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NBA Playoff Highlights

• 🔥 Curry's 35-Point Explosion: Stephen Curry scored 35 points with 27 in the second half, leading the Warriors to a...

Transfer frenzy hits record levels: Nearly 2,000 players in portal by April 13, including all 12 remaining SoCon all-conference honorees.

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15 FCS players drafted in 2025, most since 2022. Several now in Draft Scout's Top 350, with transfers counting if multiple FCS seasons precede FBS...

Shoe brand's wild bet: Allbirds, fresh off a $39M sale at 1% of its 2021 peak, secured $50M to pivot to GPU-as-a-service and rename NewBird AI—despite...

• Curry's heroics: Scored 35 points (27 in 2nd half), including game-sealing step-back 3, leading Warriors' 126-121 Play-In win over Clippers....

Legendary civil rights moment in hoops:

• All-Black starters (Bobby Joe Hill, David Lattin, Orsten Artis, Willie Worsley, Harry Flournoy) beat...

Key solution to physical AI's data bottleneck:

• Core problem: Robotics starved for physical data; needs costly mock warehouses or surveillance.
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NBA Play-In Climax

• 🔥 Blazers Edge Suns: Deni Avdija scored 41 points including a go-ahead 3-point play with 16.1 seconds left to lead the...

Critical ruling: Judge Rakoff orders ex-GWG chair Bradley Heppner to disclose 31 Claude chats in fraud case—no attorney-client privilege with AI.
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NFL Draft heat: Schefter pegs Jeremiyah Love's floor at #7 with Washington Commanders waiting on others to take RB first.

• BPA focus after $253M...

AI investments surge across niches:

• Gitar emerges from stealth with $9M for AI agents tackling code overload from AI-generated bugs.
• Chip giants...

NFL under DOJ fire: Investigating if spreading games across paid platforms like Amazon, Netflix hikes fan costs (~$1,000/season) and violates...

Deni Avdija erupts for 41 points, driving Blazers' 11-point 4Q rally to stun Suns 114-110.

• Go-ahead 3-pt play with 16.1s left after Goodwin's...

Edge AI breakthrough: Google's open-source Gemma 4 runs natively on iPhones with full local inference, no cloud needed.

• Mobile-optimized: E2B/E4B...

Silicon Valley's tokenmaxxing fever: Tracking employee AI token usage as adoption proxy, despite backlash.

• Reid Hoffman supports dashboards...

Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts warrantless spying as un-MAGA in viral tweet with 395K views, 14K likes. Sparks intra-MAGA debate on surveillance.

NBA Tanking Rule Concerns

• 🔥 New 'Tanking Fix' Proposal: The NBA's newest proposal eliminates lottery advantages for the three worst records to...

• Title favorites: Lakers top despite injuries to Dončić/Reaves; Rockets strong first-round threat
• Tanking aces: Pacers A for prime draft spot sans...

Insider buzz: Steelers may snag a defensive player at No. 21, bucking WR expectations despite hiring offensive coach Mike McCarthy after Tomlin.

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AI hype meets cold reality: NBER survey of 6,000 execs shows 90% report zero impact on productivity or jobs.

• Press releases soar, but earnings...