London’s tech scene is awash with fresh investment as AI startups and fintech innovators pull in major funding rounds. We break down what this wave of cash means for the future of jobs and housing, amid London’s booming AI ecosystem.

Plus, AI data scraping battles are intensifying. With lawsuits flying, we speak to Fastly co-founder Simon Wistow about the escalating fight over how AI companies use online content.

Also in this episode:

• Google releases Gemini 3, rolling advanced AI tools directly into Search
• NASA tracks a rare interstellar comet as it passes through our solar system
• PhysicsX, a London “physical AI” startup, has just extended its Series B to more than £117 million
• London fintech SAPI raises £60m to support small businesses with flexible repayment tools.
• Rent-to-own platform Keyzy secures funding to buy £130m in homes for aspiring first-time buyers

All that, plus the latest from London’s thriving tech and science scene, in today’s Tech & Science Daily.

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On this replay preview of Brave New World, Evgeny Lebedev is joined by bestselling author and modern Stoic thinker Ryan Holiday to unpack today’s media landscape, the rise of echo chambers, and what Stoic leadership looks like in a noisy world.

Listen to the full conversation on the Brave New World podcast here.

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Several major online platforms have been taken offline following a Cloudflare outage.

Spotify, X, Facebook and Canva were all hit when the network broke down in what the company called an “internal service degradation”.

A magnetic micro robot that can travel through tiny blood vessels to deliver medication right where it’s needed has been developed by scientists in Switzerland.

We speak to professor of Robotics and Intelligence Systems at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Brad Nelson about the new technology, and how it could impact treatment for stroke and brain tumour patients.

Also in this episode:

• Google CEO Sundar Pichai says no company "including us” would be immune if the AI bubble bursts
• Brit ordered to repay £4m million in cryptocurrency after hacking celebrity social media accounts
• Cambridge researchers warn AI could become a “cognitive poison” in schools without a radical rethink of how education is delivered and assessed
• UK volcanic rocks coils turn CO2 into stone locking away decades of industrial emissions
• IBM and UFC debut an AI system that gives real-time stats to commentators

This episode’s thumbnail image shows how small the latest ETH micro robot is. Credits: Luca Donati / lad.studio Zürich

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