite class of WNBA stars on Sunday afternoon. Parker dropped a triple-double while leading the Chicago Sky to an 82-73 win over the Washington Mystics on Sunday, which marked the second triple-double of her career. She’s now one of just three players in WNBA history to record multiple triple-doubles, joining Sheryl Swoopes and Courtney Vandersloot. And, at 36, Parker is now the oldest player in league history with a triple-double. Parker finished with 16 points, 13… Source link

A Chevron station in the 900 block of Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles has gas prices just under $6 a gallon. The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Friday for the 11th consecutive day, the largest week-to-week increase since March. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) It’s not your imagination. California, like the rest of the nation, is paying more at the pump. Prices are so high — and consumers are so perplexed — that a Google search of… Source link