First-time buyers without their
'Bank of Mum and Dad'
will get leg up in major new scheme
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will announce plans to help people to buy their first home with a deposit of just 2.5% in his keynote speech to Labour Party conference.
The “Your First Home” scheme is designed to help young people who would struggle to afford a deposit to get on the housing ladder.
Google launches a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, keeping external evaluations in a cryptographic "box" to stop benchmark contamination and protect IP (Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/piloting-the-worlds-first-double-blind-ai-…
i-D appoints Michiel Steur as its first CEO, as the publication aims to evolve from an editorial outlet into a broader media business and culture platform (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/id-michiel-steur-first-ceo-bedford-media/
"Inside the Duchy of Cornwall’s people-first plan for net-zero"
#NetZero
https://www.edie.net/inside-the-duchy-of-cornwalls-people-first-plan-for-…
"First Generation Studierende als Bibliotheksnutzende": Masterarbeit von Lorenz Weinberg am @…
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NFL worst-to-first contenders for 2026: Saints could surprise, Cardinals have very slim hopes
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-worst-to-first-teams-ranked/
Today in history:
On June 27, 1967, Barclays Bank unveiled the first automated teller machine (ATM) in the town of Enfield, north London.
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/27/today-in-history-june-27…
"Octopus and Santander launch ‘first-of-its-kind’ mortgage for Zero Bills homes"
#OctipusEnergy #Santander #Energy
This is the first genuinely operational #littleFedi instance
https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/blog/2026/08/26/this-is-the…