“Gaza’s total population ‘fell by about 254,000 people, a 10.6% decline compared with pre-conflict estimates’, the research notes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/feb/02/more-than-100000-civilians-killed-war-crimes-out-of-co…
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England say pupils using AI are losing their capacity for core skills like writing (Sally Weale/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/02…
World’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/worlds-oldest-tortoise-crypto-death-scam?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=…
"UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/02/uk-slashes-climate-aid-developing-countries
What, why?? We pump billions in "genAI" but remove funds for
Penguin Random House sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, alleging its LLM "memorized" a popular German children's book series and can reproduce the content (Philip Oltermann/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/01/datacentre-developers-energy-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC for smartwatches, offering a Hexagon NPU that it says can run on-device AI models with up to 2B parameters (Matt Swider/The Shortcut)
https://www.theshortcut.com/p/qualcomms-snapdragon-wear-elite-is
In testimony at the High Court, The Daily Mail's royal editor Rebecca English denied using a private investigator to "blag" information about Prince Harry (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar…
Our corrupt country.
UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying | Farming | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/02/uk-looks-to-relax-planning-rules-fo…
Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users actively posting, sharing, or commenting falls to 49%, down from 61% in 2024, as users become more selective (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/apr