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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams progressed through the first round of the Rio Olympics tennis on Sunday despite an error-strewn performance that was not helped by windy conditions that delayed play on most of the smaller tennis courts. Williams won 6-4 6-2 against Australia’s Daria Gavrilova, ranked 42 in the world, but she was far from her best. The 34-year-old grew increasingly frustrated as the match wore on but was rarely threatened by Gavrilova on centre court....

Manager Clint Hurdle doesn’t think it’s a coincidence, either. Williams and two relievers combined on a six-hitter, and the Pirates blanked the San Francisco Giants 4-0 on Saturday night. “He sets the tone for things,” Hurdle said. “When that fastball has the finish like it had tonight, that’s when you’re seeing the outings that you see him string together. He keeps everybody engaged.” Williams (10-8) allowed five hits and walked one in seven innings....

Both sides presented their positions after Texas optioned Calhoun to Triple-A Round Rock following the team’s home win over Atlanta. The outfielder/DH left Arlington after posting a .136/.283/.273 slash line and one home run in 53 plate appearances this season. Calhoun told The Athletic that he was not on board with what the team’s new hitting staff wants him to do, or with what Texas has wanted him to become since acquiring him from the Dodgers in 2017 as part of the Yu Darvish trade....

Stokes, 61, filed a lawsuit earlier this month accusing the city of “outrageous police misconduct” after being released for the 1984 murder case. A federal judge found prosecutors never revealed they charged their star witness with perjury following Stokes’ murder conviction, the Associated Press reported. The trial witness, Franklin Lee, was at police headquarters when officers offered him sex and drugs to frame Stokes for an unsolved murder, according to the AP....

Except this year, when the fourth-quarter mistakes by Wilson have overshadowed his late-game successes. And those mistakes are part of the reason Seattle is 4-5 and faces such a critical game on Thursday night against Green Bay in the quest to stay in the NFC playoff conversation. Seattle is 1-8 in its last nine games decided by one score or less. Over the past two seasons, Seattle is 5-11 in one-score games....

Barty defeated 2018 Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) in the semifinals on Thursday to reach her first Wimbledon final and become the first Australian woman to play in the final of the oldest Grand Slam tournament since Evonne Goolagong defeated Chris Evert in straight sets in 1980. Plíšková, meanwhile, came back from one set down to beat world No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to become the first player from the Czech Republic since Petra Kvitová won the second of her Wimbledon titles in 2014 to make the final in southwest London....

The winged insects caused chaos during matches on Wednesday. MORE: Wimbledon 2017: Draw, dates, schedule, how to watch live The phenomenon is known as national Flying Ant Day. From Business Insider: “Every year, the queen ants of colonies all over the region fly the nest to look for a male to mate with and begin a new colony. The end result is vast swarms of flying ants blanketing the region....

Version KB5016616 has been released as Windows 10’s monthly security update for August, but it has a surprise up its sleeve. Not only is there a genuinely new feature, it’s something you’ll probably want to use on a regular basis. Microsoft’s “Focus Assist” tool can already block notifications while you need to get work done, but it can now be set to allow specific “important” alerts to still reach you....

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Millions of people shifted to working from home overnight in 2020, often relying on small laptop screens rather than their usual desktops in the office. Even in the current hybrid working model many companies have adopted, people need an operating system that can handle multiple apps at once – wherever they are. For the most part, Windows 11 delivers that. There are some great multitasking features available, but it’s not always clear when and how you should be using them....

In the official release information for the new operating system, an “annual feature update cadence” is revealed. This marks a slight shift in strategy for Microsoft – Windows 10 has received feature updates twice a year since launching in 2015 – but most users are unlikely to notice a big difference. Microsoft already prioritised most of Windows 10’s new features for later in the year. Indeed, the 21H1 update offered just three changes of note, all of which could have been bundled with a security update....

Image source: Research Snipers As your webcam is a physical device, there are two possible reasons it won’t work. First is the hardware fault, like if the webcam has malfunctioned or is not properly connected to your device. Other software-related reasons why the webcam won’t work include outdated camera drivers, interference from a third-party app, errors, bugs, or glitches. In this post, we have listed various solutions that you can use to fix the “Windows 11 webcam not working” issue....

The BIOS in your computer will test your memory during the POST but it’s an extremely basic test. To truly determine if your RAM is not working properly, you must perform an extensive memory test by a program like Windows Memory Diagnostic. We recommend that you first test your memory with Memtest86, but you should always test a second time with a different memory testing tool just to be sure....

Windows XP Release Date Windows XP was released to manufacturing on August 24, 2001, and to the public on October 25, 2001. It’s preceded by both Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and succeeded by Windows Vista. April 8, 2014, was the last day Microsoft issued security and non-security updates to Windows XP. With the operating system no longer being supported, Microsoft suggests that users upgrade to the newest version of Windows....

“The 25m and 50m outdoor ranges will be very windy. I won my 2008 Beijing Olympic quota place in the Rio World Cup. It’s the same range which has not changed. We just had the Pre-Olympic World Cup there. Everything is the same,” Anjali, former World No.1 in 10 metre Air Rifle and a former Commonwealth Games champion said here. “Conditions are the same for everyone but wind matters a lot (for Indian shooters) and technically it’s difficult for us as we don’t have that much of advantage to get quality of ammunition unlike Europeans who have brands of various ammunition having different velocities....

The Armenia international forged his reputation at Shakhtar Donetsk and Borussia Dortmund operating in a creative playmaker role. Man Utd 11/4 to win PL He has, however, often been asked to fill a wider berth at United, with Jose Mourinho operating with a lone frontman supported from the flanks. Mkhitaryan has no problem taking on such a post, as he is given license to roam, but acknowledges that he is at his best when deployed more centrally....

Twice before, pols have failed to do away with the underage provision. (To be fair, six other states have similar laws.) It was passed in the mid-’80s when Wisconsin raised its drinking age to 21, rather than lose federal highway funding. The majority of bars and restaurants tend to oppose raising the age limit for liability reasons. Ed Lump, president of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, says kids should have their fill....

As the seconds ticked down on the Bruins’ season and the final buzzer sounded, many hockey fans in New England were faced with a question they haven’t had to ask in 18 years: Would Patrice Bergeron be back with the team next season? The scene at the end of Boston’s 3-2 Game 7 loss to the Hurricanes on Saturday was Bergeron fist-bumping and tapping his teammates on the chest. Some hugs and embraces were mixed in as well....

During the latest 1.01 update, gamers who took a close eye at the licensing notes will have noticed that Niantic has officially used assets for Google Cardboard, a virtual reality headset that gamers can purchase for a relative cheap price, as it uses the gamer’s own phone to render a virtual reality environment. While Pokemon GO doesn’t officially support any virtual reality headset compatibility features for the time being, it’s now clear that Niantic is definitely working on integrating some VR components into the game....

Emancipation has been highly anticipated for quite some time. It was initially expected to release this year, but after the incident involving Smith at the Oscars in March, there were serious questions about the movie’s fate. Some even feared at the time that Apple might cancel the project altogether. Now that things have quieted down, however, Apple TV Plus has announced that the film will in fact be released this year....