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Germany set to make rental e-scooter operators liable for accidents
Germany’s parliament is set to pass legislation making rental e-scooter operators such as Lime and Bolt legally liable for accidents caused by their vehicles, putting them on a similar footing to cars. The change matters because victims currently have to prove that an individual rider was at fault to claim compensation — a difficult standard…
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Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe faces fury after saying Dunblane massacre was ‘one murder’ as he condemned tough gun laws
Rupert Lowe, leader of Restore Britain and MP for Great Yarmouth, is facing a strong backlash after describing the 1996 Dunblane massacre as “one murder” during an appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast. He made the remark while criticising the tight gun laws introduced in the UK after the tragedy, in which 16 young children and…
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Reda Elazouar Joins Alex Pettyfer & Clive Owen In Action-Thriller ‘Scorpion’ With Filming Underway In Europe
British actor Reda Elazouar, known for The Family Plan 2 and Sex Education, has been cast in the lead role of the action-thriller Scorpion, joining Alex Pettyfer and Clive Owen. Principal photography is already underway, having begun in Cyprus on 6 July 2026 under director Richard Hughes, with the shoot due to move to Bulgaria…
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Trump’s voter ID bill catches unlikely break as McConnell remains sidelined
President Donald Trump’s flagship election bill, the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, has gained a small, unexpected advantage in the Senate because one of its Republican opponents, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, has been absent for nearly three weeks owing to health issues. McConnell has repeatedly voted against the bill in its various forms,…
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Popular open source AI developer tool Ollama raises $65M, grows to nearly 9M users
Ollama, the open source tool that lets developers run open-weight AI models locally on their own machines, has raised a $65 million Series B round led by Theory Ventures. The funding, which follows a $15 million Series A led by Benchmark’s Peter Fenton and brings total investment to $88 million, underscores growing investor appetite for…
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Electronic artists share stories behind their career-changing records in new book, Breakthrough
A new book titled Breakthrough is set to be published later this year, gathering interviews with 20 electronic musicians about the individual releases that proved pivotal to their careers. Written by Berlin-based Canadian music journalist Emma Robertson, the book explores the ideas, intentions and creative processes behind some of electronic music’s most celebrated records, tracing…
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Palm Beach airport’s President Donald J Trump International rebrand celebrated as Trump plane touches down
Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Florida, has been officially renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, opening under its new name on Thursday. The change marks another prominent public landmark carrying the Trump name and is tied to the president’s long-standing connections to the area, most notably his Mar-a-Lago estate located a…
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MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS
A second parliamentary body, the Commons health and social care select committee, has called on the Labour government to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS’s federated data platform (FDP), which unifies and analyses highly sensitive patient data. The cross-party group cited “serious mistrust” of the system among the public and medical profession, contested…
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Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds
The business secretary, Peter Kyle, has publicly urged UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest more in British companies, warning that the government will legislate to force them if they do not. Expressing frustration that successive government reforms have failed to lift domestic investment, Kyle argued that the country’s largest asset…
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US music coalition urges US Trade Representative to oppose EU proposal it says could cost American artists nearly $300M a year
A coalition of US music industry organisations has written to the United States Trade Representative (USTR) urging it to oppose a European Commission proposal that they say could jeopardise nearly $300 million a year in royalties paid to American artists and rightsholders. The proposal would overturn the 2020 RAAP ruling by the Court of Justice…