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Yahoo SportsAaron Judge finishes off torrid May by breaking a Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Yankees record
The Yankees slugger was struggling massively in April. He now leads MLB in home runs.
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Kings coach Mike Brown agrees to contract extension after previous impasse with team, per reports
Mike Brown could make up to $10 million annually with the Kings.
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Birmingham-Southern rallies late, but loses DIII College World Series opener to Salve Regina
Birmingham-Southern fell behind 7–0 in its Division III College World Series matchup with Salve Regina and couldn't overcome the deficit in a 7–5 defeat.
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Sun continue unbeaten start after fun play goes very wrong for Wings
The Connecticut Sun extended their undefeated start for the 2024 WNBA season to 7–0. But it was a very close win.
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Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach
Entertainment giant Live Nation has confirmed its ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster has been hacked. Live Nation confirmed the data breach in a filing with government regulators late on Friday after the markets closed. In its statement, Live Nation said the breach occurred on May 20, and that a cybercriminal "offered what it alleged to be Company user data for sale via the dark web."
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President Biden dons Chiefs helmet, jokes with Travis Kelce in Super Bowl champs' second White House visit
Travis Kelce crashed the White House podium last year. This time, he received a direct invitation.
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Orioles' John Means, Tyler Wells to both undergo season-ending surgery for second torn UCLs
Means, a former All-Star, is a free agent after this season.
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The 10th-gen Apple iPad hits a low of $300, plus the rest of the week's best tech deals
This week's best tech deals include the Apple iPad for $300, the PS5 for $450, a year of Peacock for $20 and several discounts on Sonos speakers.
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DJT stock drops 5% one day after Trump conviction
Shares in Donald Trump's social media company have been on a wild ride after the former president was convicted on all counts in his hush money trial.
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Stripe curbs its India ambitions over regulatory situation
Stripe, the world's most valuable fintech startup, said on Friday that it will temporarily move to an invite-only model for new account sign-ups in India, calling the move "a tough decision" as it navigates the country's evolving regulatory landscape. In a statement posted on its website, Stripe said businesses in India will no longer be able to sign up for new accounts through the company's website, and will instead need to request an invite. "The regulatory landscape in India continues to evolve, and our goal is to offer the same experience in India that we aspire to offer to all our users worldwide," Stripe said in the statement.
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'Better in every sense': Score the latest MacBook Air on sale for $999
Apple's newly released laptop is powerful but ultra-portable — it's just half an inch thick.
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The IRS is making its free Turbo Tax alternative permanent
The IRS Direct File tool is now permanent and available to all 50 states following a limited pilot program.
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Startups Weekly: Musk raises $6B for AI and the fintech dominoes are falling
In a twist that shocks absolutely no one and thrills pyromaniacs who love seeing money burn, Elon Musk's newest venture, xAI, has snagged a casual $6 billion in funding. Valor, a16z, and Sequoia are stacking the money on the xAI-shaped roulette table, with Musk spinning the wheel. What makes this particularly nuts is that the $6 billion bonanza is just the latest chapter in Musk's epic saga of "how to get the world to fund my sci-fi fantasies."
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Chevy Silverado EV RST and Equinox EV driven | Autoblog Podcast #834
We drove Chevrolet's newest EVs, a Porsche 718 Boxster and the Lexus TX 550h+. Cadillac revealed the Optiq EV and the Porsche 911 gets hybrid power.
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Tesla recalls over 125,000 vehicles to fix seat belt issues
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that over 125,000 Tesla vehicles lack a properly functioning seat belt warning system.
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Dyson 360 Vis Nav review: Superior suction at a steep price
Dyson’s first robot vacuum may be late on the scene, but it impresses with excellent suction power and remarkable obstacle avoidance. However, its $1,200 will be prohibitively expensive for some.
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A $400,000 delivery of Playdates were (briefly) stolen
A series of Playdates were misdelivered, stolen and returned in a weird real-life saga for the gaming system.
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8 Trump losses in a row, and counting
Trump's latest legal defeat extends a remarkable losing streak.
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Warren Buffett's son Howard Buffett on his life as the potential next chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Howard Buffett talks about life at Berkshire Hathaway and why he is donating hundreds of millions of dollars to Ukraine.
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SpaceX sent Starship to orbit — the next launch will try to bring it back
SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket could take to the skies for the fourth time on June 5, with the primary objective of evaluating the second stage’s reusable heat shield as the vehicle tries to safely reenter the atmosphere for the first time. CEO Elon Musk said on his social media platform X that "There are many tough issues to solve with this vehicle, but the biggest remaining problem is making a reusable orbital return heat shield, which has never been done before." One of the biggest issues, Musk suggested, is the vulnerability of the system overall: “we are not resilient to loss of a single tile in most places,” he said.