Andrew Willmott

London's giant AI artwork to be torn down The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.

It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…

I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...

Sigh, just missed the setting sun on Snowdonia when grabbing some photos at a pass north of here. Shouldn't have stopped for coffee 😄

I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

I committed the Stats Crime™ of chopping off the X axis -- it's August to November this year (2025).

Great chart from the FT, showing just how hard it is to time any market, even a nominally irrational one 😄

www.ft.com/content/f872...

Missed that completely! 🤦‍♂️ Wonder why it was posted...

Not bad! Nice (for me) to see Brennan Johnson get a bit of a run out too

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I don't understand how they could get

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so wrong

Graphics Programming Conference The Graphics Programming Conference is a conference for graphics programmers, from student to industry veteran, taking place in November in Europe.

1st day of the Graphics Programming Conference ‘25 #gamedev

www.graphicsprogrammingconference.com

Blender Foundation and the online developer community proudly present Blender 5.0!

ACES, Adaptive Subdivision, HDR, Storyboarding, Geometry Nodes, 588 bugs fixed, and so much more.

📖 Changelog & Download: blender.org/download/rel...

📺 Video Recap: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wEq... #b3d

Apparently quantum computing research is getting us all closer to nature, because nature is quantum. If I understood correctly.

Also the question about whether Google have anything else like transformers in the works currently... what on earth makes you think Sundar would have a clue if they did? 😂

This soft-soap BBC interview with Sundar Pichai is absolutely hilarious.

Well, that was fun. (downdetector.co.uk was also down 🤦‍♂️)

YouTube video by Monty Python HD Monty Python - The Architect Sketch / How to Recognize a Mason (HD)

I was thinking of the Architect's Sketch (www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFT4...) but that works too 😄

Replacement of 20-year-old gates gives glimpse inside drained Regent’s Canal lock Last week, two 3-tonne lock gates arrived on the Regent’s Canal, to be craned into place near the Islington Tunnel.

Last week, two 3-tonne lock gates arrived on the Regent’s Canal, to be craned into place near the Islington Tunnel.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/rep...

Oracle’s astonishing $300bn OpenAI deal is now valued at minus $60bn And suddenly, there may be a reverse Midas at the centre of AI’s circular economy

Working link: www.ft.com/content/064b...

TLDR -- Oracle have become a proxy for OpenAI value as they're all-in on building their data centre capacity, and they're down 40%/300 billion in the two months since that deal was announced. Or a more reasonable 9%/60 billion if you go from the day before.

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The "Remember Me" checkbox is a lie.

A stacked area chart showing the total population (split by World Bank region) living in extreme poverty, defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day. Shown from 1990 to 2025, with World Bank projections from 2026–2040. The data is adjusted for inflation and cost of living differences. Rapid progress against extreme poverty in recent decades has slowed and is projected to end. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 billion people. The number of people in extreme poverty is projected to decline, from 831 million people in 2025 to 793 million people in 2030. After 2030, the number of extremely poor people is expected to increase. The data source is Lakner et al (2024), updated using the World Bank PIP (2025). The chart is licensded CC BY to Our World in Data.

In the last decades, the world has made fantastic progress against extreme poverty. In 1990, 2.3 billion people lived in extreme poverty. Since then, the number of extremely poor people has declined by 1.5 *billion* people. 🧵

Mid/Senior Engine Programmer | Creative Assembly This role will be based at our studio in Horsham, UK and can be offered as hybrid/in-studio. Further details can be discussed during the recruitment process. This is an excellent opportunity for a tal...

We're looking for a Mid/Senior Engine Programmer to join our Survival team, a really great opportunity to join a fantastic team working on a great game!

www.creative-assembly.com/careers/view...

just saw the worst gaming ad ive ever seen

‘Saviour of Papa Johns’ accused of taking unlawful slice of foreign workers’ pay | The Observer

🚨 Read our investigation into "Papa Johns saviour", how he exploited migrant workers and threatened to cancel visas if they complained

This week, he was still on the Home Office's list of approved sponsors. As a result of our work, that's no longer the case 👇

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Phew, altitude PR and probably the most incredible view I’ve seen from a mountain. 🌋🦙 #cotopaxi #volcano #ecuador #mountaineering

The Naked Week's coverage was a soothing balm

Writing robust geo code be like

Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.

A few beautiful things from The World Cheese Awards.
Bern. Switzerland. 🇨🇭 🧀