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Suffice it to say, Charles Barkley isn’t a big fan of the Brooklyn Nets these days. Not only did he lay into Kyrie Irving on ESPN Radio Thursday for his recent treatment of the media, but Barkley also decided he wants to see James Harden join Brooklyn’s point guard and Kevin Durant — for essentially the opposite reason any Nets fan would. “I want to see James, KD and Kyrie together with that New York media. That’s just my dream scenario… I want that more than anything in the… Source link

The Detroit Pistons made their first preseason roster cuts and will not continue on with a Ball brother. The move was unsurprisingly ripped by the family patriarch later in the day. The Pistons announced they had cut LiAngelo Ball on Monday, the morning after a preseason win against the New York Knicks. He did not play in either of the Pistons’ two preseason games and is reportedly dealing with a right ankle injury. The team also cut Anthony Lamb and Louis King. Ball has had a tougher time… Source link

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady appreciates one major thing about his new team: The weather. After spending 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, Brady has no desire to return to a cold weather team in the future, according to CBS Sports. Brady specifically called out the Northeast, telling fans, “You won’t catch me dead living in the Northeast anymore.” “It’s amazing just to be at this point in the season and to still be outside practicing today. It turned into a… Source link

For those born in the early 90s, the thought of logging on to Yahoo to access mail will immediately induce nostalgia. Google’s Gmail is now the dominant email service. But people still use Yahoo Mail with a passion, says Rathi Murthy, chief technology officer at Verizon Media, the company that took over Yahoo’s assets in 2017. “People who used Yahoo Mail in the past have not got out of it. And it’s continuing to grow. Our app did better than the Google app in the app store recently. It’s the… Source link

Google employees who worked with Timnit Gebru are coming out publicly to dispute claims against the star AI ethics researcher. On Monday, the team published a letter on the Google Walkout Medium account firmly stating that Gebru was fired and did not resign as Google’s head of artificial intelligence, Jeff Dean, said. They also said the publication review policy that Gebru was supposed to follow was applied “unevenly and discriminatorily.” “Dr. Gebru’s dismissal has been framed… Source link

Google fires a leading researcher, Stripe launches a new banking service and WarnerMedia shakes up the theatrical business model. This is your Daily Crunch for December 3, 2020. The big story: Google fires co-lead of its Ethical AI team Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, tweeted last night that Google fired her in response to a message she sent to an internal email list. Casey Newton obtained the email in question, in which Gebru… Source link

Timnit Gebru, a leading researcher and voice in the field of ethics and artificial intelligence, says Google fired her for an email she sent to her direct reports.  According to Gebru, Google fired her because of an email she sent to subordinates that the company said reflected “behavior that is inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager.” Gebru, the co-leader of Google Ethical Artificial Intelligence team, took to Twitter last night, shortly after the National Labor… Source link

Dwight Howard’s free agency wasn’t a smooth process by any means. By the time he had signed with the Philadelphia 76ers, however, Howard was more than happy to be headed East. After all, 76ers coach Doc Rivers was apparently the only one to hit him up this offseason. “The reason why I was super locked in on being here in Philly is that Doc was the only coach that called me during this free-agency process,” Howard said Wednesday, via ESPN. “He was the first one to call me and he said we want… Source link

(Pocket-lint) – Google announced it partnered with Disney to offer a new AR app starring The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda (aka The Child). Players interact with the characters in AR and can capture and share scenes from the app.  Called The Mandalorian AR Experience, the app is built on ARCore,… Source link

Google recently tapped the Grammy-winning musician to score a series of animated commercials promoting its #BlackOwnedFriday campaign, encouraging shoppers to “buy Black” on Black Friday next week and beyond. “This is going to be a day to galvanize people to support Black businesses,” Jean told CNN Business. “When you look at where we’re at economically with the small businesses, I felt like this campaign is really vital.” The campaign aims to redefine the Friday after Thanksgiving — an… Source link