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Celtic: No talks with Kieran McKenna as Craig Bellamy commits to Wales

Celtic: No talks with Kieran McKenna as Craig Bellamy commits to Wales

đź’Ą Read this must-read post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ Category: âś… Main takeaway: It has been suggested that McKenna would be open to speaking to Celtic given his childhood allegiances.“As we grow up, we all have our affinities,” he said when asked about it. “I don't think everyone should announce who they are, but of course it's a really big football club.” McKenna signed a new four-year contract in 2024 and was asked about his ÂŁ5 million release clause. He replied: “In every coach’s contract, there are things.” “I don't know what mine is, and if I did, I…
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Bevel raises a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst for its AI-based health companion

Bevel raises a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst for its AI-based health companion

🔥 Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ Category: AI,General Catalyst,Bevel,health and fitness đź’ˇ Key idea: Most people who track their health today end up with scattered evidence. Their smart watch shows sleep duration. The fitness app records steps. Nutrition app that counts calories. However, there are a few tools that help people understand how it all fits together. Bevel, a New York-based startup, believes this is the missing piece in the shift toward proactive health. The company raised a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst to scale its AI-driven health companion, which unifies data from wearables and…
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Who is the new arrival from Scotland in the back row Liam McConnell?

Who is the new arrival from Scotland in the back row Liam McConnell?

đź’Ą Explore this trending post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ Category: 📌 Main takeaway: McConnell has long been seen as a future star, but he has had to bide his time to get his chance in an Edinburgh back row packed with internationals.Jimmy Ritchie's departure to Perpignan in the summer opened the door for McConnell – he has started three of Edinburgh's four United Rugby Championship matches this season – and he admits Ritchie has had a huge influence on his game.“I think we're kind of similar in a way, we're both 6 years old,” McConnell said. "I probably learned…
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Honda and Volkswagen are preparing for an outage

Honda and Volkswagen are preparing for an outage

🔥 Discover this must-read post from Business News đź“– đź“‚ Category: đź’ˇ Key idea: A Honda sedan rolls down the assembly line on January 28, 2025 at an automobile assembly plant in Marysville, Ohio. Michael Wayland/CNBCGlobal automakers are once again bracing for production disruptions due to a potential shortage of semiconductor chips for cars, this time sparked by the Dutch government amid geopolitical tensions between the United States and China.Honda Motor This week it became the first well-known automaker to cut production due to the issue involving chips from Dutch supplier Nexperia, which is owned by a Chinese company. Wing…
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Ex-Mossad chief, behind ICJ blackmail campaign, brags Israel has installed a global sabotage network – Middle East Monitor

Ex-Mossad chief, behind ICJ blackmail campaign, brags Israel has installed a global sabotage network – Middle East Monitor

🚀 Explore this awesome post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ Category: 📌 Main takeaway: In a shocking admission, former Mossad director Yossi Cohen has openly boasted that Israel has deployed a global sabotage and espionage network which uses “booby-trapped and spy-manipulated equipment”. The method, denounced as terrorism by ex-CIA chief  Leon Panetta, was used to target Hezbollah and now, according to Cohen, is embedded in “all the countries you can imagine.” In a video that’s now circulating on social media, Cohen is seen speaking on The Brink podcast hosted by Jake Wallis Simons, editor of The Jewish Chronicle. The former…
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Last-minute scrambles for wages are taking a toll on military families during the shutdown

Last-minute scrambles for wages are taking a toll on military families during the shutdown

✨ Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Government Shutdown,Military,scott bessent 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown is taking a heavy psychological toll on the nation's military families, leaving them not knowing from week to week whether their paychecks will arrive. Alicia Blevins, whose husband is a Marine, said she would see a therapist in large part because of the crushing uncertainty. “I don't feel like I have the tools to deal with this,” said Blevins, 33, who lives at Camp Lejeune, a Navy base near the North Carolina coast.…
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A former Conservative councilor tried to ban my novel Pigeon English. Why do students suffer because of it? | books

A former Conservative councilor tried to ban my novel Pigeon English. Why do students suffer because of it? | books

đź’Ą Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ Category: Books,Culture,Education,Freedom of speech,Schools,Censorship đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: forLast September, in a measure aimed at "preventing immorality," the Taliban closed the Internet in Afghanistan. This was the final step – after barring all girls over the age of twelve from receiving an education, and removing all books written by women from universities – to restrict citizens’ ability to access information that the regime might consider dangerous or difficult, or that challenged its ideological monopoly. The effect could have been to ensure that an entire generation of Afghans…
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Ireland Women’s Cricket: Amy Maguire returns to Ireland’s squad for the tour of South Africa

Ireland Women’s Cricket: Amy Maguire returns to Ireland’s squad for the tour of South Africa

🔥 Explore this must-read post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ Category: 📌 Key idea: Teenage player Amy Maguire returned to the Irish cricket team for their white-ball tour to South Africa in December.The 19-year-old returned to the first team for the first time since being cleared by the ICC for her reshaped bowling in August.Maguire was previously suspended after being reported by match officials following Ireland's one-day international against India in Rajkot on January 10.Head coach Lloyd Tennant has named two squads as Ireland face South Africa for the first time since 2022 in both ODI and T20 matches.Gabe Lewis…
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Canva launches its own design model, adding new AI features to the platform

Canva launches its own design model, adding new AI features to the platform

🔥 Discover this must-read post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ Category: Apps,canva,AI assistant,AI model,Creativity suite 📌 Key idea: Creative company Canva launched its own design model on Thursday that understands today's different layers and formats to power its features. The company also introduced new product models, updates to its AI assistant, and the ability to create sheets using its coding tool to create widgets for iterative insights. Canva said it is launching its own foundational model, trained on its elements, that will create designs with layers and editable objects compared to a flat image. She said the model works across different…
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Billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to support Cuomo

Billionaires are spending huge amounts of money to support Cuomo

🚀 Discover this trending post from Business News đź“– đź“‚ Category: đź’ˇ Main takeaway: A version of this article first appeared in CNBC's Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide for the high-net-worth investor and consumer. subscription To receive future issues, directly to your inbox.Super PACs supporting Andrew Cuomo and opposing Zahran Mamdani in the New York City mayoral race have raised more than $40 million, with millions coming from prominent billionaires and family dynasties, according to election filings.New York billionaires Bill Ackman, Ronald Lauder, William Lauder, Barry Diller and Dan Loeb have made large donations to a…
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