Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Marcus Thompson II from The Athletic to discuss the report that Darvin Ham is losing the Lakers’ locker room, the Warriors’ future and the potential end of super teams.
January 2024
Do struggling Lakers, Suns, Warriors portend the end of super-team era? | Good Word with Goodwill
Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Marcus Thompson II from The Athletic to discuss the report that Darvin Ham is losing the Lakers’ locker room, the Warriors’ future and the potential end of super teams.
Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown ‘hot’ after Pro Bowl snub: ‘I guess I didn’t do enough’
Amon-Ra St. Brown is the NFC’s first alternate for the Pro Bowl.
Ukrainian missile and drone strike in Russia kills at least 21 people
Thursday, January 4, 2024
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At least 21 people were killed and 110 were injured in Russia after a Ukrainian missile and drone strike on Saturday morning. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod Oblast, said that two children had died in a residential area of Belgorod, the oblast’s capital city.
Ukraine carried out the assault in response to Russian missile attacks that killed at least 41 Ukrainians, according to an intelligence source quoted by RBC-Ukraine. The two countries have been at full-scale war since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) said the strikes would “not go unpunished.”
The strikes also hit Moscow, Belgorod, Tula, and Tver, said the Ukrainian public broadcaster, Suspilne. Drones also focused on military electronics manufacturer Kremniy El in Bryansk.
32 drones from Ukraine were shot down and destroyed by the Russian air defense systems over four Russian oblasts: Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, and Moscow, according to the MOD.
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- Michael Dorgan, Reuters. “Ukraine missile and drone attack in Russia kills 2, including child” — FOX News, December 30, 2023
- Editor, Alona Sonko. “Ukraine retaliates against Russian mass missile attack with mass drone attack” — The New Voice of Ukraine, December 30, 2023
- Associated Press. “Shelling kills 21 in Russian city of Belgorod after Moscow’s mass aerial attack on Ukraine” — PBS NewsHour, December 30, 2023
- Jorge Fitz-Gibbon. “Russia attacks Ukrainian city with drone strikes in retaliation for barrage that killed at least 24” — New York Post, December 31, 2023
The Kindle Scribe Is $70 Off Right Now
One of the biggest downfalls of e-readers is that highlighting and annotating may not be as easy or intuitive compared to a physical book. But Amazon aims to directly address those problems with the Kindle Scribe, its top-shelf e-reader. Right now, you can get the 16GB Kindle Scribe for $269.99 (originally $339.99) plus three free months of Kindle Unlimited. (The 32GB and 64GB models are also discounted.) This is the lowest price for the Kindle Scribe I have seen outside of Black Friday, so if you’ve been considering picking one up, now may be the time.
A great upgrade for Kindle lovers
The Kindle Scribe is expensive. It runs a bit over twice the price of the most basic Kindle, but it can be worth it for certain people. If you think the Kindle or Paperwhite screens are too small and you find yourself reading in landscape mode to make the font larger and more legible, then you might love the Scribe’s big screen. Reading on the 10.2-inch screen in landscape is like reading an actual book since you can see both pages at the same time.
It’s not for everyone, though. Unlike the Kindle Paperwhite, the Scribe is not waterproof. It also doesn’t have the page turn button that the Kindle Oasis has, which I prefer over a touchscreen. If those things don’t bother you, you might enjoy the Scribe. It still has weeks of battery life, Bluetooth capabilities, and an auto-adjusting feature for brightness and warm light.
What you can and can’t do with the Scribe
The Kindle Scribe does sync with cloud storage according to Amazon, allowing you to transfer your notes to other devices easily. It is backed up to the cloud when the device is connected to the internet and Whispersync is enabled. When it comes to PDF files, you can write directly on the page as long as they are imported through the “Send to Kindle” page. You can’t currently write on PDF documents loaded via USB-C or PDFs sent to your library before Nov. 11, 2022—but you can always re-send them through Send to Kindle to get them to work. You can write on your books as long as they aren’t EPUB comics, Manga, or children’s books. You can make handwritten sticky notes, text notes, and highlights to the following file types: DOC, DOCX, TXT, RTF, HTM, HTML, PNG, GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, EPUB. You can see the full list here.
The Kindle Scribe is much cheaper than other, similar e-readers, like the reMarkable 2. It’s also highly regarded as one of the best e-readers you can buy. With the current discount and three free months of Kindle Unlimited, this might be the Kindle to help you reach your 2024 reading goals.
Are the Suns’ struggles proof that superteams aren’t successful anymore? | Good Word with Goodwill
Yahoo Sports senior NBA writer Vincent Goodwill is joined by Marcus Thompson III of The Athletic to discuss Phoenix’s problems this season and their trouble remaining contenders in the Western Conference. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” – part of the “Ball Don’t Lie” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
The Best Fitness Goals That Aren’t Weight Loss
In this fresh new year, you may be tempted to set some—let’s not call them resolutions—goals. Dreams. Plans. January will bring a new sense of focus, so it’s a great time to start working on something that could pay off by the end of the year.
While weight loss goals are probably the most traditional, they’re also boring. Here’s a collection of fitness goals that are all about what your body can do, not what size it is.
Here’s how Zach LaVine’s return can help the Bulls
Two-time All-Star guard is on track to return Friday after 17-game absence with right foot inflammation
Everything Included in the Latest Pixel Security Update
If you bought a Pixel phone in the last couple years, you have a new security update to install. Google rolled out the January security patch Wednesday, Jan. 3, to supported Pixel smartphones, as well as the Pixel Tablet, including some useful bug fixes and important security patches.
What’s in this latest Pixel update?
First off, bug fixes. The January security patch squashes four bugs you may have encountered in the previous version of Android 14:
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Fix for users facing Camera crashes in certain conditions
User Interface
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Fix for users facing flashing black screen when playing video in certain conditions
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Fix for users unable to exit Setup Wizard in certain conditions
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Fix for Wallpaper on home screen showing black in certain conditions
In addition, this update patches 11 security vulnerabilities within Android: five flaws within framework (the platform which apps are built on), five within system (Android OS), and one within Google Play system updates.
Which devices are compatible?
Below, you can find the full list of Pixel devices compatible with the January security update, which essentially includes all Pixel devices Google currently supports:
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Pixel 5a (5G)
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Pixel 6
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Pixel 6 Pro
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Pixel 6a
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Pixel 7
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Pixel 7 Pro
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Pixel 7a
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Pixel Tablet
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Pixel Fold
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Pixel 8
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Pixel 8 Pro
How to install the January security patch on your Pixel
If you have a Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro, you can simply prompt Google Assistant to, “Update my phone now.” When you see the notification to update, open it, then tap the update button.
Alternatively, head to Settings > System > System Update, then follow the on-screen instructions to download and install the latest patch.
Your Next Windows PC Will Have This Brand-New Key
For the first time in almost 30 years, Microsoft is adding a new key to its keyboard layout. Microsoft announced the change in a short video showcasing what this new Copilot key might look like on a Windows PC keyboard.
This is the first time Microsoft has added a new key to the keyboard since 1994, when it added the Windows key. It’s unclear if this new key will replace the Windows key—the company has said it will “join” the Windows key—though it does appear to be in the same place as the Windows key in the video that Microsoft shared. We’ll have to wait to see it in action to know exactly where it will appear or what it will look like.
What is Copilot?
This is an extensive question that I answer in my in-depth Copilot explainer, which shares details all about Microsoft’s very confusing Copilot AI system. For now, though, all you need to know is Copilot is Microsoft’s answer to generative AI. It’s a chatbot that can answer questions, help you find things on your PC, and even generate images.
Why is Microsoft adding a Copilot key?
Microsoft is really pushing its AI offerings, which is why it is adding a Copilot key to your keyboard. The idea here is that by putting AI front and center, more and more people will use it, allowing Microsoft to expand and offer more functionality. The company, and many others like it, are betting on generative AI chatbots like Copilot, which is an important step to getting more people to pick it up.
Microsoft has also toyed with the idea of replacing the Start Menu button with Copilot, though a consensus on that hasn’t been reached quite yet as far as we know.
What if my PC doesn’t have Copilot?
Despite Microsoft’s push for Copilot, the service is only readily available on Windows 11, and it is slated to reach Windows 10 sometime down the line, too. Currently, only around 400 million active users have Windows 11 installed. That’s only a tiny share of the 1.6 billion users that Microsoft has in the Windows ecosystem, so Copilot isn’t something everyone has ready access to. So what if your PC doesn’t have Copilot and you buy a keyboard with a Copilot key?
Well, the good news is that it doesn’t matter if you have Copilot or not. If your PC doesn’t have Copilot enabled or installed, then pressing the key will simply open up the regular Windows search system, allowing you to still easily search your PC for any features, functionality, or apps that you’re looking for at the time. Plus, the key will only ship on new laptops that run Windows 11, like Dell’s new XPS devices.
While the change will be big for users that like Copilot, having a keyboard with a Copilot key isn’t going to mean much to the everyday people that don’t rely on AI to get through their online activities. And, for the moment, you can still openly ignore Copilot if you don’t want to buy into Microsoft’s AI craze. However, Microsoft will likely one day lean even harder into the AI services it offers, so don’t expect this always to be the case.