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Aberdeen have given permission to speak to St Mirren’s Stephen Robinson

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✨ Check out this insightful post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Robinson guided St Mirren to their second cup semi-final this season on Sunday, as Paisley's side beat Partick Thistle having already gone on to lift the League Cup with victory over champions Celtic in November.He has guided the Buddies to a top-six finish in his previous three seasons, although they currently sit in 10th place, one place and five points below Aberdeen, just three points behind Kilmarnock in the relegation zone.News of Aberdeen's approach comes just over a week after chairman Dave Cormack confirmed…

Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli: ‘She vacationed at my little house on the Corniche’ | Liza Minnelli

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Liza Minnelli,Music,Culture,Emma Rice,Pet Shop Boys,Ron Howard,Arrested Development,TV comedy,Film,Stage,Television,Musicals,Musicals,Cabaret,Robert De Niro,Kiss,Pop and rock,Judy Garland ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Ron Howard: "She taught me card tricks when I was seven years old."I first met Lisa in 1963 when I was playing Eddie in The Courtship of Eddie's Father. I was seven years old and I got this casting role that was directed by the great Vincente Minnelli. There were no other kids in this movie, so I had a welfare worker who was also a teacher at the studio,…

Chinese brain interface startup Gestala has raised $21 million just two months after its launch

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Startups,Biotech & Health,China,startup,Exclusive,HealthTech,Asia,Neuralink,healthtech startups,merge labs,brain computer interface,ultrasound BCI,brain tech ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Elon Musk's Neuralink and OpenAI-backed Merge Labs are moving ahead with brain-computer interface (BCI) technology in the US. Meanwhile, Chinese serial entrepreneur Phoenix Peng is building rival efforts through two startups: NeuroXess, which develops implantable BCI systems, and a second company, Gestala, which is developing non-invasive ultrasound-based brain-computer interfaces. Gestala raised $21.6 million (RMB 150 million) just two months after launch, at a valuation between $100 million and $200 million, founder and CEO Phoenix Peng told TechCrunch.…

Georgia vs Northern Ireland: Some NI fans will attend a Nations League match behind closed doors

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✨ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The Irish Football Association has confirmed that Northern Ireland fans who booked travel and accommodation for the Nations League match away to Georgia before it was announced it would be played behind closed doors will be allowed to attend the match.In February, it was confirmed that Northern Ireland's opening match in League B2 on 25 September would be played without fans after the Georgian Football Association was hit with sanctions following multiple breaches of UEFA regulations and crowd disturbance at a match against Armenia last…

Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker – Krebs on Security

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🚀 Explore this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: A hacktivist group with links to Iran’s intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker’s largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at Stryker’s main U.S. headquarters says the company is currently experiencing a building emergency. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Stryker [NYSE:SYK] is a medical and surgical equipment maker that reported $25 billion…

Matt Bloomfield: Oxford United coach praises Amelia Aplin after Blackburn Rovers win

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🚀 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Oxford United coach Matt Bloomfield said the club wanted to "pay their respects in the best way possible" following the death of an academy player.Teenager Amelia Aplin collapsed during a match against Fulham at the club's training center in Horsespat on Saturday afternoon before tragically passing away.The United States observed a moment of silence before kick-off during Wednesday's Championship match against Blackburn Rovers, with applause during the 15th minute.Both teams walked away without music before kick-off, with the Bloomfield side claiming a 1-0 win over…

Review of “Don’t Be Nice” by Kathleen Stock – The Case Against Euthanasia | Philosophical books

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💥 Check out this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Philosophy books,Science and nature books,Assisted dying,Books,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: IIn this admirably clear and persuasive book, philosopher Kathleen Stock lays out the case against state-sanctioned assisted dying. Her immediate objection is to the end-of-life bill currently before the House of Lords, but her opposition extends to the principle in general. This is controversial, but it's polite. Stock says she hopes we ultimately share her objection to the "institutionalization of death."It's not a common place to start. Polls over the past few years consistently show that…

Ride-hailing company inDrive has acquired Pakistani Krave Mart to support grocery delivery

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Apps,Commerce,Startups,Transportation,Exclusive,indrive,Krave Mart,Mergers and Acquisitions 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Global ride-hailing company InDrive, known for its bid-based pricing model, has acquired Pakistan-based express commerce startup Krave Mart, TechCrunch has learned, as it pivots into grocery delivery and commerce services in South Asia. The all-stock deal, which was agreed last year, has received approval from the Competition Commission of Pakistan, allowing the companies to proceed with the deal, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. InDrive confirmed the acquisition but declined to disclose its financial terms. Founded in 2021, Krave…

How much of HN is AI?

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🚀 Check out this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: I have a complicated relationship with Hacker News. The site is the most important aggregator of geek news and a major source of traffic to this blog. At the same time, it has a fair number of toxic commenters, making it a dependable source of insults hurled in my general direction; if you want a taste, this article has been called “watered-down” and “slop”.The site is run by geeks and for geeks, so it’s not immune to tech trends; for example, around 2018, it…

Stephen Robinson: ‘Hiding in plain sight’ – but why did Aberdeen move for him now?

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🔥 Check out this trending post from BBC Sport 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Why did Aberdeen suddenly move to appoint St Mirren's Steven Robinson as their new manager? This seems to be the obvious answer. Saturday's tragic end to their Scottish Cup defense at Dunfermline marked the latest low in a 16-month downward spiral that even lifting that trophy last season could not hide.Aberdeen have been heading in one direction – the wrong direction – for some time. Having long been talked about since Jimmy Thielen's departure in January to flirt with options including Erik Hornlund and…