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‘Changing things is not very French’: how Claire Taboret’s stained-glass windows shed new light on Notre-Dame | Notre Dame

‘Changing things is not very French’: how Claire Taboret’s stained-glass windows shed new light on Notre-Dame | Notre Dame

đź’Ą Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Notre Dame,France,Art,World news,Europe,Art and design,Paris,Culture,Museums 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: CLear Tabouret can draw a clear line between before and after Notre Dame. Before she was chosen from among more than 100 artists to design six new stained-glass windows for the cathedral — which reopened in 2024, five years after it nearly burned down — Taboret had a select group of admirers (one of them the French businessman and art collector François Pinault), but she was not a household name.That has changed – for better and for…
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Super Bowl 60: Where the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will be won and lost

Super Bowl 60: Where the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will be won and lost

✨ Explore this trending post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: The defensive front seven are the NFL's wrecking crews, tasked with, among other things, making life as uncomfortable as possible for opposing quarterbacks.Both sides have great units here and we've seen before how dominance here can decide the outcome of a Super Bowl.Harold Landry and K'Lavon Chaisson combined for 16 regular-season sacks for New England, thanks to defensive tackles Christian Barmore and Milton Williams creating constant interior pressure, collapsing pockets at will.The Patriots made Williams the highest-paid player in team history with a $104 million…
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Benchmark raises $225 million from private funds to double its funding in Cerebras

Benchmark raises $225 million from private funds to double its funding in Cerebras

đź’Ą Check out this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: AI,Fundraising,TC,Venture,Benchmark,Cerebras đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: AI chip maker Cerebras Systems announced this week that it has raised $1 billion in new capital at a valuation of $23 billion — nearly triple the $8.1 billion valuation reached by rival Nvidia just six months ago. While the round was led by Tiger Global, a significant portion of the new capital came from one of the company's early backers: Benchmark Capital. The prominent Silicon Valley company invested at least $225 million in Cerebras' latest round, according to a person familiar with the…
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T20 World Cup: Tournament predictions from the Test Match Special team

T20 World Cup: Tournament predictions from the Test Match Special team

đź’Ą Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Finn: Kuldeep Yadav. He can clean up in the group stage, look out for India's opponents, and the wrist-spin is always a potent threat for the wickets as the tournament goes on.Mills: It is difficult to look beyond Jasprit Bumrah, an outstanding bowler across all formats but especially within T20 who will clearly play a huge role in India's claim to the title.Gordon: Australian Nathan Ellis. A highly skilled T20 bowler who can bowl at all stages but is particularly strong at the death. He…
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Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server

🔥 Check out this awesome post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: As the ecosystem of AI-powered developer tools—from agentic platforms like Antigravity to command-line interfaces like Gemini CLI—continues to expand, a critical challenge has emerged: how do we ensure these models have access to the most accurate, up-to-date documentation?Large Language Models (LLMs) are only as good as the context they are given. When building with Google technology, developers need their AI assistants to know the latest Firebase features, the most recent Android API changes, and the current best practices for Google Cloud.Today, we are excited…
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Trump’s racist post about the Obamas was deleted after backlash despite the White House defending it earlier

Trump’s racist post about the Obamas was deleted after backlash despite the White House defending it earlier

🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Barack Obama,Donald Trump news,Michelle Obama,racism âś… **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's social media post showing former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as monkeys in the jungle has been deleted after backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as racist. The Republican president's post was deleted Thursday evening, Friday, and a staffer was blamed after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, over his treatment of the nation's first black president and first lady.…
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“Gruffalo Granny is Coming to Stay”: New Story Coming in September | Children’s books: 7 and under

“Gruffalo Granny is Coming to Stay”: New Story Coming in September | Children’s books: 7 and under

đź’Ą Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Children's books: 7 and under,Publishing,Books,UK news,Children and teenagers,Culture âś… **What You’ll Learn**: The Gruffalo family is set to expand after the publisher of the popular children's story announced a long-awaited third book about the beloved monster.Macmillan has announced that the new tale, Gruffalo Granny, will be published on September 10.The third installment comes more than 20 years after author Julia Donaldson's previous foray into the deep dark woods with 2004's The Gruffalo's Child, a sequel to the best-selling 1999 original The Gruffalo.News that Donaldson would revisit the…
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Spotify is changing its developer mode API to require premium accounts, and limit trial users

Spotify is changing its developer mode API to require premium accounts, and limit trial users

đź’Ą Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Media & Entertainment,developers,Spotify,web API âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Spotify is changing how its APIs work in developer mode, its layer that lets developers test their third-party apps using the audio platform's APIs. Changes include a mandatory privileged account, fewer test users, and a limited number of API endpoints. The company first launched developer mode in 2021 to allow developers to test their apps with up to 25 users. Spotify is now limiting each app to just five users and requiring developers to get a Premium subscription. If developers need to…
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Tony Pulis column: “Why young British managers need less league experience”

Tony Pulis column: “Why young British managers need less league experience”

🚀 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: There are few other British bosses of any age in the Premier League at the moment – ​​just six permanent bosses in total (far fewer than the number of 'national' managers in every other major league in Europe) – plus Michael Carrick who remains at Manchester United until the end of the season.One of them, Eddie Howe, has proven at Newcastle beyond doubt that British managers can be successful, with time and support, and we hope to one day hail his appointment as the new…
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Vaibhav Suryavanshi: Indian teenager, 14, makes 175 off 80 balls in U-19 World Cup final against England

Vaibhav Suryavanshi: Indian teenager, 14, makes 175 off 80 balls in U-19 World Cup final against England

🔥 Discover this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: India beat England in the final of the Under-19 World Cup, with 14-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi impressing with a stunning 175 off just 80 balls.The IPL sensation hit 15 sixes and 15 fours at a strike rate of 218.75 during a brutal and stunning knock at Harare Sports Club in Zimbabwe.He scored 24 off his first 24 balls, meaning his last 151 runs came from just 56 deliveries.Suryavanshi's 126-minute stay at the crease was eventually ended by English seamer Manny Lumsden in the 26th over to…
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