A unified approach to tackling poverty and promoting children’s rights in Europe
In this blog, Eurochild Head of Programmes, Agata D’Addato, explains that tackling child poverty demands a unified and comprehensive strategy that places children’s rights and well-being at the forefront, starting from their earliest years and integrating this priority into the wider European agenda. Key European challenges regarding childhood Child poverty in the EU is an…
Samsung Recalls Slide-In Electric Ranges Due to Fire Hazard
Front-mounted knobs on the ranges can be activated by accidental contact by humans or pets, posing a fire hazard…
Russia Legalizes Cryptocurrency Mining in New Law Signed by Putin
Russia has officially legalized Cryptocurrency mining, marking a significant shift in the country’s approach to digital assets, RT reported. The new law, signed by President Vladimir Putin, introduces a comprehensive legal framework that regulates cryptocurrency mining and defines the rights and obligations of those involved in the industry…
Metaplanet Secures ¥1 Billion Loan to Buy More Bitcoin
Metaplanet, a publicly listed Japanese investment firm, has secured a ¥1 billion ($6.8 million) loan to purchase additional Bitcoin. This comes just days after announcing plans to raise ¥10.08 billion through a stock rights offering, mostly for Bitcoin buys. Metaplanet first revealed its Bitcoin …
OpenAI warns people might become emotionally reliant on its ChatGPT voice mode
OpenAI is warning that some people may become emotionally reliant on its lifelike ChatGPT voice mode. In a report Thursday, OpenAI released information on the safety work the company conducted on ChatGPT, its popular artificial intelligence tool, and the new voice mode that sounds human. OpenAI first began rolling out GPT-4o to paid customers last…
3D-printed blood vessels bring artificial organs closer to reality
Lab-grown organs are a long-time ‘holy grail’ of organ engineering that has yet to be achieved, but new research has brought that goal a big step closer to reality using a new 3D-printing method called co-SWIFT. co-SWIFT prints branching networks of double-layered vessels that are infused with smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells into living…
Do smells prime our gut to fight off infection?
In nematodes and humans, mitochondrial stress in the nervous system initiates a whole-body response that is most pronounced in the gut. A recent study showed that in nematodes, the odor of a pathogen triggers the nervous system to broadcast this response to the rest of the organism…Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms
The vulnerabilities allowed one security researcher to peek inside the leak sites without having to log in. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…Rabbit’s r1 refines chats and timers, but its app-using ‘action model’ is still MIA
A new “beta rabbit” mode adds some conversational AI chops to the Rabbit r1, particularly in more complex or multi-step instructions. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…