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The Guardian reports revenue up 2% YoY to £282M in the year to March, digital reader revenue up 17% to £126M, US revenue up 14% to £64M, and UK revenue down (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/gua…

Guardian grows revenue to record £282m boosted by US operation
Revenue grew in year to March 2026 to a new record for Guardian's news operation.

A profile of United Foundation for AI Rights founder Michael Samadi, who seeks evidence of AI consciousness and lobbies against retiring models that may show it (Michael Safi/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202

Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights
Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?

Fast 20 Jahre Zeitsprung bei Telstra: ein starkes Indiz für ein GPS-Week-Number-Rollover bzw. ein Epoch-Problem. Das zeigt einmal mehr, welche realen Ausfälle Zeit-Rollover auslösen können – und warum Y2K38 ernst genommen werden muss.
Guardian: https://www.thegu…

The UK's Report Remove service receives 420 reports from under-18s of explicit images digitally faked or manipulated to depict them in H1, exceeding 2025's 397 (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/uk-ch…

Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce

Im Guardian einen schönen Abriss über die Geschichte der Computertechnologie-als-Demokratisierungsutopie gefunden.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/18/the-long-read-democracy-v-the-machine-digital-ag…

Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored
The long read: Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in a utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?

'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." (

Sources: BBC told Radio 4's Today staff that social and digital platforms were now the top priority for correspondents, effectively deprioritising TV and radio (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/27/tod…

Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content
Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondents

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

Ina Garten, former host of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa, is launching a podcast, Happy Hour, on YouTube; Vox Media is handling marketing and distribution (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Ina Garten Is a YouTuber Now
The cookbook author and 'Barefoot Contessa' host will launch an interview podcast called 'Happy Hour' in partnership with Vox Media.