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Engora Data Blog: Rendezvous with Rama

Engora Data Blog: Rendezvous with Rama

đź’Ą Check out this must-read post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: I saw some news about a possible movie adaptation of “Rendezvous with Rama” and it set me thinking again about the book and what I thought about it. There’s quite a lot here, so I thought it would be worth sharing in a blog post. Let’s start with some history.Clarke (born 1917) was the pre-eminent British science fiction writer in the mid part of the 20th century with a prodigious output of novels and short stories. Globally, he was considered one of the “big…
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The Kremlin says that Trump made a phone call with Putin to discuss the war on Iran

The Kremlin says that Trump made a phone call with Putin to discuss the war on Iran

✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran war,russia,Vladimir Putin âś… **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump held a phone call on Monday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Iran and other issues, according to the Kremlin. Read more: The war in Iran has entered its second week. Here's where things stand Putin's foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov described the conversation as "frank and practical" and said it lasted about an hour. He said that the Russian president "expressed some ideas aimed at a quick…
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Igor Tudor says Tottenham are prioritizing staying in the Premier League over progressing in the Champions League

Igor Tudor says Tottenham are prioritizing staying in the Premier League over progressing in the Champions League

🚀 Check out this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Tottenham Hotspur interim coach Igor Tudor says the priority is staying in the Premier League over progressing in the Champions League.Tottenham's poor domestic form led to the sacking of Thomas Frank last month, and three defeats in Tudor's first three games have left them one point above the relegation zone.They have performed much better in Europe, where they have automatically qualified for the Champions League Round of 16, where they will play the first leg away to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday (20:00 GMT).However, securing…
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Review by Donna Gottschalk and Helene Giannicini / Deutsche Börse – Pictures that irritate, deceive and move you deeply | Deutsche Börse Photography Award

Review by Donna Gottschalk and Helene Giannicini / Deutsche Börse – Pictures that irritate, deceive and move you deeply | Deutsche Börse Photography Award

đź’Ą Explore this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Deutsche Börse photography prize,Art and design,The Photographers' Gallery,Photography,Awards and prizes,Art,Culture,LGBTQ+ rights,Women 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WWhen Donna Gottschalk announced to her mother that she was gay, she responded, "You have chosen a difficult path." It was New York in the 1960s, where homosexuality was illegal, and as the photographer reflects in a video included in her new exhibition “The Other Us”: “There were no happy gays.” The show opens with a photograph of Gottschalk's mother in the beauty salon she ran in the notorious crime metropolis of…
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OpenAI and Google employees rush to defend Anthropic in DoD lawsuit

OpenAI and Google employees rush to defend Anthropic in DoD lawsuit

✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: AI,Government & Policy,Google,dod,OpenAI,Anthropic,supply chain risk 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: More than 30 employees at OpenAI and Google DeepMind submitted a statement Monday supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense after the federal agency labeled the artificial intelligence company a supply chain risk, according to court filings. “The government’s designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk was an inappropriate and arbitrary use of force that has serious ramifications for our industry,” said the memo, whose signatories included Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean. Late last week, the Pentagon…
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Major League Soccer has decided to ban midfielder Derrick Jones and winger Yaw Yeboah for life over betting offences

Major League Soccer has decided to ban midfielder Derrick Jones and winger Yaw Yeboah for life over betting offences

🚀 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Major League Soccer has decided to ban midfielder Derrick Jones and winger Yaw Yeboah for life over betting offences.Yeboah, 28, signed for Chinese Super League club Qingdao Hainyu last month after terminating his contract with Los Angeles FC in January.The Columbus Crew released Jones (29 years old) from his contract last November.A statement from Major League Soccer said the players were found to have “engaged in extensive football gambling, including on their own teams” during the 2024 and 2025 seasons.Major League Soccer indicated that on…
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Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt

Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt

🚀 Discover this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Artificial intelligence chips are getting upgraded more quickly than data centers can be built, a market reality that exposes a key risk to the AI trade and Oracle's debt-fueled expansion.OpenAI is no longer planning to expand its partnership with Oracle in Abilene, Texas, home to the Stargate data center, because it wants clusters with newer generations of Nvidia graphics processing units, according to a person familiar with the matter. The current Abilene site is expected to use Nvidia's Blackwell processors, and the power isn't projected…
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WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses House Republicans at his annual politics retreat in Florida

WATCH LIVE: Trump addresses House Republicans at his annual politics retreat in Florida

đź’Ą Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,florida,House of Representatives,House Republicans,republicans âś… **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Monday at a legislative retreat in Florida. Watch the event live starting at 4:35 PM EST in the video player above. Trump was spending the day at his Miami-area golf club and holding "several important meetings and phone calls" while there, according to a social media post in which the Republican president outlined his schedule. He said he will attend a fundraising event for House Speaker Mike Johnson…
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Manchester United: Paul Scholes did not intend to insult Michael Carrick

Manchester United: Paul Scholes did not intend to insult Michael Carrick

✨ Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Paul Scholes said an Instagram post about Manchester United interim manager Michael Carrick was “in no way intended to be offensive” towards his former teammate.After United's 2-1 Premier League defeat to Newcastle United last Wednesday - their first loss under Carrick - Scholes wrote: "Michael certainly has something of his own... because United have been... [expletive] The last four games."Scholes, who played alongside Carrick in United's midfield for seven years, was criticized for his comments, with former teammate Patrice Evra saying: "I hope he breaks…
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The Plow and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama reaches 100 haunting performances | stage

The Plow and the Stars review – Seán O’Casey’s Dublin drama reaches 100 haunting performances | stage

🔥 Discover this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Theatre,Stage,Culture,Abbey theatre,Ireland,Seán O’Casey đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: MMarking the centenary of the premiere of Seán O'Casey's powerful political drama, the Abbey's latest production opens the door to more flexible and experimental ways of presenting it. The tragicomedy, which caused a riot in 1926, has been produced repeatedly in recent years and is now an integral part of the Irish theater canon.Set among the residents of Dublin tenements in the run-up to the Easter Rising of 1916, O'Casey's characters are caught up in events beyond their control. Newly…
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