A missed funding opportunity for Transport for London?
http://www.digitalhome.plus.com/tube/sponsors.pdf
A groan-worthy tube map where every station name has been ever-so-slightly altered in order to attract a corporate sponsor.
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CNN and CNBC promote gambling to make a cheap buck
Some newsrooms are making money from deals with prediction markets. It will only serve to further destroy the public's trust in news.
Governance can prevent AI from being used to undermine democracy. But only if it has teeth.
The apparatus to cement centralized, undemocratic power has already been built. Regulations have a part to play, but they can't just be recommendations.
Happy 250th birthday, America
Let's keep building.
Notable links: July 3, 2026
AI, surveillance, open tech, and news as a business.