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NBA playoffs roundtable: What to watch heading into massive Game 6 matchups

Four first-round series are still up for grabs in the East and the West. Our insiders break down what to watch heading in these massive Game 6 matchups.

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Savannah Leigh Richardson

Tiger Woods earns U.S. Open exemption sure to leave Talor Gooch saying WTF

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Woods accepted a special exemption to play in the 2024 U.S. Open, while Talor Gooch was left on the back burner.

The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced Thursday afternoon that Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption to play in the 124th U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

It will be his first time playing in the U.S. Open since 2020 at Winged Foot, when he missed the cut.

Woods missed last year’s U.S. Open due to rehabbing from surgery....

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IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC are driving AI use, Census Bureau researchers say

The type of work AI was used for the most included marketing tasks, customer service chatbots, getting computers to understand human languages, text and data analytics, and voice recognition.

The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.S. Census Bureau researchers.

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Ellie Stevens

25,000 people begin taking Wegovy each week, but Novo Nordisk stock is sinking anyway

While sales of the blockbuster drug nearly doubled, the results still fell short of analysts’ expectations as the company faces competition from Eli Lilly.

Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, the creator of Ozempic and Wegovy, announced a shocking statistic Thursday: Over 25,000 people begin Wegovy each week. The number is five times larger than the numbers from December—about 5,000 new users a week. 

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Jack Milko

Brooks Koepka explains his poor play, ‘wasted time’ at Augusta National

Brooks Koepka reacts after missing a putt during LIV Golf Adelaide. | Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Ahead of this week’s LIV Golf event in Singapore, Brooks Koepka discussed his poor form and disappointing Masters finish.

In two weeks' time, Brooks Koepka will arrive at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, as the defending champion of the PGA Championship.

He decimated Oak Hill over the final 54 holes a year ago, easily waltzing his way around the Western New York...

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Umar Shakir

FDA qualifies Apple Watch’s AFib history for use in clinical studies

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The Apple Watch’s atrial fibrillation (AFib) history feature, which records and alerts the wearer’s relevant heart events, has been qualified to join the FDA’s Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program — a first for a “digital health technology.” That means the Apple Watch is now usable in clinical studies that need estimated data on how much time the wearer spent in atrial fibrillation while wearing the device, 9to5Mac reports.

The...

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat

The Ecobee Smart Thermostat will lose its smarts on July 31st. | Image: Ecobee

Ecobee is discontinuing support for the very first smart thermostat. As of July 31st, 2024, the Ecobee Smart Thermostat and the Ecobee Energy Management System (EMS) thermostats will no longer be able to be controlled remotely or use any smart integrations. Basically, anything that requires an internet connection will stop working. They will still continue to control your HVAC in the same way a non-smart...

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Amazon deal of the day: Introduce your kiddos to Alexa with 45% off the Echo Dot Kids

Amazon deals of the day at a glance: OUR TOP PICK Echo Dot Kids (5th generation) $32.99 at Amazon (save $27) ...

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Grab the Apple Studio Display at a new record-low price at Amazon

SAVE $299.03: As of May 2, the Apple Studio Display is on sale for $1,299.97 at Amazon. That's a 19% discount off its normal price of $1,599.

Apple Studio Display $1,299.97 at Amazon ...

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Hurry to grab these last-minute Mother's Day deals any mom is sure to love

Mother's Day 2024 falls on Sunday, May 12, which means it's about time to find to find the perfect gift. Whether your mom loves to cook, listen to podcasts, or head to the pickleball courts, plenty of great deals are around, offering you a deep discount while giving mom the thanks she deserves.

Best Mother's day deals to shop today Best deal for the active mom ...

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YouTube is excited about pause screen ads — and they're coming for your TV first

Prepare to see more ads on YouTube, even when you hit pause.

YouTube has been piloting an experience with smart TVs that shows ads when you pause playback, and according to Google, it has been seeing favorable results from the trial.

"In Q1, we saw strong traction from the introduction of a pause ads pilot on connected TVs, a new non-interruptive ad format that appears when users pause their organic content," said Google's Philipp Schindler on Alphabet's latest earnings call (via Android...

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy broke a federal labor law with anti-union comments, NLRB judge rules

Jassy’s comments came amid increased unionization efforts at Amazon following a historic victory by the Amazon Labor Union during a union representation vote at a warehouse in New York City.

A federal administrative law judge ruled that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy violated labor law by making certain anti-union comments during media interviews two years ago.

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Mark Schlabach

Tiger accepts special exemption for U.S. Open

Tiger Woods has accepted a special exemption to play in next month's U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort & Country Club in North Carolina.

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James Dator

Sixers owners buy thousands of Game 6 tickets to block Knicks fans

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It’s going to be tough to get a Game 6 ticket if you’re a Knicks fan.

The Sixers want to make sure everyone at Wells Fargo arena for Game 6 is on their side, and they’re going to far as to buy their own tickets to block visiting Knicks fans.

Josh Harris, David Blitzer, @david_adelman and I just bought more than 2,000 tix for Sixers Game 6 - we absolutely CANNOT let Knicks fans take over our arena again!!! Giving them to first...

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Jack Milko

Phil Mickelson dishes details of PGA Tour ruling with iron fist, being “shot down”

Phil Mickelson speaks on the phone at LIV Golf Adelaide. | Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Phil Mickelson talked about social media and YouTube’s rise to prominence, all while criticizing the PGA Tour.

Ever since Phil Mickelson helped bring prominence to LIV Golf, he has simultaneously criticized the PGA Tour.

He famously said to Alan Shipnuck in February 2022, after referring to the Saudi Arabian Kingdom as “scary motherf***ers,” that his move to LIV was “a...

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Ricky O'Donnell

7 men’s college basketball transfer portal winners so far

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These 7 teams aced the transfer portal in men’s college basketball.

The college basketball landscape is currently unrecognizable from even a few years ago. The days of building a program through targeting recruits out of high school and developing them over the course of four years are all but over. In the transfer portal era, teams need to be able to reload each offseason with every player in the sport able to become a free agent once...

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Kendall Capps

Gary Player chip-in leaves Donald Trump in disbelief, fans left with evil Dictator vibes

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Player teed it up with Donald Trump and reminded the former president why he is an all-time legend in golf.

A video surfaced Wednesday of Gary Player and Donald Trump enjoying a round of golf at Trump International Palm Beach Golf Club.

Player, the 9-time major champion, made an impressive chip-in shot during the round. At 88 years old, Player is still enjoying golf and likely breaking his age in score.

The legend hits his shot and immediately says,...

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Mark Schofield

Daniel Ricciardo is just excited to get back to racing at Miami Grand Prix

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Speaking with the media ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo made it clear he just wants to be racing again

MIAMI — It would be fair to say that the 2024 Formula 1 season has not started the way Daniel Ricciardo has wanted. Following his shocking return to the grid midway through last year, and the work he did to see AlphaTauri move up the Constructors’ standings in the late stages of the season, Ricciardo has yet to open his...

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Matthew Haag and Michael Rothfeld

In Trump Trial, Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Says Hush-Money Deals Swayed the 2016 Vote

“What have we done?” Keith Davidson texted to a tabloid editor on election night, testifying on Thursday that it had been gallows humor.

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Steven Lee Myers and Tiffany Hsu

Campus Protests Give Russia, China and Iran Fuel to Exploit U.S. Divide

America’s adversaries have mounted online campaigns to amplify the social and political conflicts over Gaza flaring at universities, researchers say.

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