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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Stanford naming basketball court, assistant position after longtime coach Tara VanDerveer  Yahoo Sports Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Ex-No. 1 recruit Lauren Betts enters transfer portal after 1st season with Stanford  Yahoo Sports Source link

First came HAL-9000 and The Terminator. Now, Google’s LaMDA chatbot? Last week, Google suspended an engineer for breaching the company’s confidentiality policy, after he publicly revealed his conviction that the search giant’s AI chatbot LaMDA had achieved sentience. It opened the door for plenty of jokes — and nervous laughter — about the deadly sentient computers that have been part of popular culture for decades, from “2001: A Space Odyssey” to “The Terminator.” But you don’t have to… Source link

Katie Meyer, whose penalty kick saves lifted Stanford to a title in December 2019, died in her on-campus residence. (Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos via Getty Images) Stanford senior goalkeeper Katie Meyer, whose penalty kick save was one of the most memorable moments of the 2019 NCAA women’s soccer championship, has died, the school said. The school first mentioned a death in an on-campus residence on Tuesday, but did not release a name until family had been notified. It did not give a cause of… 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

A new startup company founded by two Stanford University dropouts is threatening to restructure the grocery delivery industry in India. 19-year-old former Stanford classmates Aadit Palicha and Kaivalya Vohra founded Zepto in April of this year. In less than 8 months, the company has raised over $60 million from investors. The idea for a startup came when the pair were locked in the house due to pandemic restrictions back in 2020. Zepto’s main selling point is its speed. The service… Source link

Stanford survived a late turnover and two game-winning looks by South Carolina to advance to the NCAA women’s basketball championship game. The Cardinal won, 66-65, and advance to their fifth title game in program history.  They’ll continue to extend the tournament record for 3-pointers that the Cardinal set on Friday. They were 5-for-8 as a team and broke the previous team mark of 54 set by UConn. They currently have 55.  South Carolina misses final chances The Gamecocks committed a costly… Source link