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Kyle Larson becomes the fifth defending Cup champion to win Daytona 500 pole in qualifying
Kyle Larson found himself on the pole for multiple races during the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series season because a qualifying algorithm determined the starting lineup instead of qualifying. By 2022, Larson has earned the right to call himself the polesitter, and he’s done it in the biggest time trial of them all. Kyle Larson advanced…
Windows 11 is receiving new touch gestures, Start menu folders, and substantially more
Windows 11 will have new touch gestures, Start menu folders, a rebuilt Task Manager, and a slew of other enhancements. A new release of Windows 11 is now ready for testers, and it’s chock-full of new features that appear to improve the general usability of the operating system. Users of Windows 11 will be able…
Disney has appointed Mike White as the executive to lead metaverse strategy
Disney CEO Bob Chapek named an executive to oversee the company’s metaverse strategy on Tuesday. Mike White will be Disney’s senior vice president of “next generation storytelling,” according to a document seen by CNBC from Chapek. Prior to this, White oversaw Disney’s consumer experiences and platforms. According to his LinkedIn profile, White worked at Yahoo…
Minnesota Timberwolves have signed Patrick Beverley to a one-year, $13 million deal
Patrick Beverley, a guard with the Minnesota Timberwolves, has agreed to a one-year, $13 million contract deal, according to his agent Kevin Bradbury of Rep1 Basketball. Beverley was in the third year of a three-year, $40 million contract, but the new deal will keep him in the league until 2022-2023. Beverley has had a huge…
Opera browser presently permits emoji-only web addresses
Opera, a web browser company, announced on Monday that it will support emoji-only web addresses in order to “to bring a new level of creativity to the internet.” The integration is the result of a partnership with Yat, a startup that sells URLs with emoji strings in them. “It’s been almost 30 years since the…
Jio Platforms is investing $200 million in Google-backed Glance
Glance, which serves media content, news, and casual games on Android handsets’ lockscreens, has received a $200 million investment from Jio Platforms, the latest in a series of bets from Mukesh Ambani’s empire as it looks to expand its offering to more than 420 million telecom subscribers in the South Asian market. Jio Platforms’ parent…
A Camera Obfuscator app is included in Android 13 DP1 for some Pixel smartphones
For its Pixel devices, Google has finally released the first Android 13 developer preview build. Redesigned APIs, developer tools, new Quick Settings panels, and more are among the new features and enhancements included in the update, which will be available to customers with the next major Android release. Furthermore, the Camera Obfuscator app is included…
FDA approves a new monoclonal antibody for Covid-19 that works against the Omicron variant
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new monoclonal antibody treatment for Covid-19 that appears to act against the virus’s Omicron form. Monoclonal antibodies are lab-created proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight diseases such as the coronavirus. Eli Lilly and Company’s Bebtelovimab is a monoclonal antibody administered via intravenous injection.…
Researchers suggest that eating more beans can help you live 10 years longer
According to studies, choosing legumes over red meat can help boost a person’s life expectancy by more than a decade. A team from the University of Bergen in Norway discovered in a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine that long-term shifts from a conventional Western diet to “optimizing diets” could “translate into more…
After a NASA mission fails mid-launch, Astra stock drops 26%
Astra’s stock dropped dramatically on Thursday after the company’s most recent mission failed to reach orbit. Astra’s stock dropped 26% to $3.91 per share at the close. A problem with the rocket mid-flight stopped it from delivering a set of four cube satellites to orbit on a NASA-funded mission, according to the company. “I’m deeply…