Google Earth’s AI experiment lasted 24 hours. The damage to trust will linger
A short-lived generative AI feature in Google Earth that allowed users to create fake satellite imagery shows the lasting effects of unvetted AI tools during a conflict.
Whatever Happened to the ‘Enough Is Enough’ Campaign?
On Wednesday 7 September 2022, Glasgow’s Old Fruitmarket was packed out. Hundreds of people had queued around the block for the city’s biggest leftwing rally in years. Mark Thomas, a local homelessness worker, remembered being excited. “It was absolutely massive… It was something new,” he told Novara Media. “The crowd was a real mix.
Der falsche Wettlauf
USA und China kämpfen um die Vorherrschaft bei KI. Doch die nächste Entwicklungsstufe könnte so gefährlich werden, dass nur Zusammenarbeit hilft.
Morocco Denied Using Pegasus. Documents and Insider Accounts Tell a Different Story
Trailing targets, monitoring internet cafes, deploying spyware: Morocco has mobilized a massive arsenal of surveillance tools against journalists and dissidents in recent years.
Keeping to 1.5C of warming is no longer possible – but we must still limit the overshoot
We need a strategy for navigating the huge risks to ecosystems and societies
Subsidiary Protection: Is It the Silver Bullet to Addressing the Plight of Climate Refugees?
Over the last few decades, unsustainable human activities have led to alterations in the biosphere, oceans, atmosphere , and cryosphere , and, in such a reality, the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly more visible, causing irreversible changes in the environment that affect the livelihood and survival of communities
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Settlement trade restrictions must be followed by further concrete measures to end Israel’s unlawful occupation and apartheid
How extreme heat is ‘creeping’ from summer into autumn and spring
Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate hazards, but no two heatwaves are the same.
Sovereign Immunity in the UK: Two Conventions, Two Answers
The International Court of Justice in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v Italy) noted that rules of state immunity reflect the principle of sovereign equality of states. In little under a year, English courts have thrice dealt with the question of state immunity vis-à-vis recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Digital Kōgai: Dissecting Systemic Entanglements and Structural Injustices in the AI Polycrisis
As of January 2026, the stocks of seven of the world's most well-known technology companies had reached market capitalizations of about $1 trillion or more. Dubbed the ‘Magnificent Seven,’ their public image hardly lives up to the name. In fact, quite the opposite is true. Companies like Tesla and Meta are known for causing harm to the public good in many ways.
Iran war boosted Russian fertiliser revenues by over £5m a day
A farmer in the US prepares to spread fertiliser. US purchases of Russian urea reached record highs in March and April as prices soared. Photo: Mark Mirko/Connecticut Public via Getty Images
The book of poetry I wrote for the home I lost in Gaza
This is my dream, and it has been handed to me in exchange for everything I had. Nobody consulted me on the rate.
South Korean civil society says no to military deployment in Straight of Hormuz
‘We cannot allow our young people to become victims of an unjust war of aggression. ’
While France was considering buying Pegasus, Morocco was spying on its ministers
The Élysée Palace ultimately vetoed the purchase in a sudden reversal of course.
What remains after Nepal’s Gen Z protests? Survivors reflect one year later
Many young people left the September 2025 protests in Nepal with scars — both physical, emotional, and financial
Why Does Dropping Acid Leave Such a Bad Taste?
What wiping out, Jackass , and Pee-wee Herman reveal about the pleasures of bad taste
Jury acquits Maltese business tycoon in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia
Yorgen Fenech was the last of seven men prosecuted for her 2017 assassination.
South Korea Nears Agreement on Billions in U.S. Investments, a Win for Trump
The potential deals, which could include large investments in nuclear energy, are part of last year’s U.S.-South Korea trade deal.
