Franklin Graham and Zelenskyy Discuss Peace as Ukraine Accepts U.S.-Proposed Ceasefire
Samaritan’s Purse head Franklin Graham and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy discussed peace negotiations and humanitarian aid, with Graham calling for a global day of prayer and Zelenskyy expressing gratitude for support. Meanwhile, the United States proposed a 30-day ceasefire while also considering communication with Russian President Putin to potentially end the conflict…
Food safety leaders express concerns about recent cuts in FDA workforce
— OPINION — The Department of Government Efficiency has cut staff at the Food and Drug Administration, including employees in food safety roles. Following the cuts, Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones resigned his post citing the cuts as being indiscriminate and endangering the lives of the American public…
Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American made batteries
Rather than trying to beat Chinese companies, Coreshell attempting an end run, swapping graphite for its specially coated silicon. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
ARK Invest joins $403M raise for AI robotics firm Apptronik
Cryptocurrency-friendly investment firm ARK Invest has joined a massive Series A funding round for Apptronik, a Texas-based firm building humanoid robots.Apptronik, on March 18, announced the successful close of an oversubscribed $403M Series A funding round, adding another $53 million to the $350 million round disclosed in February.After investing in Apptronik’s Series A round…
Three ways Italy’s government is ‘undermining the rule of law’
Italy is one of five EU member states actively undermining democratic principles and deepening Europe’s “democratic recession”, according to a new report on human rights and civil liberties…
The alarmingly high stakes in an easy Supreme Court voting rights case
Louisiana v. Callais, a case about whether Louisiana’s congressional maps are an illegal racial gerrymander, should be one of the easiest cases the justices have heard in many years. That’s because less than two years ago, the Supreme Court decided another gerrymandering case, known as Allen v…
UN report of sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees “horrifying”
Sari Bashi from Human Rights Watch unpacks a UN report accusing Israel of systemic sexual violence and genocide…
Embodied AI development advances across China
Embodied AI integrates AI into physical bodies such as robots to enable them to perceive, learn and dynamically interact with the environment like humans. Relying on computation and logical reasoning, it can continuously learn, adapt and complete tasks by perception, action and environmental feedback, thus improving autonomy and practical application in real world…