Enjoy Wednesday! Another round of severe weather, heavy rain on the horizon
Enjoy Wednesday! Another round of severe weather, heavy rain on the horizon
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The YodelSevere weather expected across U.S., Israeli military calls for immediate Rafah evacuations and NBA conference semifinals begin
Get caught up on this morning’s news: Severe weather expected across U.S., Rafah evacuations and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
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French Open 2024: How to watch the Coco Gauff vs. Tamara Zidanšek match
It's time for the clay court Grand Slam at Roland Garros. Here's how to tune into Gauff vs. Zidanšek.
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Stetson Bennett says his missed season was due to mental health after returning to Rams
Bennett missed last season and the Rams wouldn't say why.
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Thunder GM Sam Presti admits he ‘missed’ on Gordon Hayward trade: ‘That’s on me’
Gordon Hayward said his short time with the Thunder was “disappointing” and “frustrating” after the mid-season trade landed him in Oklahoma City.
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French Open 2024: How to watch the Iga Swiatek vs. Naomi Osaka match
It's time for the clay court Grand Slam at Roland Garros. Here's how to tune into Swiatek vs. Osaka.
- TechCrunch
Rock band's hidden hacking-themed website gets hacked
On Friday, Pal Kovacs was listening to the long-awaited new album from rock and metal giants Bring Me The Horizon when he noticed a strange sound at the end of the record’s last track. Being a fan of solving riddles and breaking encrypted codes, Kovacs wondered: does this sound contain a hidden message? Kovacs opened the song in the audio editing app Audacity and, as he suspected, there was indeed a spectrogram — essentially a visual representation of the audio itself — which was actually a scannable QR code.
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As weather plagued the Indy 500 and Coke 600, Kyle Larson learned how tricky double duty can be
Larson never climbed into his Cup Series car after the Indy 500 thanks to the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600.
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Negro Leagues statistics to be officially integrated into MLB historical record
The move comes more than three years after Major League Baseball announced it would be elevating the Negro Leagues to major-league status.
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Hundreds of tummy-control swimsuits are on sale at Amazon — these are the most flattering, and they're under $40
Make a splash in these fan-favorite one-pieces.
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Krug Bedrock XT2 expedition truck fills the gap left by EarthCruiser's end
The Krug Bedrock XT2 expedition truck, built on a Ford F-5550 chassis with help from Arctic Trucks, gets tech like a third axle and a subframe disconnect.
- TechCrunch
Faircado raises $3M to nudge people to buy pre-owned goods
Thrift shopping is always a gamble. Berlin-based Faircado has built a browser extension that aims to solve that exact problem. The company wants to become the discovery layer for pre-owned goods, and has raised €3 million in a round led by World Fund.
- TechCrunch
Félix Pago raises $15.5 million to help Latino workers send money home via WhatsApp
Remittances from workers in the U.S. to their families and friends in Latin America amounted to $155 billion in 2023. With such a huge opportunity, banks, money transfer companies, retailers and fintechs are all trying to make transfers more convenient on both sides of the transaction. Fast-growing startup Félix Pago is one of these players, and recently raised a $15.5 million Series A round of funding to grow its presence in Latin America and the U.S., TechCrunch learned exclusively.
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We're calling it: This is the best Memorial Day deal — a pair of top-selling zero-gravity outdoor loungers for just $90
'The Cadillac of beach chairs': Fans say these relaxation-makers will change your chill-out game for good. Snap them up at the lowest price they've been all year.
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Shohei Ohtani progressing to throwing ball from 60 feet in recovery from elbow surgery
Shohei Ohtani has progressed in his throwing program as he recovers from elbow surgery. He's expected to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers next season.
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Christopher Bell wins weather-shortened Coca-Cola 600; rain spoils Kyle Larson's attempt at Indy-Charlotte double
Weather stoppages in Charlotte and Indianapolis spoiled Kyle Larson's ambitious Sunday plans.
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Summer's calling! This comfy floating recliner is like a 'La-Z-Boy for the pool' — and it's just $30
Alright kids, outta the water — it's adult swim (er, lounge) time.
- TechCrunch
Spanish startups reached €100 billion in aggregate value last year
If 11 figures is your attention threshold, you may be interested in learning that the combined enterprise value (EV) of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023, according to Dealroom's latest report on the Spanish tech ecosystem. As we'll see, venture investment into Spanish startups also held up quite well, with €2.2 billion raised across some 850 funding rounds. Spain's venture capital tally was lower last year than in 2021 and 2022; that's no surprise as these years were outliers.
- Yahoo News
Trump criminal charges guidebook: Here are all 88 felony counts against the former president across 4 cases
Yahoo News breaks down exactly what Trump is being charged with in each case as well as the judges, prosecutors, co-defendants and key dates.
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Kyle Larson's Indy-Charlotte double in jeopardy because of rain-delayed Indianapolis 500
Larson said during a rain delay that racing in the Indy 500 was the "priority."
- TechCrunch
Elon Musk's xAI raises $6B from Valor, a16z and Sequoia
Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has raised $6 billion in a new funding round, it said today, as Musk shores up capital to aggressively compete with rivals including OpenAI, Microsoft and Alphabet. Valor Equity Partners, Vy Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Kingdom Holding are among the backers that have invested in xAI's Series B funding, the startup wrote in a blog post.