Degree-awarding powers for new provider with AI-taught courses London School of Innovation set to launch in June after being given stamp of approval by regulator

With all the financial chaos, course closures and jobs uncertainty in UK universities, giving degree-awarding powers to this AI-first startup college is a bad sign for the sector www.timeshighereducation.com/news/virtual...

Sacrifice your job for the glorious AI future How tech CEOs use the threat of job loss to distract from how AI is really used against workers

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future.

It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

Monterey Park becomes the first city in California to ban "all data centers within city limits" Residents of the small enclave east of LA not only killed their city's proposed 250,000 square foot data center, they pushed city council to ban them altogether

Last night, after an hours-long public hearing, Monterey Park became the first city in California to pass an ordinance permanently banning data centers.

The city council voted unanimously to declare data centers a public nuisance, and to "prohibit all data centers within city limits."

My story:

Yes, I couldn't quite work out her expression but it looks as if she's seen something upsetting or weird. Maybe a morris dancer 😉

Wonderful! Let's hope no pieces are missing. Who's the tearful little girl in the top left corner?

Right when you're at your busiest, helping students with their final assessments

The university has sold its soul

Tbf I don't think you've ever named it online, even before said procedure (making it all the more ridiculous)

LTHEchat 361: Moving beyond intention: What does an anti-racist curriculum really require? Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 22nd April at 8pm GMT with guests Heather Pennington (@heatherpennington.bsky.social) and Rachel Johns (@johnsrm.bsky.social) to discuss anti-racist cu…

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore anti-racist curriculum, and what it really requires with
@heatherpennington.bsky.social
and @johnsrm.bsky.social on Wednesday 22nd April 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/04/19/l...

Screenshot of a Taylor and Francis homepage featuring the greeting 'Hi, User'

Taylor and Francis are so welcoming

A tweet from VECERT Analyzer which points to a DDoS attack from 313 Team

Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party’ These digital security organizers bring the fight for online privacy to dance parties, bars and reading groups

Now you can break up with big tech at a bar: ‘cybersecurity disguised as a party’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Yes

Fear not! The Canvas analytics function is so rubbish, nobody will be able to find out if anyone watches your videos or not

Today on campus even phones and teaching room AV aren't working. Good luck with their ambition to mainline AI into our veins

Sperm whales’ communication closely parallels human language, study finds Analysis shows whales’ coda vocalizations are ‘highly complex’ and remarkably similar to our own

Yes, but do they swear? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just trying to process that the new way to find quality information is going to be filtering search results to pre-2022... so many implications, not least of all currency is turned on its head.

Fascinating report by @jimdickinson.bsky.social

We’ve signed the @DigiPovAlliance Charter for Digital Inclusion: a national framework for action on digital access and equity.

It sets out clear principles to guide organisations in closing the UK’s digital divide.
Learn more: https://shorturl.at/eDYf5

Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

Reminds me of this piece about 'AI-associated delusion' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

That's the funniest thing I've read all day. We need to see what prompt(s) generated the image! I somehow don't think it was 'me as a doctor'

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I thought of this picture when watching David Attenborough's 'Secret Garden' (set in Bristol) yesterday

Screenshot of a headline from the BBC News App: "Campaigners call for vote on public water ownership", with a picture of protesters holding placards and banners.

More than 38,000 people have signed the petition calling for a referendum on public ownership of water. Have you signed?

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The terminology may change but the policy doesn't - my former (now closed) department is proof of that

Trump, following his unprecedented denunciation of the Pope, posts an image portraying himself as Jesus Christ.

AI glasses are catching on in China, from shopping to cheating Early adopters are renting AI glasses for $6 a day for navigation, translation, and school exams.

Students in China are renting AI glasses for $6 a day to scan exam questions and get answers in real time restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-glasses-ch...

Surely the easy way round it is not to use GenAI?

‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt

‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

So peaceful