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Yahoo SportsLarry Allen, Cowboys legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, dies at 52
Allen was a seven-time First-team All-Pro and part of the Cowboys' Super Bowl XXX winning team.
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What's the difference between heat exhaustion and heat stroke — and how can you prevent them? Experts share how to stay safe during extreme heat.
- Engadget
Billionaire space tourist cancels lunar flight amid changing SpaceX priorities
Yusaku Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire who signed up for a lunar orbit flight aboard SpaceX's Starship back in 2018, has cancelled his trip.
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Toyota S-FR concept reportedly gets green light for production
Japan's Best Car magazine says Toyota execs have approved a production version of the S-FR concept. But is this an MR2 revival or a Miata fighter?
- The Yodel
California battles wildfire as extreme heat looms, Hunter Biden's gun trial begins and Netflix readies to add 'Suits' Season 9
Get caught up on this morning’s news: California’s wildfire and hot weather, Hunter Biden’s gun trial and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter
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Report: Esteban Ocon out at Alpine F1 after 2024 season
Alpine and Esteban Ocon are parting ways, a step further than many expected the team to go after his unnecessary crash in Monaco.
- TechCrunch
Spend management startup SiFi raises $10M to grow further in Saudi Arabia
The global spend management sector is experiencing a tailwind of sorts. Indeed, the space is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.3% by 2030, per Grand View Research, and adoption in other regions like the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to pick up as companies increasingly adopt expense management tools to get a clearer picture of where their money is going. Saudi Arabia-based Simplified Financial Solutions Company (SiFi), one such spend management platform in the MENA region, has now raised $10 million in a seed funding round to double down on its growth plans in its home market.
- TechCrunch
Don't miss StrictlyVC in DC next week
Coming off of sold-out events in London, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, we're heading to Washington, D.C. for a cozy-vc-packed, evening at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre on Tuesday, June 11 in partnership with Revolution. Attendees can look forward to thought-provoking discussions, insightful perspectives, and plenty of chances to network—all while enjoying complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres.
- Engadget
The Morning After: Starliner’s crewed flight gets scrubbed
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- Engadget
Spotify is raising the cost of Premium subscriptions, again
Spotify announces price hikes less than a year after its last ones.
- TechCrunch
X tweaks rules to formally allow adult content
X (formerly Twitter) has long had many active NSFW (not safe for work) communities, and though the social network unofficially allowed people to post adult content, its rules have never forbidden or allowed such content outright. Over the weekend, X added clauses to its rules, formally allowing users to post adult and graphic content on the platform — with a few caveats. Users can now post consensually-produced NSFW content as long as it is prominently labeled as such.
- TechCrunch
Ashby injects recruiting with a dose of AI
Benjamin Encz and Abhik Pramanik’s paths to entrepreneurship were long and unusual. Having previously worked as an R&D engineer at FX companies Industrial Light & Magic and DreamWorks on films like "Transformers" and "How to Train Your Dragon," Pramanik left the film industry in 2012 to join VC firm Social Capital as an engineer in residence. Several years later, Pramanik was hired at PlanGrid, a construction productivity software startup, as a senior product manager, where he met Encz.
- TechCrunch
Spotify to increase premium pricing in the US to $11.99 per month
Spotify has announced it's hiking subscriptions for customers in the U.S., the second such price increase in the space of a year. The music-streaming giant reports that premium pricing will increase in July from $10.99 to $11.99, representing a rise of nearly 10%. The Duo and Family plans will go up to $16.99 and $19.99, which are $2 and $3 increases respectively, while the student plan will remain at $5.99 per month.
- Yahoo Finance
New jobs report report kicks off new month of trading: What to know this week
The June jobs report comes as the latest stock market rally took a breather to end May.
- Yahoo Life
Quiz: Ozempic and other weight loss drugs are rising in popularity. How much do you know about them?
Take our quiz to see how much you know about weight loss drugs, who uses them and how they work.
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NHL playoffs: Oilers close out Stars to reach Stanley Cup Final, set up series with Panthers
The Oilers are headed to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in nearly two decades.
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Simone Biles wins record 9th all-around title at U.S. championships ahead of 2024 Paris Olympics
Simone Biles extended her record with another all-around title at the U.S. championships on Sunday night
- Yahoo Sports
Birmingham-Southern's season ends on UW-Whitewater walk-off homer at DIII College World Series
Birmingham-Southern College's baseball team is finally finished after an 11–10 loss to Wisconsin-Whitewater at the Division III College World Series.
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NASCAR: Austin Cindric wins at Gateway after Ryan Blaney's car slows on the final lap
Blaney appeared to run out of gas as he took the white flag.
- Engadget
Boeing’s Starliner has two more chances this week to make its first crewed flight
While NASA and partners discussed possibly flying today following their assessment of the issue, they ultimately decided to hold off until the next opportunities, either on June 5 or 6.