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UK's incoming PM Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer's plans for digital ID cards; last year a petition opposing the cards attracted ~3M signatures (Geraldine McKelvie/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/

Burnham to scrap Starmer’s digital ID scheme in ‘reset of priorities’
Incoming PM will reallocate unspecified resources from unpopular plan to helping with cost of living

'The Digital Biodiversity Revolution' report by Kew Gardens: 'There is real hope that a comprehensive, virtual, accessible and inclusive global repository of specimen data is within reach, and that coupling this fundamental resource with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) could truly transform humanity’s ability to address the current environmental crises.'

State of the World's Plants & Fungi | Kew
We publish reports that give our assessment of the current knowledge on the world's plants and fungi.

"This week, a report from Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew revealed the crucial role digitisation is playing in “transforming our ability to understand and respond to the climate and biodiversity crises”, but it was the creation of the BHL 20 years ago that first demonstrated how bringing centuries of scientific knowledge online can unlock transformative discoveries and insights about the natural world." (

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My son, age 14, is a keen electronic music composer/producer. He's pretty good. He wants to upload his music to platforms like Spotify. He's been told that he has to sign a 'Digital Exploitation Agreement' to a company called Digital Rights Management New Zealand Limited. He needs a parent/guardian to sign it on his behalf. I *revile* the concept of DRM (it's rightly 'Digital *Restrictions* Management' and it's a deeply flawed concept at a fundamental level) &…

Morddrohungen auf Uni-Toiletten, antisemitische Schmierereien, anhaltender Druck: Historikerin Christina Brüning von der Philipps-Universität Marburg berichtet erstmals öffentlich über monatelange antifeministische Angriffe. Marburg ist für sie zum Angstort geworden. Sie arbeitet heute nur noch im Homeoffice. #Antifeminismus

Professorin berichtet über Morddrohungen an Uni: "Marburg ist für mich zum Angstort geworden"
Schmierereien mit Mordaufrufen, Störungen in Seminaren und wachsender Druck: Die Marburger Historikerin Christina Brüning spricht erstmals öffentlich über Bedrohungen gegen sie, warum sie sich an ihrer eigenen Universität nicht mehr sicher fühlt – und vor allem Gefahr von rechts wahrnimmt.

#TIL Peter Zinovieff, co-founder of EMS, sold his wife’s tiara to buy a DEC PDP-8, making him the first private individual in the world to own a computer. He used it to build a revolutionary electronic music studio in his back garden. 🎹💻 https://…

The Story Behind The EMS VCS3 in the 1970s, part 1
A musical review of a great instrument from the golden era of analog synths, the EMS VCS3, featuring The Who, Hawkwind, Roxy Music and Brian Eno.

The Guardian's EIC says digital reader revenue rose 17% YoY to £125M in the year to March 31 and over 40% of revenue is from outside the UK, up from 8% in 2016 (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

Viner says Guardian has seen decade of booming foreign and reader revenue
Guardian editor-in-chief reveals digital reader revenue was up 17% in past year.

Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202