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SAN FRANCISCO —  As Moses Moody swung on the rim and LeBron James stood flat-footed, the five Lakers on the court all dropped their heads, eyes pointed to the court. There were still 2.2 seconds left in the third quarter, but James caught the inbounds pass and dribbled out the clock.There was no decision for coach Darvin Ham to make, no comeback to try to put together. Down 30 points, the Lakers leader made it obvious.They were done. And with 12 more minutes to play, this game was over.Officially, the Lakers lost…

Image via Marvel Studios The MCU has only been getting bigger and bigger with each new calendar year, but it’s just possible that Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania imploding the way it has demonstrates that Marvel needs to start going back in the opposite direction. The franchise’s entire post-Avengers: Endgame era has been plagued by more tepid reactions than what’s come before, and while it was initially hoped that Phase Five would wipe all that away, Ant-Man 3‘s failure has only compounded Phase Four’s…

An oil rig near Los Angeles, California. Photo: David McNew (Getty Images)This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.Environmental justice communities and advocates across California celebrated a major victory in August when state legislators passed a bill to ban new oil wells and phase out old ones within 3,200 feet of sensitive sites like homes, schools, and hospitals.It was a win decades in the making. Activists had spent years fighting to protect communities from the…

Black Friday Sale 2022: The shopping holiday will see record online discounts on everything from air fryers to tablets. Your Black Friday bargain is most likely spring's leftover sweatpants.American retailers have too much stock of everything from toys to women's casual tops. While the markdowns will be welcomed by many cash-strapped shoppers, the holiday deals underline companies' struggle to work through bloated inventories pressuring their profits.  To recap: In 2021, supply-chain snarls left stores scrambling to…

Taiwan's TSMC forecast revenue growth that could be the highest in 10 quarters, saying it was "highly confident" about its long-term prospects and touted demand for high-tech chips used in data centres and electric vehicles. The outlook from the world's largest contract-chipmaker follows blow-out results for the April-June period that underscored resilient demand amid a chip crunch caused by pandemic-fueled sales of smartphones and laptops. The results are also testament to demand for the iPhone 13 despite record global…

The global venture capital slowdown is upon us. It’s just not as bad — yet — as many anticipated, putting the world’s startup market into an odd position, forced to navigate waters that are somewhere between calm and stormy. An uncertain global macroeconomic future and rising interest rates are not helping to explicate the situation. On a regional basis, however, a clearer picture emerges. In Latin America, for example, the venture slowdown started earlier than in other regions — and has continued, per recent data…

Tyres are without any doubt one of the most important part of any vehicle. Over the years, a lot of research and technology has been done by tyre manufacturers to improve the grip, life and make them more reliable. We have heard of several incidents or accidents which happened due to tyre bursts or blowouts. This is one of the worst nightmare for a car driver especially when driving at high speeds. A tyre burst at high speed can make the car go out of control and lead to accidents. Here we have 10 tips that would help…