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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…
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BLACK STAR RIDERS Pull Out Of Fall 2026 European Tour With TYKETTO: ‘Ticket Figures Were Not At The Place They Needed To Be’
Black Star Riders have withdrawn from their planned autumn 2026 European “Rock ‘N’ Roll Salvation Tour” with Tyketto, citing disappointing ticket sales. The band confirmed the decision in a social media statement on Wednesday 8 July, apologising for the inconvenience and noting that refunds are available from the point of purchase. Tyketto will nonetheless proceed…
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Slade back in England XV for must-win game with Fiji
Centre Henry Slade has been recalled to England’s starting line-up for Saturday’s Nations Championship match against Fiji in Liverpool, as head coach Steve Borthwick seeks to end a run of five straight Test defeats. Slade, 33, was overlooked for the entire Six Nations campaign earlier this year but returns after strong domestic form in which…
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‘The Pitt’s’ Brittany Allen On Self-Submitting For The Emmys: “You Reach A Point Where You Go, I Don’t Want To Get Overlooked Anymore”
Brittany Allen, an actress in the second season of HBO’s medical drama The Pitt, has secured an Emmy nomination for outstanding guest actress in a drama series after choosing to submit herself for contention when HBO declined to put her forward. Her performance as Roxie Hamler, a terminally ill cancer patient, drew a strong fan…
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Platner quits Senate race over assault claim; Northampton husband guilty of wife’s murder
A US Senate campaign collapses amid an assault allegation and a Northampton man is convicted of murdering his estranged wife, as the 2026 Emmy nominations, a Hatton Garden diamond theft and Justin Verlander’s retirement also feature.