Oxford University is the world’s top university for a record eighth year
This presumably means that the Turf Tavern is the best student pub in the world. #Society
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AI is changing the style and substance of human writing, study finds
"Teams from Google and leading universities found that large-language models change the voice, tone and intended meaning of human authors."
Democratic Backsliding Reaches Western Democracies, with U.S. Decline “Unprecedented”
"Democratic backsliding is now happening in well-established democracies. Democracy in the USA is deteriorating at unprecedented speed, and media and journalists are increasingly targeted across the world."
Notable links: March 20, 2026
Agentic engineering and burnout.
Four things about Yahoo News that may surprise you
It's one of the most popular news sites in the country, and it's wildly profitable. It might be the right time for Yahoo to bounce back.