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Editor's note: This is part of an occasional series on tech activity and trends in Tulsa.Welcome to the latest edition of Tulsa Tech Bytes, in which we highlight some exciting developments in Tulsa's rapidly growing tech ecosystem.Tulsa Innovation Lab, in partnership with Black Tech Street and other organizations that make up the Tulsa Hub for Equitable, Trusted Autonomy (THETA), has been awarded a $51 million federal grant to invest in innovations along multiple industry and business vectors that will have a significant impact on the economy, education, and job creation. With this grant, Tulsa joins an exclusive group of only…
Claressa Shields (15-0, 3 KOs) achieved a rare knockout when she stopped WBC women’s heavyweight champion Vanessa Lepage-Joanis (7-2, 2 KOs) in the second round on Saturday night at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The 29-year-old Shields used her lightning hand speed to land quick combinations and knocked Lepage-Joanis down three times en route to a second-round knockout win at 1 minute and 9 seconds into the bout. It's unclear why Lepage-Joanis didn't adjust to stay on the outside of the action after the first knockdown, even though Shields was freely touching Lepage-Joanis in close range. No adjustment was…
LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent in California to help homeless people on the streets, but an outdated computer system riddled with data errors often can't provide basic information like where shelter beds are available on any given night, and inefficiencies could have disastrous consequences.The problem is particularly acute in Los Angeles, where more than 45,000 people suffering from serious mental illness, drug addiction, or both live in trash-strewn encampments that have spread to virtually every neighborhood, with rows of rusting recreational vehicles lined up across entire blocks.Even in the state that's home…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billions of dollars have been spent in California to help homeless people on the streets, but outdated computer systems riddled with data errors often fail to provide basic information like where shelter beds are available on any given night, and the inefficiencies can lead to disastrous results.The problem is particularly acute in Los Angeles, where more than 45,000 people suffering from serious mental illness, drug addiction, or both live in trash-strewn encampments that have spread to virtually every neighborhood, with rows of rusting recreational vehicles lined up across entire blocks.Even in the state that's home to…
United States No. 5 Trinity Rodman advances the ball during the first half of the women's Group B match between the United States and Zambia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de Nice on July 25, 2024 in Nice, France. Brad Smith/ISI/Getty Images The United States Women's National Team (USWNT) 2024 Summer Olympics In Paris, the U.S. women's national soccer team has won an astounding four gold medals since women's soccer became an official Olympic sport at the 1996 Atlanta Games.With young stars like Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson on the roster, the team is fired up and…
Mallory Swanson, number 9 for Team USA, competes during the women's Group B match between the USA and Zambia at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de Nice on July 25, 2024 in Nice, France. Mark Atkins/Getty Images Olympic soccer has kicked off and the US Women's National Team started their path to the gold medal with a 3-0 win over Zambia. The US Women's National Team will face Germany today. Read on to find out when and how you can watch the USA vs Germany Olympic women's soccer match today, even if you don't have cable TV.How to…
Six-time Olympic medalist Ryan Murphy will again compete as part of Team USA at the Paris Games in 2024. (Al Bello/Getty Images)The 2024 Paris Olympics are fast approaching, and Team USA is poised to make a big splash in the swimming competitions. A star-studded lineup will take to the waters at La Defense Arena, with Kaeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke, Chase Kalis, and Ryan Murphy competing for the USA on the men's side, and Katie Ledecky, Lilly King, Regan Smith, Simone Manuel, and the Walsh sisters on the women's side. Are you ready to watch Olympic swimming? Here's everything you need…
FIFA has docked the Canadian women's national soccer team six points and fined them $226,000 for using drones to spy on opponents at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.Canadian Soccer Association coaches Beverley Priestman, Joseph Lombardi and Jasmine Mander have also been banned from taking part in any soccer-related activity for one year.FIFA said Canada had breached Article 13 of its disciplinary regulations, which cover offensive behaviour and breaches of the principles of fair play, and Article 6.1 of the OFT rules after two assistant coaches were found to have used a drone to spy on training sessions before the team's…
The 2024 Olympic women's soccer tournament will consist of 12 teams divided into three groups of four. The top two teams from each group, as well as the top two third-place finishers, will advance to the knockout stage. The United States has advanced from its group in each of its last seven Olympic appearances, winning a medal in six of those seven times.The second group stage match will see Australia take on Zambia in Nice at 1pm ET/7pm local, followed by the USA taking on Germany in Marseille. The final Group B match on 31 July will see Germany take…
Chances are Jacksonville didn't even know about Rodrigo Gomez until Saturday night.But Rodrigo Gomez will likely never forget Jacksonville.Gomez, the newly signed Portuguese forward who came off the bench for his new English club, scored two goals in the final 20 minutes to seal Jacksonville's opening game in a storm-delayed Stateside Cup soccer match at EverBank Stadium on Saturday night, leading Wolverhampton Wanderers to a 3-1 victory over West Ham United.Without Gomez, an already long night would have gone to a shootout, but his performance earned him a new title: the first player to win the game in Jacksonville's first-ever…