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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jaylen Waddle considers himself the Florida Panthers’ good luck charm.The Miami Dolphins wide receiver has been to several Panthers hockey games over the years. He banged the drum before a postseason matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. He cheered on coach Paul Maurice’s team after a thrilling overtime win over Tampa Bay this year.By Waddle’s estimation, whenever he’s in the building, that equals a win for his favorite hockey team. “I’m going to go to the finals,” Waddle quipped after a practice last week. “I think they need to invite me sometime soon…
My mom was recently diagnosed with Stage 3 uterine cancer and is going through chemotherapy.I join her for each chemotherapy treatment, and we talk about her exciting days in the Air Force.Her stories are the remedy we needed. They are helping us both cope with the pain.As a child, my mother had a habit of pointing out various military planes in the sky and explaining their names and purposes.I heard those same planes zoom overhead on various military bases when I watched her, clad in an Air Force uniform with her short red hair peeking out stubbornly under her hat,…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will almost certainly reach a milestone on Sunday night.The reigning NBA MVP from the Thunder enters Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Indiana Pacers just two points away from 3,000 for the season, including the regular season and playoffs.That’s a total that has been reached 24 other times in league history — 10 by Michael Jordan, five by Wilt Chamberlain and once by nine other players. Gilgeous-Alexander would be the 12th to reach the milestone.But there’s a bigger milestone that Gilgeous-Alexander would like to get Sunday as well: His…
Apple is limping into its big summer event this year.The iPhone giant is setting the stage for its Worldwide Developers Conference — its annual software-focused event that Apple fanatics and investors alike look forward to.On Monday, developers will descend on Apple’s campus in Cupertino, California, where CEO Tim Cook and other executives are set to debut their famous keynote. The event has become known for exciting product reveals, such as the Apple Vision Pro headset and a sneak peek at the latest version of its iPhone operating system, iOS.This year, however, Apple will have three elephants in the room on its big…
Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI, believes that if you have the chance to attach yourself to success, you shouldn’t let ego get in the way.”I think this is the quote I always heard, was Eric Schmidt to Sheryl Sandberg: ‘If someone offers you a seat on a rocket ship, don’t ask what seat,’ you know? I like that philosophy of life,” Taylor said on an episode of “Grit.”At the time, Sandberg, who would famously later become Facebook’s chief operations officer, was deciding whether or not to join a different tech company: Google.Google was a tiny fraction of the size…
Startups selling alternatives to Nvidia’s famed graphics processing units are unlikely to truly challenge Nvidia for a long time. But they defiantly claim superior performance, speed, energy efficiency, cost, or all of the above.Gusto is mandatory for teams wishing to compete against its 10-year headstart, virtually unlimited resources, and more than 70% market share.The answer to who’s buying Nvidia alternatives is coming into focus alongside the financial value of AI tools and the total volume of AI use.”Competitors have a window to really carve out their niche,” Karl Mozurkewich, senior principal AI architect for cloud firm Valdi, told Business Insider.For…
Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Kaitlin Reilly, and I’m here to share the best health and wellness tips from around the internet.Much has been said about our society’s addiction to smartphones and social media, which has been linked to mental health issues, shortened attention spans and even disrupted sleep. An artist recently created a “methaphone,” a piece of acrylic shaped like an iPhone, in order to help people be more thoughtful about their habits. Meanwhile, some members of Gen Z are eschewing smartphones entirely by practicing “appstinence” and spending more time in the real world.And speaking of spending time…
Do you want to share your location with me? Eighteen of my closest friends and family already do.On a Tuesday evening in early June, I can map a digital town square of that real-life network. One friend is still at the office; two are at Central Park; another is at home hundreds of miles away from me. These are people who share their location with me, not just for directions, but in perpetuity through the Find My Friends app. I think it strengthens our bonds to observe each other’s routines and special outings — even when there’s no practical need…
Sydney Moore and Sabrina Ootsburg were surrounded by hundreds of college athletes at AthleteCon when news broke that the $2.8 billion NCAA settlement had been approved by a federal judge. In a room full of college athletes, they felt like the only two people who understood the gravity of the situation.“I’m about to get paid,” Moore said a Division I football player told her.“Yes, you are about to get paid, and a lot of your women athlete friends are about to get cut,” she responded.Moore acknowledged that her response might be a stretch, but the sprawling House settlement clears the…
As the United States readies for the FIFA Club World Cup, concern over such things as international travel, fan safety and even economic uncertainty threaten to diminish enthusiasm for the tournament. The United States will see the arrival of 32 professional club teams from around the globe to 11 cities for the tournament. There’s a $1 billion prize pool. The Club World Cup is considered in many ways to be a dress rehearsal for the big event, the 2026 World Cup to be hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico. But there seems to be little buzz for the…