Welcome to the Tech Mem Ride Home for Tuesday, June 26, 2018. I'm Brian McCullough. Today,

Uber gets legal in London.

Andresen Horowitz raises a crypto fund,

Apple Ops for Human Editors,

Fort Knight makes bank, and a check- in on the space race.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Good news for Uber.

Late today, a UK judge granted Uber a license to operate in the city of London.

A judge for the Westminster Magistrates Court said that the company would be given a probationary license that would need to be The had declined to renew Uber's license to operate in September of 2017, but Uber had

continued to operate in the city in the interim while it appealed.

During the new provisional period, Uber will have to continue to work to satisfy conditions that

transport for London sighted in its original refusal to grant a license.

If Uber dots all its eyes and crosses all its teas, transport for London said it will consider

granting a regular five-year license.

London reportedly has 3.5 million Uber users and is home to around 40,000 of the 50,000 Uber drivers

operating in Great Britain. So big bullet dodged for Uber. This is probably the closest they've come to being legally barred

from such a major market.

And as the verge notes, in a bit of a change,

Uber seemed to be stepping over backwards to make nice.

Yesterday in court both sides took conciliatory steps.

Transport for London said its stance had, quote, moved to one of effective neutrality

while Uber accepted that the agency's decision last September

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