CESCR calls for contributions to general comment on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is inviting written contributions to its draft general comment on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the Environmental Dimension of Sustainable Development. This general comment aims to clarify the specific obligations of States parties regarding the environmental aspects of sustainable development as outlined in the...This Research Firm Explains How AI Agents May Change Everyone’s Jobs, and Soon
Research and consulting firm Gartner is measuring the pulse of the AI revolution, and it found some interesting things: including that AI agents may surpass human talent levels, changing the workplace…
S.A.N. (Sentient Advocate of Nature) | GoodBye Monkey
In a universe not unlike ours, a tech-environmentalist group claims to have created an AI that is the direct “voice of the earth,” a computer connected via electrodes to the mycelium network under an ancient forest named S.A.N. (Sentient Advocate of Nature). The film imagines what nature thinks of human impact on the planet…
CySEC Halts FXOpen EU Sole Shareholder’s Voting Rights, Allows Six Months to Restructure
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) suspended the voting rights of FXOpen’s sole shareholder, Aliaksandr Klimenka, over concerns about his influence on the company’s management.Voting Rights SuspendedCySEC highlighted that the matter is a governance issue that FXOpen EU Ltd must resolve within the next six months…
What animal societies can teach us about aging
Red deer may become less sociable as they grow old to reduce the risk of picking up diseases, while older house sparrows seem to have fewer social interactions as their peers die off, according to new research which shows humans are not the only animals to change our social behaviour as we age…Israel Cuts Ties With U.N. Agency, Creating New Hurdles for Palestinian Aid
The new laws effectively ban Unrwa from operating in Israeli territory and will make it harder for the agency to lead the humanitarian response to the Gaza war…Why Crosscut Ventures is ‘following the founders’ into climate, space, and beyond
The focus of the new $100 million fund, Crosscut’s sixth, will include energy and power, space and underwater exploration, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, and security and defense. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Transforming FDA-regulated food products: A webinar with Jim Jones
— OPINION — If you care about food safety, then Jim Jones matters to you. A year into his tenure as Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program, Jones has infused the FDA food programs with a new sense of mission and new approaches to greater efficiency and transparency…
OCR fines Providence $240,000 in ransomware case
With large ransomware breaches up more than 260% since 2018, “the health care sector needs to get serious about cybersecurity and complying with HIPAA,” says the director of the HHS Office for Civil Rights…