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Krach in London wegen Palantir
Der Londoner Bürgermeisters Sadiq Khan stoppt einen geplanten Vertrag zwischen der Londoner Metropolitan Police und dem US-Softwareunternehmen Palantir.
https://www.heise.de/news/…

Großstadt blockiert Überwachungssoftware Palantir
Der Londoner Bürgermeisters Sadiq Khan stoppt einen geplanten Vertrag zwischen der Londoner Metropolitan Police und dem US-Softwareunternehmen Palantir.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocks the Met police's £50M Palantir deal to automate intelligence analysis, citing a "clear and serious breach" of procurement rules (Robert Booth/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m

Check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial infosec developments you might have missed during what for many of us was a long weekend, including
--Anthropic watch: US government dispute becomes AI governance fight,
--Operation Endgame wipes SocGholish infrastructure,
--Hackers hijack Brazil emergency alert system,
--London Hydro breach exposes customer data,
--Data breach in Korea exposes 5,000 startup applications,
--Acworth investigates cyberatta…

Anthropic watch: US government dispute becomes AI governance fight
Operation Endgame wipes SocGholish infrastructure, Hackers hijack Brazil emergency alert system, London Hydro breach exposes customer data, Data breach in Korea exposes 5,000 startup applications, Acworth investigates cyberattack on city systems, much more

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Großstadt blockiert Überwachungssoftware Palantir
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Großstadt blockiert Überwachungssoftware Palantir
Der Londoner Bürgermeisters Sadiq Khan stoppt einen geplanten Vertrag zwischen der Londoner Metropolitan Police und dem US-Softwareunternehmen Palantir.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#InTune
- The London Tango Quintet live in session
Katie welcomes composer Shirley J. Thompson and The London Tango Quintet to In Tune.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xn6s

König schon informiert - Paukenschlag in London: Premier Starmer wirft hin! #News #Nachrichten …

Can’t believe the EU didn’t go for Thing It Already Has, But On London Rules.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:eypx7dodaoitos4rbv5ihks3/post/3mmhq2aqmr22m

Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot.bsky.social)
Big exclusive tonight The UK government pitched the creation of a single market for goods with the EU. But EU officials rejected the idea – and instead suggested a customs union or the European Economic Area. by @jenniferrankin.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/22/uk-pitched-single-market-for-goods-with-eu-as-it-pursues-trade-reintegration

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Blue Lab Beats:
🎵 North London Pace
#BlueLabBeats
https://bluelabbeats.bandcamp.com/track/north-london-pace
https://open.spotify.com/track/1gZrCyL5EY5nxF8Bfd4QFS

Europe’s worst heat tends to strike in July and August,
but this week a startlingly early and intense heat wave is tossing the calendar aside.
Temperatures could hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in London and 104°F (40°C) in Paris
– not just once, but perhaps for two or three days in a row.

Unprecedented June heat grips Europe this week
Climate change is making extremely dangerous heat waves like this one more common.

A "vandal" put fake ChatGPT ads in London tube.
I love that person!!

"London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #London #Emissions

London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says
Former tube network cleaner says tribunal vindicated his health concerns, including about asbestos, that could affect public

RE: #SotB so much that I gra…

Großbritannien: Provider setzen auf „Kill Switch“ gegen Smartphone-Diebstahl
Der Diebstahl von Smartphones ist vor allem in London ein großes Problem. Zum Schutz ihrer Stores setzen zwei britische Provider nun auf einen „Kill Switch“.

Großbritannien: Provider setzen auf „Kill Switch“ gegen Smartphone-Diebstahl
Der Diebstahl von Smartphones ist vor allem in London ein großes Problem. Zum Schutz ihrer Stores setzen zwei britische Provider nun auf einen „Kill Switch“.

"French weather service says temperature hit 44.3C in Pissos as heat forces Louvre and Eiffel Tower to close early."
That is hot. 32° here where I am in England, and that is far too hot.
France records hottest day ever as 40 people drown across country | Europe weather | The Guardian
https://www.…

Forty drown across France in heatwave and parts of Spain above 30C at night
France has its hottest night on record, 15 Italian cities under red heat alert and UN chief says London is ‘cooking’

Shipping a Laptop to a Refugee Camp in Uganda
https://notesbylex.com/shipping-a-laptop-to-a-refugee-camp-in-uganda

Port Chaplain für London Tilbury gesucht!
(d/wm)
Spannend. Interkulturell. Maritim.
Dicht bei London, aber in Vorort.
Anstellung in England!
Religious Minister (Z.B. Diakon*in luth., ref. uniert)
Sprachkenntnisse: Deutsch C1 Englisch B2
Bei Interesse bitte unbedingt für Infos bei Matthias Ristau melden!

Port Chaplain für London/Tilbury gesucht
Für die Stelle (100 Prozent, 40h/Woche) der Stationsleitung in London/Tilbury sucht die Deutsche Seemannsmission für ihre selbständige Charity

Millions of homes in London, Essex and Kent at risk of sinking as climate crisis worsens https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/11/millions-homes-london-essex-and-kent-sinking-climate-crisis-subsidence

Qantas to Reveal First Project Sunrise Destination, choosing either London or New York as the first city linked to eastern Australia by a non-stop service that would, at up to 22 hours in the air, set a record for the world’s longest scheduled passenger flight. https://www.avianticslabs.com/p/qantas-to-reveal-first-project-sunrise

Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, raised $80M from KKR's growth equity arm at a $1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $285M (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/21/booki…

Beauty booking startup Fresha hits $1B valuation with KKR backing | TechCrunch
Beauty and wellness booking marketplace Fresha says it has raised $80 million investment from KKR’s Next Generation Technology Growth fund, KKR's growth equity arm.

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Heute vor 58 Jahren: Am 22. Mai 1968 sank das US-U-Boot USS Scorpion auf dem Weg von Rota nach Norfolk. Die Ursache bleibt unklar, alle 99 an Bord starben. Das Wrack liegt mit seinem #Kernreaktor und zwei nuklearen Torpedos über 3000 m tief auf dem #Meeresboden.

Crows in the Cemetery on a Hot June Afternoon (2024-06) - Corvids chatting in a green space between a suburban recycling centre and a building site under airport flight path #fieldRecording #London #crows

Crows in the Cemetery on a Hot June Afternoon (2024-06)
Corvids chatting in a green space between a suburban recycling centre and a building site under airport flight path #fieldRecording #London #crows

Gibt's hier #London-Kenner*innen? Habt ihr Tipps für einen halben Tag, bevor die Konferenz startet? Gern Greenwich und drumrum. Es nieselt, natürlich.

"Liz Truss assembles host of rightwing speakers for UK’s first CPAC event in London"
Any suggestions for the best collective noun to describe this collection of self-aggrandising lunatics?
"Cabal, "Conspiracy", "Coven"?
https://www.t…

Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign https://hyperallergic.com/guerrilla-london-bus-ads-mock-kylie-jenners-meta-glasses-campaign/

Guerrilla London Bus Ads Mock Kylie Jenner’s Meta Glasses Campaign
“Billionaires could fund cures for cancer — so why are they funding glasses for perverts instead?" asked the protest group Everyone Hates Elon.

A climate risk of many hundreds of billions of pounds/euros in the London region alone. But climate action shouldn't cost too much.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/11/millions-homes-london-essex-an…

"Coal pollution cuts solar panel output, research finds"
#SolarPower #Pollution #Energy

Coal pollution cuts solar panel output, research finds
Pollution from coal-fired power plants significantly reduces the efficiency of solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, a study led by the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL) has revealed.

On the first day of their trial, two members of Scattered Spider plead guilty in the UK to charges stemming from a 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/06/scattered-spider-hacker…

So apparently BBC News had their helicopter out, following a train en route to London because Andy Burnham was travelling on it.
#London

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Moses Boyd sits in
This week, London drummer, producer and bandleader Moses Boyd is sitting in for Soweto Kinch, sharing some of the exciting jazz releases from the UK and around the world.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xn71

Banijay and All3Media complete their $8B merger, creating Banijay Entertainment, a London-based production company owned 50-50 by Banijay Group and RedBird IMI (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/banijay-all3media-…

Banijay and All3Media Complete Merger, Set London Headquarters
Banjiay and All3Media have merged to create Banjiay Entertainment, the world's largest independent production company which will be based in London

Okay, I need the prog supervisors to have a charter amendment ready to go to require BOS confirmation for mayoral appointees that fill vacancies. If it doesn't have six votes now, so be it, just have it ready for that final vote the minute Chow/Gee or Brooke are seated. It is very unusual and obviously prone to corruption that SF lets its mayor fill vacancies unilaterally

London Breed said she’d appoint Stephen Sherrill to curry favor with Bloomberg, 2 former staffers say
Former staffers' statements are first on-record allegations of compromised appointment process of Stephen Sherrill by London Breed.

Second season of The Agency released on Paramount . An odd or apt time since it concerns Iran.
(It's a version of French spy series The Bureau, but transposed from Paris to CIA London station.)

Mitarbeiter-Verdacht - Botschafts-Affäre! So lief das Geschäft mit Pässen #News #Nachrichten

BBC In Depth report: Reporter spoke to people outside London!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c17y7r9yv1ro

Why Andy Burnham will find it so tricky to unite Britain
Is there any common ground left?

In case you've not seen it, Scrapper is on the BBC iPlayer. It's fantastic film.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002rwg7

Scrapper
Georgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. When her estranged father turns up out of the blue, she is forced to confront reality.

@… https://blackd.substack.com

David Black’s Substack | Substack
Journalist, author (London). Psychedelic Culture, Situationist Poetics, Working-Class History, Philosophy. Click to read David Black’s Substack, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- A classic from The Keith Tippett Group
South London drummer, producer and bandleader Moses Boyd, sitting in for Soweto Kinch, spotlights some of the new jazz releases and classics that he has been enjoying.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xnd6

Austerität und Militarisierung https://www.german-foreign-policy.com/news/detail/10449

I‘m sure the laid off stuff is glad they are still considered human 🙄🤮
StanChart To Cut Over 7,000 Jobs, Boost AI To Replace 'Lower-Value Human Capital' - Slashdot https://slashdot.org/story/26/05/19/1640224/st…

Ich bin nicht bei der #republica, sondern bei der für mich spannenderen Konferenz zu technikbasierter digitaler Gewalt in #London (weil jetzt einige fragen).
Und freue ich mich sehr auf die für mich erste Konferenz spezifisch zu diesem Thema, extrem prominent besetzt, die sicher viele Impulse…

Friday Night, a hotel room in London.
What am I doing you might ask?
SSHing into my Mastodon server from my iPad to upgrade it, of course.
You can remove the nerd from the computer, but you can’t remove the computer from the nerd.

London Heathrow Airport Summer Landside Ambient (2025-07) - Ambient busy big holiday time airport nowhere near any aircraft. #fieldRecording #travel #airport -

London Heathrow Airport Summer Landside Ambient (2025-07)
Ambient busy big holiday time airport nowhere near any aircraft. #fieldRecording #travel #airport

"Draft London plan prioritises brownfield but allows green belt release"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #London #Environment

Draft London plan prioritises brownfield but allows green belt release
The Mayor of London has published the draft London Plan for consultation, setting out planning policies that will guide development across the capital over the next two decades.

London-based Primer, which helps e-commerce merchants connect and manage multiple payment providers, raised a $100M Series C led by Sofina (Damisola Sulaiman/Sifted)
https://sifted.eu/articles/primer-raises-100m-series-c/

Balderton-backed payments startup Primer raises $100m Series C
London-based payments infrastructure provider Primer has raised $100m in a Series C funding round to make payments fully AI-enabled.

Videos of the folks in the US for the World Cup discovering various elements of American culture just make me think of coming back from London and US customs opening my carryon in Logan, gazing for a moment at a bag completely filled with Jelly Babies and Wispa bars and quietly closing the bag.

"Alone together"
#silentSunday

NFL Network: Falcons, WR Drake London agree to four-year, $141 million extension https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-network-falcons-wr-drake-london-agree-to-four-year-141-million-extension

Registration Reminder: Catholic Record Society Conference (closes 31 May 2026)
https://ift.tt/Qltnk59
Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies 8.1 is now available Intellect is happy to…
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Another brilliant Banksy.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/30/blinded-by-the-flag-is-this-mystery-statue-in-london-a-new-banksy

iPhone-Klau-Krise: Apple arbeitet mit Londoner Polizei zusammen
Zunehmend werden Handys direkt bei der Benutzung entwendet, damit sie noch im ungesperrten Zustand sind. In London gibt es dagegen nun ein Projekt mit Apple.

iPhone-Klau-Krise: Apple arbeitet mit Londoner Polizei zusammen
Zunehmend werden Handys direkt bei der Benutzung entwendet, damit sie noch im ungesperrten Zustand sind. In London gibt es dagegen nun ein Projekt mit Apple.

Drake London Assists George Pickens in 2026 Contract Year https://insidethestar.com/drake-london-assists-george-pickens-in-2026-contract-year

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Eliane Correa’s Mixtape
Jas Kayser is back with more of the best jazz from the UK and around the world, and she welcomes London based Latina pianist and bandleader Eliane Correa as her mixtape guest.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w6jj

Interesting read on the aftereffects of bombs and missiles and artillery.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/06/london-to-ukraine-how-nature-is-thriving-in-bomb-craters

U.K.-based healthcare billing software maker Craneware is responding to a cyberattack
in which hackers stole a “significant volume” of customer data from its systems, the company said on Monday.
The company said the hackers appear to have been expelled from its systems, but its investigation into the breach is ongoing, according to a statement filed with the London Stock Exchange.
Craneware’s flagship accounting and billing software is used by thousands of clinics, hospital…

Hackers stole 'significant' amount of data from tech firm relied on by thousands of US hospitals and pharmacies | TechCrunch
Edinburgh-based tech firm Craneware said customer data was stolen during a cyberattack. The company makes software that thousands of U.S. hospitals, pharmacies, and clinics rely on for billing patients, potentially exposing health data.

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The Scattered Spider TfL hackers were each sentenced to five years and six months' imprisonment.
https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/two-sentenced-for-hacking-transport-for-london-in-uk-s-biggest-ever…

London-based robotics startup Humanoid raised a $152M Series A led by Prime Movers Lab at a $1.35B post-money valuation, bringing its total funding to $270M (John Koetsier/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/

Humanoid Raises $152 Million At $1.35 Billion Valuation: Europe’s Newest Robot Unicorn
Europe has a new unicorn. It's the humanoid robot company Humanoid, which just raised a $152M series A

Bikes overtaking cars!
https://road.cc/ebiketips/news/bikes-overtake-cars-square-mile

Bikes overtake motor vehicles in City of London for the first time thanks to surge in dockless hire e-bikes | electric bike reviews, buying advice and news - ebiketips
The number of bikes in the City of London has overtaken the number of motor vehicles for the first time, the latest local authority data shows.The increase is due to a staggering surge in the popularity of dockless electric hire bikes – such as Lime and Forest, whilst TfL’s own Santander Cycles, along with cargo ... Read more

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) For Ground-Source Heat (2015) - Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid -

On Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) For Ground-Source Heat (2015)
Find out if this potential tiny source of DC electric power from mid-winter ground heat added to my solar PV. Is London cold enough? #microgen #offGrid

"‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Heatwave

‘Like a sauna’: London tube travellers swelter in temperatures higher than legal limit for cattle
The tube cannot easily be adapted to cope with heatwaves, making conditions almost unbearable

The UK blocks YouTube political commentator Cenk Uygur and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker from entering the UK, meaning both will miss SXSW London talks this week (Jesse Whittock/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/06/cenk-uygur-hasan-piker-bloc…

UK Home Office Confirms SXSW London Speakers Cenk Uygur & Hasan Piker Blocked From Entering Country
Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker have been blocked entry to the UK by the Home Office, meaning they will miss scheduled talks at SXSW London this week.

Sehr viel spannende Forschungsergebnisse heute bei der #TechAbuseConf in London.
Super angenehm, drei Tage für Details, unterschiedliche Praxis und Politik zu haben und das Thema nicht immer ganz von vorn aufrollen zu müssen.
#DigitaleGewalt

REMINDER: Registration for the Catholic Record Society Conference closes 31 MAY 2026
https://ift.tt/qhngJ5i
Journal of Italian Cinema & Media Studies 8.1 is now available Intellect is happy to…
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Zahlen, bitte! Mit isochronen Karten in 20 Tagen ans Ende der zivilisierten Welt
Isochrone Karten helfen bei der Reisezeitplanung. Die Idee dazu hatte ein umtriebiger Afrikaforscher, der eine Weltreisekarte mit Startpunkt London schuf.

Zahlen, bitte! Mit isochronen Karten in 20 Tagen ans Ende der zivilisierten Welt
Isochrone Karten helfen bei der Reisezeitplanung. Die Idee dazu hatte ein umtriebiger Afrikaforscher, der eine Weltreisekarte mit Startpunkt London schuf.

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#KeyChanges:Radio3sEssentialHistoryOfClassicalMusic
- 1672: London Calling
1672, London. At a tavern near Fleet Street, John Banister hosts a radical new event: a concert open to anyone who can pay. It marks the birth of public concert life.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xmrs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Misfits:
🎵 London Dungeon
#Misfits
https://cancerwithanl.bandcamp.com/track/misfits-london-dungeon
https://open.spotify.com/track/3hplBjBmQqR49L8THyjTdb

Falcons signing WR Drake London to 4-year, $141 million extension: Source https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7252779/2026/06/02/drake-london-falcons-wr-contract-extension/

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ChoralEvensong
- St Paul's Knightsbridge, London
From St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge, London, with the BBC Singers, with music by Lucy Walker and Cheryl Frances Hoad.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w7t8

Raised in England by Nigerian parents, Balogun, 24, spent most of his youth international career in England’s system
and once seemed destined to suit up for England.
But a long-ago travel snafu, combined with his Nigerian ancestry, meant Balogun had not one but three national team uniforms to choose from come 2026
Folarin Balogun chose the U.S.
Now he’s leading it at the World Cup.
In the summer of 2001, Balogun’s Nigerian-born parents were living in London wh…

How the U.S. men’s soccer team finally found its missing piece
A long-ago travel snafu meant Folarin Balogun had not one but three national team uniforms to choose from come 2026.

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FanDuel owner Flutter plans to delist its London shares on August 3, citing low trading and high costs; Flutter moved its primary listing to the US in 2024 (Lauren Almeida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Paddy Power owner Flutter to scrap listing on London Stock Exchange
Gambling business, which also owns Betfair, to focus on New York in latest high-profile blow to UK stock market

Sources: CBS News ousted London bureau chief Claire Day after clashes with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage; Shayndi Raice will lead international coverage (Alexandra Steigrad/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/2…

Exclusive | CBS News ousts London bureau chief Claire Day after she clashed with Bari Weiss over Iran, Gaza coverage: sources
Behind the scenes, insiders said tensions have lately spilled over inside the London Bureau over Middle East coverage.

Filing and sources: PE firm Hg has spun out €500M worth of assets from its €19B software group Visma, whose London IPO remains shelved amid the "SaaSpocalypse" (Alexandra Heal/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/766353e4-709b-4621-bd26-125580d00400

RE: https://systemli.social/@anneroth/116595393216480198
Und die logische Folgefrage: Tipps für abends essen, nicht so teuer, zentral bis London East?

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #EssentialClassics
Benjamin Britten, Elizabeth Watts, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, London Symphony Chorus, Tiffin Children's Choir, Tiffin Boys’ Choir, Tiffin Girls’ Choir, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle:
🎵 Spring Symphony, Part I (excerpt)

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…

Today in History: June 27, first ATM unveiled near London
Barclays Bank unveiled the first automated teller machine (ATM) in the town of Enfield, north London.

Towards a Real LZC Low/Zero-Carbon UK Home (2007) - Can we really go zero-carbon or negative-carbon in an existing home near London? #lowCarbon #home #microgen -

Towards a Real LZC Low/Zero-Carbon UK Home (2007)
Can we really go zero-carbon or negative-carbon in an existing home near London? #lowCarbon #home #microgen

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"Oil and gas giants to grow production despite climate goals, study finds"
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels

Oil and gas giants to grow production despite climate goals, study finds
New research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has revealed that leading fossil fuel companies are planning to increase production, conflicting with their public emissions reduction targets.

London-based Applied Computing, which is developing AI models for energy operations, raised $20M led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures (Tamara Djurickovic/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/16/applied-computing-lands-20m-to-expand-fo…

Applied Computing lands $20M to expand foundation AI for energy
Applied Computing, a British artificial intelligence company developing foundation models for energy operations, has raised $20 million in a funding round led by KBR, with participation from Databricks Ventures.Headquartered in London, with offices in Bengaluru and Houston, Applied Computing develops AI technology designed specifically for the energy sector. Check out our earlier interview with Dan Jeavons, the president of Applied Computing.Its flagship platform, Orbital, combines physics-…

Jurors found two men guilty in a London knife attack on an Iranian journalist, after "Wanted" posters for the reporter and others circulated in Tehran (Geneva Abdul/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun…

Two Scattered Spider members who pleaded guilty in the UK to an August 2024 cyberattack on Transport for London are jailed for five and a half years (Joe Tidy/BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyg0y6yg2o

Teen hackers jailed after live streaming cyber attack on TfL
Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked am 22. Juli: 3 Foldables, 2 Uhren und 1 Brille erwartet
Samsung lädt für den 22. Juli zum „Galaxy Unpacked“ nach London. Erwartet werden neue Foldable-Modelle, Smartwatches und möglicherweise eine smarte Brille.

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked am 22. Juli: 3 Foldables, 2 Uhren und 1 Brille erwartet
Samsung lädt für den 22. Juli zum „Galaxy Unpacked“ nach London. Erwartet werden neue Foldable-Modelle, Smartwatches und möglicherweise eine smarte Brille.

"River Thames in London gets first official bathing spot on Friday"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #RiverThames #Water

Towards a Real LZC Low/Zero-Carbon UK Home (2007) - Can we really go zero-carbon or negative-carbon in an existing home near London? #lowCarbon #home #microgen -

Towards a Real LZC Low/Zero-Carbon UK Home (2007)
Can we really go zero-carbon or negative-carbon in an existing home near London? #lowCarbon #home #microgen

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Donald takes a tour of the churches of Purcell’s London, and explores the impact on them of the English Civil War and the Great Fire of London.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x9k

They call Sabastian Sawe the silent assassin. But it was impossible to ignore the beautiful destruction on the streets of London
as the 30-year-old Kenyan became the first athlete to shatter the two-hour barrier in an official Marathon.
As Sawe crossed the line on the Mall, the clock showed that he had run
26.2 miles in a staggering
1 hour, 59mins and 30 seconds
– 65 seconds faster than the previous best set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023.

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Runway, the AI startup most recently valued at $5.3B, plans to make London its European headquarters and invest $200M into the UK's AI ecosystem by 2028 end (Kai Nicol-Schwarz/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/01/nvidia-backed-runway-london-expansion.html

Nvidia-backed $5 billion AI company tells CNBC of major London expansion
Runway follows U.S. AI giants including Anthropic and OpenAI in announcing big London growth plans.

"London’s unique charity-led restaurant gets a makeover"
#London #Food
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London’s unique charity-led restaurant gets a makeover
A London restaurant employing people who have experienced homelessness has relaunched, with a MasterChef judge as chef

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#RoundMidnight
- Fresh from Barrell Jones
London-based drummer, percussionist and bandleader Jas Kayser is sitting in for Soweto Kinch, sharing some of the exciting jazz releases from the UK and around the world.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w7tl

London-based Risk Ledger, which helps organizations manage supply chain cyber risks, raised a £24M Series B led by Axiom Equity, taking total funding to £33.8M (Ionut Arghire/SecurityWeek)
https://www.securityweek.com/risk-ledger-raises-32-million-in-series-b-…

London-based Valarian, which allows companies to use US cloud providers for AI workloads but retain control of their data, raised a $50M Series A led by NEA (Lily Mae Lazarus/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/07/13/ai-sove

Valarian raises $50 million to help governments and enterprises escape America’s cloud grip
An ex-Palantir exec co-founded the London startup building the software layer between governments and their AI.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ClassicalMixtape
Antonín Dvořšk, Mstislav Rostropovich, Carlo Maria Giulini & London Philharmonic Orchestra:
🎵 Cello Concerto in B Minor: II. Adagio ma non troppo
#AntonínDvořák
https://open.spotify.com/track/3Mm0CDO4UGGqP4eHIIZOgt

King's Cross, where Google's new UK HQ is due to open later this year, has become London's new tech, VC, and AI hub, attracting OpenAI, Anthropic, and others (John Gapper/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d0a7927d-3072-4bd5-b816-662f726b3699

London-based edtech startup Multiverse raised $70M at a $2.1B valuation from Index and others as it pushes into AI training; it acquired StackFuel in January (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ec5764f0-b783-48ac-9f16-a0ecb9da9636

US cybersecurity and data resilience company Rubrik plans to invest $500M in the UK over the next five years and establish its European headquarters in London (Paul Sandle/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/rubrik-unv…

Source: UK robotics startup Humanoid raised $150M in the first tranche of a Series A at a $1.2B pre-money valuation and seeks another $80M-$100M by September (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-huma…

Exclusive: Humanoid, UK-Based Robot Maker, Becomes a Unicorn
Humanoid raised $150 million in the first tranche of a Series A funding round that values the London-based robotics company at $1.2 billion, excluding the new funds, according to someone with knowledge of the funding. The tranche closed earlier this week and the company is aiming to raise between $80 and $100 million in an extension round by September, the person said. The funding round is

A look at the scourge of smartphone thefts in London, as victims describe receiving texts threatening them into unlinking Apple IDs from stolen iPhones (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/world/e

Their Phones Were Stolen in London. Then the Threats Started.
Tens of thousands of smartphones were reported stolen in the British capital in recent years. For some victims, losing their phone was only the beginning.