How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

New: Big Tech secures secrecy in EU data centre law, keeping critical environmental information out of reach.

Microsoft and DigitalEurope – a lobby representing Amazon, Google and Meta – successfully pushed for an amendment classifying information on individual facilities as confidential.

Winners and judges out of pocket as £20,000 writing awards appear to have closed The Plaza Prizes offered 10 awards in 2025 but some judges say they were not paid, while a number of winners hit back over AI accusations

Simon Kerr's Plaza Prizes apparently haven't paid out winners' money OR the fees promised to judges Damon Galgut and Anthony Joseph. 😐

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

a man wearing a white sweatshirt with the word heitse on it Alt: Tammy Abraham turning to camera and smiling.

What a mad end to a game. #avfc

That Martínez save. 😶 #avfc

TAMMYYYYYYYY #avfc

My bloody nerves, Villa. #avfc

a woman with her eyes closed says " what insanity is this now " Alt: Gif of a woman with her eyes closed saying "What insanity is this now?".

#avfc

Well, damn. #avfc

Always worth a try, Buendía. Sounded like that could've broken some bones. #avfc

Please be okay, Konsa. #avfc

The sight of Onana doing a sarcastic impression of that player going down will live in my mind forever. 💕 #avfc

And now Konsa gets one! Good grief, what a game. #avfc

I once read an interview in which an author said he'd read the first sentence of a J. Winterson novel and immediately flung the book across the room because he was so livid that he hadn't written it himself.

Some very pretty goals tonight. #avfc

Two goals in the first half an hour! #avfc

Mahmood’s migration changes will deliver fraction of claimed savings, data suggests Exclusive: Analysis of government figures indicates public finances will gain £600m not £10bn if migrants’ access to benefits is reduced

My analysis of the fiscal impact of the "earned settlement" proposals, based on government's own data.

The direct savings are a fraction of the Home Secretary's misleading claims, and likely to be offset by the substantial costs of lower work-related migration.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Crazy block from Tielemans! #avfc

NOT THAT WAY

Rogers is going to give Emery a stroke today. #avfc

Great from Bizot's foot, there. #avfc

As I was saying. #avfc

Olliiieeee! #avfc

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

One of the most progressive reforms you could make to our immigration system* would be to reduce sharply the outrageous cost of applying to come or to stay here

*short of abolishing it, obviously

Didn't look like it.

Oh, well done, Konsa! #avfc

Really unlucky bounce from that deflection off Konsa, buuuuuut it's offside! #avfc