Conrad Quilty-Harper

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Does it break fewer legs?

Had no idea that used Scottish fishing nets were being used to protect roads in Ukraine from drone attacks bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'Asif Aziz has previously said that “tackling homelessness” is one of his main objectives in life...' 😂 Breathtaking story and great result - @jimwaterson's LondonCentric is doing amazing work, ready and take out a paid sub if you can. londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-ha…

@rowlsmanthorpe People are worried about tech backdoors when clearly some companies are leaving the front door wide open...

Story via The Verge. Imagine this but with humanoid robot butlers or caregivers theverge.com/tech/879088/dj…

Er so someone gained access to thousands of robot vacuum cleaners, and was then able to control them remotely, look and listen through their live camera feeds, watch them map the house and work out their rough location

Good to also see more money going into tackling the gangs behind this crime and more evidence of the network effects behind it More here in my story for London Centric on what happens when your phone is stolen in London londoncentric.media/p/kitchen-foil…

"Police said a teenager was heading out on a bike early in the morning to attack commuters around a main London transport hub before heading to school." "One Snapchat flyer offered £380 for an iPhone 16 Max, £220 for an iPhone 15 and as little as £20 for an iPhone 12."

"Gangs are using Snapchat to advertise a menu of cash rewards for different models of stolen mobile phones, enticing children as young as 14 on bikes to act as thieves." theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/f…

An absolute scandal bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Only income group in NYC having more than 2.1 children (the replacement fertility rate) are earning over $10m

@rowlsmanthorpe Has anyone considered the possibility that he is a very rich man who has enough money to comfortably spend the rest of his life doing nothing other than writing poetry?

Me: it's so important to remember that AI is still very jagged, whereas-- Humans: so you see, this is why this series of unconnected resignations is ACTUALLY a sign of the impending singularity

Breaking: @FAANews says flights can resume in El Paso

BREAKING: FAA has closed airspace over El Paso and parts of southern New Mexico for 10 days under “national defense airspace” designation, offering no explanation for rare move. The order warns violators could face interception and possible deadly force. elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/une…

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Courtsdesk enables a basic level of access to our embarrassingly analogue justice system — so predictably civil servants want it banned. Opposition should demand the name of the civil servant who ordered this and whether they even bothered themselves with asking a minister.

I'm in a workspace in the City A man is currently showing off his £13,000 Omega watch to a colleague which features a cartoon character "I like it because it's a bit casual"

@ajb_powell Conde Nast owning a chunk of Reddit vibes

A self-driving Wayve car in London filmed itself running a red light ... while driving Wayve's co-founder to Buckingham Palace to receive an OBE for services to AI

It's really important that the UK's libel laws are tightened to stop this kind of outrageous behaviour

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