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From the start of the NFL draft to the end of it, only one division saw the favorite change in the odds at BetMGM. The A.J. Brown trade was a pretty big deal. The Tennessee Titans decided they didn’t want to pay Brown, one of the NFL’s most talented receivers, so they traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles. They used the first-round pick they acquired in the trade to take receiver Treylon Burks, but we don’t know if Burks can be anywhere near as good as Brown, especially as a rookie. That’s why… Source link

At Psy’s summer shows, audiences sing and dance while getting sprayed with water.Getty Images Psy’s famously water-drenched concerts are set to return, with each show needing 300 tons of water. The pop star has been criticized for his shows’ water requirements amid South Korea’s drought. According to reports, South Korea is facing a shortage of water for agricultural and industrial use. K-pop superstar Psy has been criticized for requiring 300 tons of water at each of his upcoming summer… Source link

South Korean app developers and content providers are upping their paid subscription and service fees on Google’s Play marketplace due to the heavy 15-30% commissions now required following Google’s policy changes that force apps to use its own first-party billings and payments system. While South Korean law permits app developers to use a third-party payment option, this only reduces Google’s commission by 4% — and that’s not enough, developers… Source link

Novavax (NVAX) is awaiting the outcome of a June 7 meeting of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, which could finally bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. market. Chief Commercial Officer John Trizzino told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the company is optimistic about the upcoming meeting. Novavax ran into manufacturing quality problems in early 2021 and experienced subsequent delays in its Phase 3 trial in the U.S., forcing the company to push back its timeline… Source link

Another Final Four favorite is out of the NCAA women’s tournament field before the second weekend. No. 10 South Dakota knocked out No. 2 Baylor, 61-47, on the Bears’ home court to advance to the Wichita region semifinal. It’s the Coyotes’ first Sweet 16 berth and was barely in doubt after a 16-4 lead through one quarter. The Coyotes (29-5), who took down No. 7 Ole Miss in the first round, have not trailed in the tournament. They join Creighton, the 10 seed in the Greensboro region, in upending… Source link

South Dakota State was 3 shot-clock seconds away from March Madness opportunity. Not from an upset, necessarily, or even a lead, but with less than a minute to play in an NCAA men’s tournament opener in Buffalo on Thursday, the 13th-seeded Jackrabbits were down three and one stop away from a chance to take No. 4 seed Providence to overtime. Then, with the shot clock waning, Jackrabbits star Douglas Wilson flew out to contest a 3-point shot. Providence’s Jared Bynum missed it, but Wilson… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]No more Yahoo Mail for mainland Chinese users  South China Morning Post Source link

As the U.S. faces a cash crunch and global pressure to prioritize vaccinating African countries, two unlikely partners have joined forces to do the same, all without U.S. government funding or help. Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Hotez and ImmunityBio (IBRX) executive chairman Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong announced a partnership in late 2021 in which Hotez and his partner, Maria Elena Bottazzi, licensed their free, no-strings-attached COVID-19 vaccine candidate to ImmunityBio. And the… Source link

Carry1st, a South African publisher of social games and interactive content across Africa, has raised a $20 million Series A extension led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). This is a16z’s first investment in an Africa-headquartered company (the firm has previously invested in Branch and Zipline, companies with some of its operations in Africa but headquartered in the U.S). Carry1st also received investments from Avenir and Google; it’s the latter’s second check from its Africa… Source link

No. 1 South Carolina remains undefeated after it once again defended its ranking against a No. 2 team in the country.  The Gamecocks came back from 18 points down and completed the largest comeback victory in program history to down reigning champion Stanford, 65-61. It was their fifth victory against a top-10 ranked team this season and they are the first team since Baylor in 2011-12 to multiple regular season Nos. 1 vs. 2 games, per ESPN. National player of the year contender Aliyah Boston… Source link