Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has denied the existence of the “Playoff Jimmy” phenomenon, despite his impressive performances in the playoffs. After leading the Heat to a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Bucks with a franchise playoff record of 56 points, Butler insisted that he “just be hooping” and that the nickname was not
A former head of engineering at Bytedance in the United States has filed a complaint stating that the company discharged him after he raised concerns about the company taking user content from other platforms, such as Instagram and Snapchat. This comes at a time when Bytedance-owned app TikTok is facing increasing scrutiny and calls for
The Los Angeles Lakers have advanced to the Western Conference finals after defeating the Golden State Warriors 122-101 in Game 6. The Lakers, who started the season eight games under .500, are now just four wins away from the NBA Finals. Under first-year coach Darvin Ham, the Lakers started the season 2-10 and completely overhauled
Two U.S. House Representatives, Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff, both Democrats, have requested the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to investigate the make-up of a panel overseeing animal testing at Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink. The lawmakers have shared the draft letter with peers to gather more signatures and plan to send it to
The United Kingdom (UK) has confirmed that it will be sending long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine to boost its defence against Russia. Ukraine has long been requesting such weapons, but other countries have been hesitant to supply them for fear of triggering an escalation. The missiles will be used within Ukrainian sovereign territory and
Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, has decided not to attend the PEN America Visionary Award ceremony due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike and picketing on both coasts. Sarandos was set to receive the award at the literary group’s annual spring gala in New York City next week. However, he has
The battle for streaming supremacy among major media and entertainment companies has come to an end. These companies are now aware that significant growth in streaming subscribers is not achievable anymore. Disney+ lost four million subscribers during the first three months of the year, while Netflix added 1.75 million subscribers in its first quarter. Warner
Hyundai Motor Company is planning to increase its production capabilities as it aims to be one of the world’s top three electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers by 2030. The company is investing heavily in research and development, expanding its EV lines, building new plants and platforms, and increasing production capacity. The automaker is now developing two
Google has announced that it will embed markups within images created by its AI models to warn users that the images were originally created by a computer. The information within the images will not be visible to the human eye, but software like Google Search will be able to read it and display a label
Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks has promised not to raise prices on the company’s existing insulin products again. He was the only executive to do so before a Senate Health Committee hearing on making the life-saving diabetes drug more affordable. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the committee’s chair, asked Ricks and the CEOs of Novo Nordisk and