Newspage Raws

Questions we’ve put to Newspage’s experts, with their answers. Search by keyword or topic and by date, newest or most answered first.

50 Raws in social norms

10 August 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Underwood, Kate Underwood HR & Training
The 999 Service That Runs On Goodwill Is Running Out Of Volunteers
July 2026 was the busiest month on record for wildfires, with fire crews across England and Wales tackling 393 in a single month and more than 716 so far this year, per the National Fire Chiefs Council . Outdoor fires…
9 July 2026 · 5 expert responses
One in three pensioner households could be renting by 2044
One in three pensioner households could be renting by 2044 according to the ABI’s latest report, Pensions Adequacy: Housing, Households and Auto-Enrolment . The research finds that nearly two million more people are…
24 June 2026 · 7 expert responses
Source: Scott Gallacher, Rowley Turton
Are Proposed First Time Buyer ISA Changes Making the Bank of Mum and Dad Even More Important?
Scott Gallacher, Director at independent financial advisers Rowley Turton, has questioned whether the Government's proposed First Time Buyer ISA could leave aspiring homeowners more reliant on family wealth at a time…
16 June 2026 · 7 expert responses
Daily Mail request: The wealthy are increasingly nervous about/shunning the UK
Request from the Daily Mail: Henley & Partners has published a report suggesting the wealthy are increasingly nervous about/shunning the UK. Why is this the case? What sort of UK taxes (current or proposed) are…
25 May 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Reduced Friction: OpenAI's Answer To Global Data Centre Revolt Is A Job Ad
OpenAI is hiring a Community Engagement Lead whose job description lists "reduced friction" as a key success metric just five days after another 500 people marched through Vancouver on Saturday. The job listing is for…
25 May 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Could Google's new search kill off the incentive for humans to create content?
Could Google's new search kill off the impetus for humans to create content? Web industry commentator Matthias Ott reports that Google's AI Mode now generates answers, widgets, and mini-apps on the fly from scraped web…
21 May 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Gartner HR Research Reveals AI Will Create More Jobs Than It Sheds from 2028
Over 40% of organisations have eliminated roles to "align with evolving business needs." Gartner 's press release on the report " AI Is Breaking Careers: Reset Your Approach to Internal Talent Advancement " says the…
13 May 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Meta US staff put up secret posters in bathroom cubicals protesting about intrusive AI "bossware"
Reuters reports it has seen materials asking " Don't want to work at the Employee Data Extraction Factory? " as a follow up to a report published on 21 April that Meta were to start capturing employee mouse movements,…
13 May 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Digital ID legislation arrives before the People's Panel finishes. What does the evidence say about cost, security and scope?
Today's King's Speech included the Digital Access to Services Bill , giving the government legal powers to create, issue and verify a national digital ID through the GOV.UK app. “My Ministers will also proceed with the…
12 May 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
New report finds half of US university CTOs can't prove AI ROI but 61% bought expensive campus-wide licences anyway
A new Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research 2026 survey of 130 US campus CTOs found that only 29% believe their AI investments have met or exceeded ROI expectations. Despite that, institution-wide AI licence purchases more…
10 May 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
One AI data centre will produce 23 atomic bombs worth of heat a day, physics professor claims
AN ENORMOUS new AI data centre that has been approved would dump the heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombs per day into the environment, a physics professor has claimed. The Stratos Project would be three times the size of…
10 May 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
55% of Brits Say Political Differences Threaten Society. 40% Censor Their Own Views. So Where Do You Go to Think Politics Through?
Political science Professor Sir John Curtice confirmed via the BBC on Friday that British politics has "fragmented" with a five-way split across England. But the more interesting fragmentation is happening in ordinary…
7 May 2026 · 5 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Some Silicon Valley AI CEOs have turned down the volume on the job apocalypse rhetoric. Why and why now?
Silicon Valley's AI chiefs spent two years telling you their products would end your career. Now they'd like your investment instead. Here are two statements in the last week: Sam Altman, OpenAi CEO, 1 May 2026, on X :…
7 May 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
UK drivers' move to EVs will save 2.9 Mt of CO₂. 10 AI data centres will emit 2.75 with 140 in the queue
Britain's drivers switching to electric vehicles will save an estimated 2.9 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2025. Ten AI data centres currently in planning or construction will emit 2.75 million tonnes annually . The figures…
29 April 2026 · 3 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
UK Government Backs Business Designed to Discover Knowledge Humans Are Yet to Find
DSIT with its Sovereign AI initiative just co-invested in a $1.1 billion bet that Ineffable Intelligence 's AI can discover new knowledge humans haven't found yet. David Silver built AlphaGo, AlphaZero and AlphaProof at…
27 April 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Altman Announces OpenAIs 5 Principles. How Do They Compare to the 2018 Charter?
On April 26, Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, just rewrote its constitution. Not a tweak. A replacement. The 2018 Charter , the document that defined what OpenAI owed the public, has been superseded by a new set of “principles”…
26 April 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
Mythos: Has Anthropic overstated the cyberthreat threat to boost its profile?
Anthropic says Claude Mythos Preview marks a dramatic cyber shift. Its Project Glasswing announcement says Mythos “has already identified thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure” and…
31 March 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
British Chamber of Commerce Report Finds the Entry-level Job is Becoming an Endangered Species
AI adoption among UK businesses has more than doubled in a year and the people most likely to pay for it are the ones who haven't started working yet. A new study by the British Chambers of Commerce, drawing on analysis…
26 March 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Colette Mason, Clever Clogs AI
AI creates new dangers for children, new research finds
The LSE Digital Futures for Children centre published research this week making a case that deserves more attention than it will probably get. Their finding is that AI creates new dangers for children, and it makes…
24 March 2026 · 4 expert responses
Source: Kate Allen, Finest Stays
Experts fear Iran war will hit UK holidays in “hidden crisis” as fuel prices rise: "
EXPERTS and small business owners fear the ongoing Iran war will hit UK holidays in a “hidden crisis” as fuel prices rise. Rising tensions in the Middle East and the knock-on impact on fuel prices are starting to ripple…