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The European Union's AI Act reached another major enforcement milestone this month: as of August 2, 2026, its transparency obligations are now legally in force, and the European Commission has confirmed it has begun actively enforcing them. For any company building or deploying AI tools — including plenty of US-based ones — this is the point where "we'll deal with the AI Act eventually" stops being a viable compliance...

The U.S. Supreme Court has lifted one of two lower-court injunctions blocking a Trump administration executive order that restricts mail-in ballot procedures ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The move is a preliminary, procedural win for the administration — not a final ruling on the merits — but it clears the way for parts of the order to take effect while the underlying legal fight continues. What the Order Actually...

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday has filed suit against Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, accusing the platform of deceiving parents about the risks the app poses to children and failing to protect minors from addictive design and harmful content. The filing, announced this week, makes Pennsylvania the latest state to take direct legal aim at the disappearing-message app — and it lands squarely inside a fast-moving wave...

For most of internet history, a divorce was something you deleted from your feed. You archived the couples photos, quietly changed your relationship status, and hoped the algorithm would stop resurfacing the anniversary posts. In 2026, a growing class of creators is doing the exact opposite — and turning the wreckage into a full-blown content vertical. Welcome to the era of the divorce influencer, where the end of a marriage...