Hannah Bloch-Wehba

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen Monday, June 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Who’s Regulating Police Technology? It’s Not the Courts.

Vignesh Ramachandran

Inayat Sabhikhi

A sign opposed to data centers is held during a protest against AI data centers in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Saturday, June 27, 2026. (Ethan Cairns/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

No Data Centers in Anyone's Backyard

George Colville

Paper collage. A photograph of the Atomium in Brussels, cut into diagonal strips and reassembled over a grid of numbers.

Seeing More — Seeing Less by Anna Riepe & FARI / 

Google and Apple’s Anti-DMA Lobbying Strategy Goes All-in on Security and Privacy

Justin Hendrix

MEMPHIS, TN - APRIL 25, 2025: Demonstrators gather outside of Fairley High School in opposition to xAI's use of gas turbines for its data center ahead of a public comment meeting on the project. (Photo by Brandon Dill for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The Debate Over xAI's Expansion in Memphis, Two Years In

Alissa Cooper

Zander Arnao

European Flags in front of the European Commission Headquarters building. 

Brussels, Belgium - November 3, 2022; European Flags in front of the European Commission Headquarters building. 

Designing Europe’s Search Data Sharing Rules for Competition in the AI Era

Rep. Lori Trahan (D-Mass.) speaks during an interview with POLITICO in her office on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2026. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)

Unpacking the Great American Artificial Intelligence Act of 2026

Maria Buza

Tommaso Giardini

Image of map and computer language over binary codes on server racks in server room.

Global Digital Policy Roundup: May 2026

Tim Bernard

How OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic Plan to Handle the 2026 US Midterms

Martha Dark

LONDON, UK—NOVEMBER 15, 2025: Panorama of Google logo sign on door of HQ building in Kings Cross.

The UK Just Said No to Google's AI News Grab. Who's Next?

Elise Silva

Mountain View, California: The Google manager responsible for the search engine, Liz Reid, presents a search field improved with artificial intelligence at the Google I/O developer conference on May 19, 2026. Photo by: Andrej Sokolow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Google’s ‘New Era for AI Search’ May Threaten Democracy

The dome of the US Capitol building. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press

House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection Hosts Hearing on AI Security

Courtney C. Radsch

CMA Competition and Markets Authority logo on the screen and finger pointing at it. CMA is a government department also known as British competition watchdog.

UK Regulator Staunches Google’s AI Content Grab

Madeline Batt

Cooling pipes hug data servers, extracting water from a shared reservoir while people collect water from the same source, set against a background of eroded soil textures.

The Environmental Impact of Data Centers in Vulnerable Ecosystems by Gloria Mendoza / 

Environmental Lawsuits Present Roadblock for the AI Data Center Boom

Rachel Lau

Shirley Frame

The Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia.