Rickea Jackson posts 6-word response to viral videos suggesting she was with James Pearce Jr. during NFL Draft

Los Angeles Sparks star Rickea Jackson seemed to raise some eyebrows during the opening round of the NFL Draft.  Videos circulated across social media Thursday night that apparently showed the 24-year-old WNBA player sitting next to the former Tennessee football star James Pearce Jr.  Moments after NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell walked to the draft stage’s…

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Trump admin launches foreign funding investigation into UC Berkeley

The Trump administration is cracking down on colleges that don’t report big foreign donations, with UC Berkeley the latest target following a Department of Education review of the California university’s foreign funding disclosures found that it “may be incomplete or inaccurate.” Education Secretary Linda McMahon ordered the agency’s legal team on Friday to take back…

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Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe launched a shopping app

Phia will compare the prices of products with new and used options. | Screenshot: The Verge Phoebe Gates, the daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, has launched an AI shopping app with former roommate Sophia Kianni, The New York Times reports. The app, called Phia, is designed to help shoppers compare prices on listings of…

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Adidas’ 3D-printed shoes are launching globally on May 2nd

The Climacool’s complex lattice structure makes the shoe breathable all around the wearer’s foot. | Image: Adidas When Adidas’ launched its Climacool shoes last September, the 3D-printed slip-ons featuring a form-fitting and breathable lattice structure were only available in very limited quantities to those who joined the company’s Confirmed platform. Next week that’s going to…

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Google is killing software support for early Nest Thermostats

Google has just announced that it’s ending software updates for the first-generation Nest Learning Thermostat, released in 2011, and the second-gen model that came a year later. This decision also affects the European Nest Learning Thermostat from 2014. “You will no longer be able to control them remotely from your phone or withGoogle Assistant, but…

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Yale Jewish students speak out after anti-Israel demonstrators refuse to let them walk through campus

Jewish students at Yale University who were subjected to verbal abuse and had their right of way blocked on campus by anti-Israel demonstrators are speaking out about the antisemitism they’ve experienced. “This type of discrimination and ongoing harassment of Jewish students on campus has not only disrupted, but completely shattered the framework that I had…

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