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How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-london-finally-cracked-mobile-phone-coverage-on-the-underground-86784/
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How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground
Dotted around London, there are a number of private hotels that aren’t the sort of hotel you might expect – they’re needed to make mobile phones work on the London Underground.

London-based PolyAI, which makes call center AI voice assistants, raised an $86M Series D led by Georgian, Hedosophia, and Khosla, after raising $50M in 2024 (John Reynolds/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2025/12/15/polyai-raises-86m/

PolyAI raises $86M
London-based AI startup PolyAI has raised $86m in a Series D funding round.The funding round in the AI assistant developer for call centres was co-led by existing investors Canadian B2B software investor Georgian, London-based investor Hedosophia and US VC firm Khosla Ventures.Additional investors were NVentures (Nvidia’s VC arm), Sands Capital, Squarepoint Ventures, Citi Ventures, Point72 Ventures and the British Business Bank, which invested £15m ($20.1m). The British Business Bank is also…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
London Elektricity:
🎵 (I Don't Want to) Fly Away
#LondonElektricity
https://londonelek.bandcamp.com/track/i-dont-want-to-fly-away-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/3h30FCntFpqBDAng37AUIk

Eliminated Vikings aiming for smooth landing with McCarthy to finish turbulent season https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/eliminated-vikings-aiming-for-smooth-landing-with-mccarthy-to-finish-turbulent-season…

Landing John Harbaugh is a win the Giants' whole organization badly needed https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6970556/2026/01/15/john-harbaugh-new-york-giants-reaction/

It'll be interesting to see how long this takes to cover the whole UK train network - basically allowing anyone with a contactless payment to travel without buying tickets in advance.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/simpler

Simpler train travel to London airports as tap-in, tap-out expanded across south-east England
Buying tickets will be more convenient, more accessible and more flexible, ensuring passengers can get the best fares.

Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai is found guilty of colluding with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiring to publish seditious articles (Kanis Leung/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-ve…

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial
Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court. Three government-vetted judges on Monday found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with others to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and conspiracy to publish seditious articles. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. Under Hong Kong’s sweeping national security law, Lai could face up to life imprisonment. A mitigation hea…

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company plans to expand its lending to commodities traders "dramatically" after extending ~$1.5B worth of credit to the sector (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11…

Tether Plans ‘Dramatic’ Expansion in Commodity-Trade Lending
Stablecoin giant Tether Holdings SA plans to expand “dramatically” in lending to commodities traders after extending roughly $1.5 billion worth of credit to the sector, Chief Executive Officer Paolo Ardoino said.

Cowboys listed as top landing spot for 1,000-yard rusher in free agency https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/cowboys-listed-top-landing-spot-1000-yard-rusher/1274297714c8862031e032c7

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
London Elektricity:
🎵 The Numbers Man (Part 1)
#LondonElektricity
https://londonelek.bandcamp.com/track/the-numbers-man-part-1
https://open.spotify.com/track/0UrGnINs3mBfQhnjFtniGa