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5G Infrastructure Market Size To Worth USD 117.34 Billion By 2030 With A 49.5 % CAGR By Exactitude ConsultancyThe NBA coaching carousel has started spinning a little earlier than usual in 2024. On Friday, ESPN's Shams Charania first reported that the Kings were moving on from head coach Mike Brown less than 24 hours after the Kings' 114-113 home loss to the Detroit Pistons . Sacramento has had a tough start to the season as they're in the middle of a 5-game losing streak and sit at 13-16 overall, including a 6-12 record at home. But Brown is coming off two straight winning season including a Coach of the Year performance (his second) in the 2022-23 season, his first with the Kings. That year also marked the end of a 16-season NBA Playoffs drought. Here's everything you need to know about the Kings' decision to fire Brown. Why did the Kings fire Brown? Although it's early in the season, the Kings' disastrous start to the 2024-25 season left ownership searching for answers, especially of late. Sacramento started out the season consistently staying above -.500 until mid-November. The Kings fell to 9-12 on Dec. 1, and lost six out of their last 10 games. Currently, Sacramento is 13-18 and 12th in the Western Conference. According to various reports, Sacramento's home record may be a big reason. Say what you want about Vivek, he just ate 30 plus million to try and right the ship. Mike Brown may in fact be the unnecessary scapegoat, but you don’t lose games like that at home with these expectations and survive. You knew it was coming, and you pretty much knew if they... Sacramento lost 114-113 to the Pistons the night before Brown was fired. As Detriot trailed by three, Jaden Ivey hit a three-pointer and was fouled by Kings guard De'Aaron Fox. Ivey hit the free throw to give Detroit the win, capping off a 19-point rally in the second half. After the game, Brown appeared to call out Fox postgame, albeit not by name: Mike Brown got himself fired after he threw De'Aaron Fox under the bus after the loss last night. pic.twitter.com/FJOZPko6DL On Friday, this video of Brown and Fox made the rounds on social media and had many speculating this was the two saying goodbye, which was apparently taken shortly before Brown's firing: This moment between Kings head coach Mike Brown and De'Aaron Fox at today's practice will certainly be dissected and analyzed. pic.twitter.com/x6dYwZ1zf8 The Kings opened the season with +3500 odds to win the NBA Championship. But with stars like Fox, DeMar DeRozan and Domantas Sabonis, the Kings seemingly had a shot to at least make it to the playoffs. Brown led the Kings to the first-round of the playoffs for the first time since 2006 in the 2022-23 season. Sacramento surprisingly went up 2-0 in the series against Golden State , but ultimately lost in seven games. Sacramento is no stranger to cycling through coaches. Since Rick Adelman was the head coach from 1998-2006, there have been zero Kings coaches who have lasted longer than three seasons. Sacramento has hired 10 coaches since 2006. Mike Brown contract The timing of Brown's firing is particularly interesting, given that the head coach signed a multiyear extension with the Kings in June. Brown's contract extension paid him $8.5 million annually through the 2026-27 season, making it a 3-year, $25.5 million deal that can be worth up to $30 million if incentives are hit. Brown's original 4-year contract with the Kings was slated to expire after the 2024-25 season. It sounds like the Kings fired Brown on Friday after he led the team through a full practice, and as it was set to board a plane to Los Angeles. The Sacramento Kings just fired Mike Brown right before the team boarded a flight to LA. He just ran a full practice and spent 15 minutes talking to the media. Just bad man. Bad bad bad. Brown even went through media availability shortly before his firing: Again, just minutes ago we spoke with Mike Brown for 15 minutes. Part of what he talked about was handling the pressure as the head coach of an underperforming team. Here was his answer minutes before being fired: pic.twitter.com/LvcZmUmeIN Per Charania, current Kings assistant Doug Christie and former Sacramento guard will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season. This is a breaking news story that will be updated.
US President-elect Donald Trump filed a brief Friday urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban TikTok the day before his January 20 inauguration if it is not sold by its Chinese owner ByteDance. "In light of the novelty and difficulty of this case, the court should consider staying the statutory deadline to grant more breathing space to address these issues," Trump's legal team wrote, to give him "the opportunity to pursue a political resolution." Trump was fiercely opposed to TikTok during his 2017-21 first term, and tried in vain to ban the video app on national security grounds. The Republican voiced concerns -- echoed by political rivals -- that the Chinese government might tap into US TikTok users' data or manipulate what they see on the platform. US officials had also voiced alarm over the popularity of the video-sharing app with young people, alleging that its parent company is subservient to Beijing and that the app is used to spread propaganda, claims denied by the company and the Chinese government. Trump called for a US company to buy TikTok, with the government sharing in the sale price, and his successor Joe Biden went one stage further -- signing a law to ban the app for the same reasons. Trump has now, however, reversed course. "Now (that) I'm thinking about it, I'm for TikTok, because you need competition," he recently told Bloomberg. "If you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram -- and that's, you know, that's Zuckerberg." Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg and part of his Meta tech empire, was among the social media networks that banned Trump after attacks by his supporters on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The ban was driven by concerns that he would use the platform to promote more violence. Those bans on major social media platforms were later lifted. In the brief filed on Friday, Trump's lawyer made it clear the president-elect did not take a position on the legal merits of the current case. "President Trump takes no position on the underlying merits of this dispute," John Sauer wrote in the amicus curiae -- or "friend of the court" -- brief. "Instead, he respectfully requests that the court consider staying the act's deadline for divestment of January 19, 2025, while it considers the merits of this case, thus permitting President Trump's incoming Administration the opportunity to pursue a political resolution of the questions at issue in the case." ft/ahaUL linebacker K.C. Ossai makes a tackle during the Cajuns' 34-3 loss to TCU in the New Mexico Bowl on Saturday. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ALBUQUERQUE Like so many coaches around the country, TCU coach Sonny Dykes sure wishes bowl games were more an indication of what teams are in the regular season. Another example was his Horned Frogs’ 34-3 demolition of UL in Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl. “It would have been a different football team had we played against their whole roster, quite frankly. I kind of hate it for coach (Desormeaux),” Dykes said. “It’s a tough thing. It’s one of the main reasons they need to take a look at the transfer portal and the timing of it, because I’d like to see these teams finish together.” Dykes was referring to UL having two of its top two receivers in tight end Terrance Carter and wide receiver Harvey Broussard, as well as running back Dre’lyn Washington, two starting offensive lineman AJ Gillie and King McGowen, starting linebacker Carmycah Glass and starting cornerback Justin Agu not with the team for the bowl game. Dykes’ team, on the other hand, hung tough until the end, despite losing two of its biggest offensive weapons to injury in wide receiver Jack Bech and two-way standout Savion Williams. “That’s why I was so proud of this group of ours, because we just hung together,” Dykes said. “We all learned a lot from each other during the course of the season. “At one time, we were 3-3 and it didn’t look very good. To these young men’s credit, they just kind of hung in there and believed in each other and what we were doing.” Desormeaux also expressed his feelings on the his fractured team. “We don’t make excuses where we are,” Desormeaux said. “We don’t cry and complain about it. We go to work. We focus on the ones that say yes. Ninety percent of our team says, ‘Yes’ and they decide to come back, including these guys. “It sucks for the rest of the team on a day like today. Truthfully, it does and it makes me kind of sick a little bit. But we’re going to come out here and play and compete.” Lunch sighting Redshirt freshman quarterback D’Wanye’ Winfield missed the entire regular season with an elbow injury, but he did enjoy his first action on the field in Saturday’s New Mexico Bowl. The coaching staff had toyed with the idea of running some Wildcat plays with the athletic quarterback and it provided one of the very few bright spots in Saturday’s dismal performance. Winfield, known by his nickname Lunch by his family, friends and team, had five carries for 19 yards and completed one of his two passes for six yards. “He got cleared (medically) right after the conference championship,” UL coach Michael Desormeaux said. “With Ben’s (Wooldridge) situation, we kind of changed the way we play with him a little bit. This just gave us another dimension of it. It was a good changeup.’ “He had an elbow injury that he had prepared, so we didn’t want to throw it a whole lot, but we put in a package for him. He got bunch of reps with the second and third groups the last couple weeks and did a good job. We wanted to use him in that role and felt like it gave us a spark.” Wooldridge fought to come back after suffering a broken collar bone on Nov. 16, but all the changes on offense just made it too difficult. He only completed seven passes for 61 yards. True freshman Daniel Beale was 3-of-4 passing for 28 yards late in the game. Kicking game As it turned out, the Cajuns didn’t even win the kicking game. It wasn’t a short one, for sure, but Lou Groza Award winner Kenny Almendares missed a 54-yard field goal try in the first quarter – off the upright. It was only his third missed of the season. The other two were from 60 and 53. Almendares later made a 24-yard field goal to avoid the shutout, but the Cajuns were already down by 34 points at that point. On the flip side, TCU kicker Kyle Lemmerman made field goals from 45 and 22 yards. UL punter Nathan Torney wasn’t benefitted by the high altitude. He failed to reach 40 yards on any of his five punts – with 39 being his longest – and finished with a 37.7-yard average. Kickoff coverage didn’t come into play much in this contest, but it favored the Horned Frogs when it did. Rob Williams had two kickoff returns for only 37 yards.Juggling fresh ideas, crafting video strategies, and staying consistent – being a YouTuber involves more than just hitting the record button. ChatGPT can simplify the process by generating ideas and automating key tasks to help you create content on YouTube. The content on YouTube is so saturated that you can find dozens of videos on the same topic with little to no variation. You need to have fresh, unique videos to gain user attention; otherwise, your content will be lost amongst similar content. However, coming up with new, unique videos regularly can be very difficult. 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You can provide details like video duration, content that must be covered, speaking style, etc. Of course, you’ll have to further edit the video to suit your style and goals, but having a well-structured draft in hand will greatly decrease your work. Here’s an example prompt: “I run a tech review YouTube channel. I’m reviewing the iPhone 15 and want a detailed script with a mix of humor and facts. The intro should grab attention, and the script should have a ‘pros and cons’ section, ending with a recommendation. Please add timestamps for a 10-minute video.” In the prompt, you can also add details or data that ChatGPT may not know from its own database, like personal survey results. It will be incorporated into the script in the appropriate sections. The video title is one of the most important aspects of a video. Not only does it need to be optimized for the YouTube algorithm, but it should also have a catchy title so that users can click on it. ChatGPT can create dozens of YouTube-optimized titles for your videos – you may find the perfect one. If you already have the video idea and script in hand, give it to ChatGPT and ask it to provide unique titles. If not, provide a small description of what you are covering in the video and anything that stands out. For example: “I’m reviewing the iPhone 15. Generate 10 catchy and optimized YouTube titles. Make them click-worthy, but not clickbait, and focus on key features, like camera upgrades, performance, and design.” This prompt will generate titles that will grab the attention of users by utilizing important feature upgrades in the iPhone. The video description space under videos is extremely versatile and can be used for many things. Apart from summarizing video content, you can add keywords, recommend videos, provide context, or add a call to action. ChatGPT can help you make full use of this space for both SEO and user engagement. 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In most cases, a quick description of the video is enough, as ChatGPT will generate tags based on common searches on the topic. However, you can also provide the video script for even better results. For example: “I’m uploading a video on YouTube reviewing the iPhone 15 Pro. Generate 15 YouTube tags that cover topics like iPhone 15 Pro camera, battery, design, and performance. Include a mix of long-tail and short-tail tags.” You may also be interested in using ChatGPT to include tags with commonly misspelled words or words with multiple spellings, to increase visibility, like “travelling” and “traveling.” You’ll have to mention this separately in your prompt. A dedicated video promotion strategy is a must for the success of your channel. However, you can’t just copy any marketing strategy you see and expect to succeed. What has worked for others, may not work for your specific content. For example, Instagram works great for travel vlogs and food videos, but not for software tutorials. ChatGPT can create a custom marketing strategy for your channel’s content and tell you which channels will be most effective. You just need to tell it the focus of your channel content, how you cover each video, your budget, etc. You can also ask it for a promotion strategy for individual videos if you cover a special video. For instance: “My YouTube channel reviews the latest smartphones. I upload unboxing videos and camera tests. Suggest custom video promotion strategies to grow my audience organically.” If you like its recommendations, you can further ask how to execute each strategy. For example, it can tell you that you can use comparison photos of smartphone cameras to promote on Reddit. Engagement metrics, like comments, play a crucial role in boosting video rankings in search results and suggested feeds. Comments not only signal audience interest, but foster a sense of community around your content. Using ChatGPT, you can enhance interaction on your videos – helping improve rankings, build stronger connections with viewers, and grow subscribers. Viewers value thoughtful, direct responses from creators, and detailed replies can significantly enhance the viewing experience. ChatGPT enables you to craft personalized, context-aware replies quickly, allowing you to engage with your audience more consistently. This active engagement encourages further interaction, prompting viewers to comment more frequently and boosting overall video performance. Furthermore, ChatGPT can create strategies to utilize the pinned comment function to engage viewers. Depending on the video content, it can encourage readers to share thoughts, answer questions, create CTAs, or complete a task. For example: “Guess how long it took me to film this video? The closest guess gets a shoutout in the next one!” ChatGPT can significantly improve your video creation process, boosting creativity and enhancing efficiency for your channel’s success. You can also use hacks to enhance ChatGPT results so that you may get better results over time. Image credit: Vecteezy . All screenshots by Karrar Haider. Our latest tutorials delivered straight to your inbox Karrar is drenched in technology and always fiddles with new tech opportunities. He has a bad habit of calling technology “Killer”, and doesn't feel bad about spending too much time in front of the PC. If he is not writing about technology, you will find him spending quality time with his little family.
CLEVLEAND — Shane Bieber's comeback with Cleveland has double meaning. The former Cy Young winner re-signed with the Guardians on Wednesday, a reunion that seemed unlikely when he became a free agent. However, the 29-year-old Bieber decided to stay with the AL Central champions after making just two starts in 2024 before undergoing Tommy John surgery. Bieber agreed last week to a one-year, $14 million contract. The deal includes a $16 million player option for 2026. It seemed like a long shot that Bieber, who is 62-32 with a 3.22 ERA in 132 starts, would return to Cleveland. He had turned down long-term offers in the past from the club, and it was expected he would sign with another contender, likely one on the West Coast. But the California native has a special connection with the Guardians, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2016 draft. Bieber, who won the AL Cy Young in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, threw only 12 innings last season before lingering issues with his elbow forced him to have surgery. He is expected to join Cleveland's rotation at some point in 2025. A two-time All-Star, Bieber was named MVP of the midsummer event in 2019 when it was held in Cleveland. He has the highest strikeout ratio per nine innings (10.2) and third-highest winning percentage (.660) in the franchise's 124-year history. Bieber is one of just three Cleveland pitchers to start five season openers, joining Stan Coveleski (1917-21) and Corey Kluber (2015-19). While Bieber had some elbow issues in the past, he didn't show any issues before being shut down. He struck out 11 in six scoreless innings against Oakland on March 28, and followed that up with six more shutout innings at Seattle on April 2. DALLAS — Pitchers again dominated the big league phase of the Rule 5 draft at the winter meetings, comprising 11 of the 15 unprotected players who were picked Wednesday. The 121-loss Chicago White Sox had the first pick and selected 24-year-old right-hander Shane Smith from the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Smith was an undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest when he was signed by Milwaukee in July 2021. The 6-foot-4, 235-pounder has gone 13-7 with a 2.69 ERA and 203 strikeouts over 157 innings in 19 starts and 54 relief appearances over three minor league seasons. There were 14 teams who made picks in the major league portion of the Rule 5 draft of players left off 40-man rosters after several minor league seasons. Only Atlanta made two selections, after making none since 2017. Atlanta chose right-hander Anderson Pilar from the Miami Marlins with the 11th pick, and then took infielder Christian Cairo from the Cleveland Guardians with the 15th and final pick in the MLB portion. The 26-year-old Pilar was original signed by Colorado as a minor league free agent in 2015 and has pitched in 213 minor league games that included 17 starts. He is 28-20 with a 2.86 ERA. Teams pay $100,000 to take a player in the major league portion. The players must stay on the big league roster all of next season or clear waivers and be offered back to their original organization for $50,000. Six of the 10 players selected during the Rule 5 draft last December — five of them right-handed pitchers — remained last season with organization that selected them. Two of the four position players taken Wednesday by other teams came from the Detroit Tigers organization: catcher Liam Hicks and third baseman Gage Workman. Miami drafted second after Colorado passed making a selection, and took Hicks. Workman was taken by the Chicago Cubs with the 10th pick. Baltimore lost two right-handed pitchers on back-to-back picks, Juan Nunez to San Diego with the 12th pick before Connor Thomas went to Milwaukee. DALLAS — Tom Hamilton, who has called Cleveland games on the radio for 35 seasons, won the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting on Wednesday. Hamilton, 70, joined the team's broadcast in 1990, when he was with Herb Score in the booth and part of the coverage of their World Series appearances in 1995 and 1997. Hamilton became the voice of the franchise when Score retired after that second World Series. Hamilton will be honored during the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend from July 25-28 in Cooperstown, New York. He was selected the hall's Frick Award 16-member committee as the 49th winner. There were 10 finalists on this year's ballot, whose main contributions came as local and national voices and whose careers began after, or extended into, the Wild Card era. The other nine were Skip Caray, Rene Cardenas, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Ernie Johnson Sr., Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Dave Sims and John Sterling. DALLAS — The Texas Rangers acquired slugging corner infielder Jake Burger from the Miami Marlins on Wednesday in a trade for three minor league players. Burger hit .250 with 29 home runs and 76 RBIs in 137 games for the Marlins last season, with 150 strikeouts in 535 at-bats with 31 walks. He started 59 games at third base and made 50 starts at first. Five days of service time short of being eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, he will be eligible next winter and can become a free agent after the 2028 World Series. Miami got infielders Max Acosta and Echedry Vargas and left-handed pitcher Brayan Mendoza. The acquisition of Burger comes about a month after the Rangers hired former Marlins manager Skip Schumaker as a senior adviser for baseball operations. Luis Urueta, Miami's bench coach the past two seasons, also was added recently to manager Bruce Bochy's on-field coaching staff for 2025. BRIEFLY WHITE SOX: Mike Tauchman is switching sides in Chicago. The White Sox announced a $1.95 million, one-year contract for the outfielder. Tauchman, 34, grew up in Palatine, Illinois, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, and played college ball for Bradley in Peoria, Illinois. He spent the previous two seasons with the Cubs. TRADE: All-Star left-hander Garrett Crochet was acquired by the Boston Red Sox from the Chicago White Sox for four prospects. Catcher Kyle Teel, infielder Chase Meidroth, right-hander Wikelman Gonzalez and outfielder Braden Montgomery are headed to Chicago. Get local news delivered to your inbox!