Law & Crime
How the UN Just Turned Climate Change Into a Legal Obligation
Mariko Sato unpacks the 141-8 UN General Assembly vote that backed the ICJ's climate ruling — and what it now means for fossil fuels, courts, and the Pacific.
Law & CrimeGerman Court Ruling Makes Google Liable for AI Overviews
A Munich court has classified Google as directly liable for false statements in AI Overviews, ending a 20-year search safe harbor. The June 2026 ruling reshapes liability for generative search.
Law & CrimeAustralia's 2026 Peptide Crackdown: BPC-157, Retatrutide and the Black-Market Wellness Boom
The TGA's April 2026 alert named BPC-157, retatrutide, TB-500, CJC-1295 and GHK-Cu as unapproved peptides. Here is what the crackdown means and how to spot a dodgy supplier.
Law & CrimeAustralia's Crypto Regulatory Gap: ASIC, AUSTRAC, and the $3.5B Scam Problem
More than $3.5 billion in scam losses. A million Australians holding crypto. And no licensing regime in force. Inside Australia's unfinished crypto regulatory framework.
Law & CrimeAI Companions and Mental Health: The Rise of ChatGPT, Replika, and Character.AI as Confidantes
Two teenagers are dead. A crossbow plotter is in a secure hospital. A state medical board has filed suit. Behind the headline cases, 900 million people talk to ChatGPT every week and 40 million have built relationships with Replika bots. The mental-health infrastructure is being built in plain sight, and it has no clinicians attached.
Law & CrimeThe Rise of Forensic Genealogy: How DNA Databases Are Solving Cold Cases That Police Thought Were Unsolvable
Forensic genealogy is using public DNA databases to solve cold cases police thought were permanently unsolvable — raising urgent questions about genetic privacy and consent.
Law & CrimeWhy AI Data Centers Could Cause the Next American Blackout
AI data centers are creating gigawatt-scale power swings that threaten to destabilize the U.S. electrical grid. NERC issued its rarest alert after 1,000 MW dropped offline in seconds.
Law & CrimeWhy AI Data Centers Could Cause the Next American Blackout
AI data centers are creating gigawatt-scale power swings that threaten to destabilize the U.S. electrical grid. NERC issued its rarest alert after 1,000 MW dropped offline in seconds.
Law & CrimeHow AI Found 118 New Planets Hiding in NASA's Telescope Data: The RAVEN Pipeline and the Exoplanet Revolution
University of Warwick astronomers used a machine learning pipeline called RAVEN to validate 118 exoplanets from 2.2 million NASA TESS stars, including 31 entirely new worlds. This is how AI is transforming the hunt for planets beyond our solar system.
Law & CrimeThe 2026 Canvas Breach: What Hackers Stole From 275 Million Students
The 2026 Canvas breach exposed 275 million students and teachers. Here is what happened, what was stolen, why hackers target education platforms, and what it means for you.
Law & CrimeMariska Hargitay's 16-Year Fight to End the Rape Kit Backlog in All 50 States
After 16 years, Mariska Hargitay's End the Backlog campaign achieved rape kit reform in all 50 US states. But 100,000 kits remain untested. Inside the movement and what comes next.
Law & CrimeEU AI Act August 2026: US Companies Face the Compliance Cliff
With the EU AI Act's August 2, 2026 deadline confirmed and trilogue negotiations stalled, US companies deploying AI in Europe face a compliance cliff with fines up to 30 million euros. Here is what you need to do now.