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• Tickets Alert: London Zoo’s late nights return in June

  21-04-2023 19:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  This summer, London Zoo will be open late on Friday evenings for adults only visits to the zoo.
  The zoo will be open from 6pm every Friday in June and July, with a range of events in the evenings in addition to the general zoo exhibits, and street food stalls dotted around the zoo.
  There will also be guided tours, live music, and animal-themed games during the evening.
  Tickets are usually £21.50, but the June evenings are on offer for £18.50 if bought from here before 5th May 2023.A
  
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• Work starting on adding step-free access to Tooting station

  21-04-2023 16:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Tooting station in south London is to get step-free access, with work starting on adding two new lifts this Spring.
  Tooting station runs underneath a road bridge, with the ticket hall at the road level and then stairs down to two platforms. The station is mainly served by Thameslink trains.
  Tooting Station (c) Network Rail / Planning Application
  It’s fortunate that there’s some space on either side of the platforms to slip two lifts into, although it’s quite a constrained site
  
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• The National Gallery is digging a tunnel next to Trafalgar Square

  21-04-2023 14:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  London is about to get a new tunnel, albeit a short one, as theNational Gallery plans to link two buildings via an underground tunnel so the public can walk between them.
  Schematic showing new works in white (c) National Gallery / Planning application
  It’s part of the NG200 redevelopment of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing, which identified a number of problems with the current layout. At the moment, people generally go in via the ground floor, up the stairs/lift and then connec
  
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• US friendly fire over Huawei ramps up

  21-04-2023 13:31
  The US state has proudly announced its biggest ever fine for a domestic company that did business with Huawei.
  That company is US hard drive giant Seagate, which now owes the US state $300 million for having the temerity to flog some stuff to sanctioned Chinese telecoms vendor Huawei. The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) expanded its persecution of Huawei in August 2020 in a bid to stop it getting hold of chips. But not everyone got the memo that this new s
  
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• Enterprises are throwing money at AI

  21-04-2023 13:10
  AI has become a significant investment for most enterprises – with 42% now having a dedicated budget of $1 million or more – according to a report by market analyst Omdia.
  The report found that while substantial budgets are being spent on AI right now, the 369 participating enterprises were surveyed in February 2023, and budgets for this year were likely set before the current buzz/terror around generative AI. As such it says AI budgets will increase even further in 2024.
  “42%
  
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• Special offer on Dirty Dancing tickets at the Dominion Theatre

  21-04-2023 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  
  Following the wild critical and audience acclaim and demand, Dirty Dancing is returning to London for an additional 14 weeks, and tickets are now available from just £20.Dirty Dancing tells the iconic story of Baby and Johnny, two intensely passionate young souls from different worlds, who come together for what will be the most challenging and wonderful summer of their lives.
  There’s an offer on ticket prices at the moment on Mon-Fri performances until 28th Apr 2023 when booked
  
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• Vodafone turns its attention to 5G media services

  21-04-2023 11:00
  In the never-ending search for elusive new sources of mobile revenue, one operator hopes to sniff out opportunities in the media industry.
  Vodafone was back at its testbed at the University of Coventry on Thursday to cut the ribbon on what it claims is the UK’s first 5G standalone (5G SA) Media Innovation Lab. The telco has invited broadcasters and other media companies, as well as software developers, to use the lab to develop new 5G use cases in collaboration with Voda’s engineers
  
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• Virgin Media O2 could raise over £1 billion from towers sale

  21-04-2023 10:30
  Virgin Media O2 is shop windowing its UK towers business, courting the attention of would-be investors interested in a deal that could bring in well over £1 billion.
  The UK operator has begun a process that, if successful will see it offload at least half of its stake in Cornerstone, the country’s biggest telecoms towers company, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed source close to the situation.
  Clearly VMO2 is keen for the industry to know that its towers are
  
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• China building cyber weapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak

  21-04-2023 06:21
  Classified CIA document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to take control of communications critical to fighting wars
  
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