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☆ Absence of big LIV personalities helped Ryder team flourish, says McIlroy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The trio had played key roles at the Ryder Cup over the years. Poulter played at seven Ryder Cups and helped Europe win five of them, with his huge performances earning him the nickname 'The Postman' as he always delivered at the event. "They've had unbelievable Ryder Cup careers and they've made their choices, and they've done what they've done and no one can take away the impact they've had for the European team over the years," the 34-year-old McIlroy said. "But I feel like this week, not having those big personalities in the team room let other guys have that chance to flourish and to shine: Viktor (Hovland), Jon (Rahm), myself. "There wasn't a ton of space taken up in that room by some of the other big personalities, and I think that just let the rest of the team just sort of flourish.

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☆ Lost Truman Capote story published after discovery in notebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —An unknown story by Truman Capote has been published for the first time, after it was discovered hiding in plain sight in a red notebook belonging to the acclaimed author. Capote, a famous American writer and novelist, was born in New Orleans in 1924 and died in 1984. “Then in a red notebook, there was a handwritten short story from Truman Capote. “The whole work of finding these unpublished works is something which I have to say is satisfying when it comes to fruition. But generally it’s something very, very frustrating, because you’ll find that you’re always coming up with nothing,” he told CNN.

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☆ Big Tech braces for EU Digital Services Act regulations
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Martin Coulter | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - More than a dozen of the world's biggest tech companies face unprecedented legal scrutiny, as the European Union's sweeping Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency this month. The EU is seen as the global leader in tech regulation, with more wide-ranging pieces of legislation – such as the Digital Markets Act and the AI Act – on the way. For now, the rules only apply to 19 of the largest online platforms, those with more than 45 million users in the EU. Researchers removed the ads before they were published, so no Facebook users saw them. It will soon become obvious if any of the designated companies had "skirted their legal responsibilities," said Hayes.

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☆ Portkey.ai makes it easier to build generative AI apps. Check out the 14-slide deck it used to raise $3 million from Lightspeed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The San Francisco-based startup allows businesses to create generative AI apps quickly. Check out the 14-slide pitch deck used to secure the fresh funding. A startup that enables businesses to build their own generative AI apps has just raised $3 million from Lightspeed. San Francisco-based Portkey.ai — launched in January this year — aims to help companies deploy "very complex applications" on top of generative AI infrastructures, said cofounder and CEO Rohit Agarwal. The startup targets engineering teams in midmarket and enterprise companies, that are adopting generative AI, as well as generative AI startups.

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☆ British Prime Minister Sunak avoids wipeout in key elections
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservatives lost two strategically important parliamentary seats on Friday but unexpectedly retained Boris Johnson's old constituency in a setback for the main opposition Labour Party. The Conservatives retained Johnson's former seat by fewer than 500 votes in a huge relief for Sunak who narrowly avoided becoming the first British leader to lose three by-elections on a single day in more than half a century ago. Labour won the constituency of Selby and Ainsty from the Conservatives by 4,000 votes after an ally of Johnson resigned in solidarity. The party said overturning the majority of 20,137 from the last general election marks the biggest majority the party has overturned at a by-election since World War Two. The two main "political party leaders have been left with something to think about in the wake of these results", he said.

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☆ The Windrush generation still struggling to be compensated after Home Office failings
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

In 2018, the Windrush Compensation Scheme was set up to provide compensation to victims of the scandal. The Home Office has not yet responded to CNN’s request for comment on these cases and its wider handling of the Windrush Compensation Scheme. The Windrush Compensation Scheme is an extension of a hostile environment for Black and Brown people.”For some people, any compensation awarded is too late. “We were told compensation was on the way so we could get a carer for my dad – but it was too late,” Abiona told CNN. He is now making a Windrush compensation claim through the Home Office to save up for a headstone for his father’s grave.

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☆ ‘Jessica Lange’ Review: More Than Just ‘The Wife’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Peter Tonguette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

*** ONE-TIME USE *** Jessica Lange, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Paramount Pictures, 1981 Photo: Alamy Stock PhotoFew movie careers have changed course as sharply—and as permanently—as that of Jessica Lange. Despite boasting an unusually artsy background, Ms. Lange’s earliest film roles required little of her beyond her obvious physical beauty: She starred as the ingénue in the misbegotten remake of “King Kong” (1976) and, more intriguingly but no more demandingly, as the spectral-like angel of death in “All That Jazz” (1979).

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☆ I would give up my pension for an Inter win, says 100-year-old fan ready for Milan derby
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Claudia Greco | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Claudia GrecoPADUA, Italy, May 9 (Reuters) - Passionate Inter Milan fan Enrico Vanzini went to the club's San Siro stadium to watch his team play for the first time in 2022. "I prayed to God to give me the joy of Inter winning, and hopefully He will agree," he said, wearing an Inter t-shirt with his name inscribed on the back. "I would do anything (for a win), including (giving up) my small pension." Vanzini, who received his Inter t-shirt from the club to mark his 100th birthday, began testifying about his experiences of the Holocaust in the early 2000s. But he has a suggestion to help the team defeat Milan and reach the first Champions League final since 2010.

☆ Seen Big Ben already? Here's a Londoner's guide to visiting other parts of the city
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Central London's City of Westminster is its political heart, while the City of London is where the capital's financial decisions happen. But be warned: Several paths across Hyde Park are pedestrian-only, and police often fine people who cycle on them. The City of London is a blend of old and new, with St Paul's Cathedral close to skyscrapers as well as Roman ruins. While north London has Hampstead Heath, south of the river is Richmond Park, which dwarfs its northern counterpart in size. There's also a branch in central London's Covent Garden — the flower-filled restaurant The Petersham — that has an sit-down deli and bar.

☆ Exclusive: Nexus Venture eyes $700 million fund to bet on India, U.S. tech startups
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( M. Sriram | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It would also expand the pool of funds available to startups, at a time when fundraising by Indian startups fell by a third last year to $24 billion, Venture Intelligence data showed. Founded in 2006, Nexus was one of the first Indian venture capital firms to invest in U.S. and India-based software startups. The new fund will be its seventh so far and take the firm's assets under management to more than $2 billion. The new fund has received a strong response from endowments, one of the sources said, without sharing names of any specific investors. Nexus was co-founded by Naren Gupta who ran a software company in the United States for 15 years before selling it to Intel.

☆ World Cup 1950: When the US beat England in the greatest sporting upset of all time
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-24 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —On one side of the pitch was a team made up some of the biggest names in world soccer. Described as a “real bunch of ragamuffins” by the author Geoffrey Douglas, the US beat a star-studded England side 1-0 at the 1950 World Cup. I mean, a plucky group of underdogs just beat what was generally universally recognized as the best team in the world,” Holroyd told CNN Sport. PA Images/ReutersAnd so when the 1950 World Cup approached, there was little national interest or coverage of the US’ participation. On the other side of the pond, hopes were sky high for a star-studded England team.

☆ Saudi Arabia’s victory over Argentina is the greatest upset in World Cup history, says data company
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Alasdair Howorth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

According to sports data group Gracenote, Argentina’s 2-1 defeat by Saudi Arabia in their Group C match is the biggest upset in World Cup history. All the pre-match talk focused on Messi, one of the world’s greatest ever players who is likely playing his last World Cup. According to Gracenote, the previous most surprising World Cup win was USA’s victory against England in 1950, in which the American team had a 9.5% chance of victory. David Cannon/Getty ImagesDiego Maradona had taken the world by storm at the 1986 World Cup, delivering a succession of spectacular individual performances as Argentina claimed its secondd title. Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAhead of the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, football had been fully professional in England for decades, though this was the English team’s first appearance at a World Cup having chosen not to appear in the previous three tournaments.

☆ This Is Your Brain on ‘Deep Reading.’ It’s Pretty Magnificent. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

But if over time, we have begun to elaborate this brain so that it includes deep reading, the unnatural apex of the achievement of reading is what deep reading provides. And every time I get off of a plane, I say to myself, I’m going to do that more. I’m going to sit and I’m going to have quiet time with a book. I’m going to bring this to me in a second, so I’m not just putting this on little kids. maryanne wolfThe first thing I do is understand the purpose of whatever I’m reading.

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☆ India's got the next big thing in tech, and it could be worth $1 trillion
▼ + stars: | 2021-09-09 | by ( Diksha Madhok | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, Asia's third largest economy is ready for the next big frontier in tech: Coming up with a new generation of software companies like Zoom or Slack. Of India's 10 SaaS unicorns, six reached that milestone in 2020, and investors around the world are paying attention. Thanks to the rise of India's IT industry, software engineering has become one of the most sought-after career options in the country. Despite the euphoria, there are some hurdles Indian companies have to overcome before they can deliver on the $1 trillion promise. SaaS companies, on the other hand, have to say no to 99% of [potential] customers, he added.

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