How B.C. lawyers helped an Indigenous community in Peru get a river declared a person with legal rights
Earlier this year, a Peruvian court granted a river legal personhood. B.C. lawyers helped the Kukama Indigenous Women’s Federation in its legal battle for guardianship over the Marañón River…
Key warning signs about bird flu are all going in the wrong direction
The bird flu outbreak has taken concerning turns, with more than 60 human cases confirmed. Experts outlined four signs that the virus is going in the wrong direction.
AutoWallis could secure important stake in Romania’s car import market
Listed car seller AutoWallis on Monday announced that it is to obtain distribution rights for Nissan in Romania together with the Portuguese Salvador Caetano Group, as the new national importer for the brand. AutoWallis said, under the deal it concluded, AutoWallis Caetano – a joint venture in which it and Salvador Caetano each hold a…
Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown
Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometownThe Download: trustworthy humanoid robots, and Anduril’s latest project
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Will we ever trust robots? The world might seem to be on the brink of a humanoid-robot heyday. New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence promise the type of capable…
Will we ever trust robots?
The world might seem to be on the brink of a humanoid-robot heyday. New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence promise the type of capable, general-purpose robots previously seen only in science fiction—robots that can do things like assemble cars, care for patients, or tidy our homes, all without being given specialized instructions. …
The best and weirdest photos of robots from 2024
A long-envisioned futuristic world of humanoid robots doing all the work has yet to arrive, but these startling images reveal some of the surprising ways that advanced robotics is becoming more ubiquitous in people’s lives…The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary
This glossary includes the most common terms and expressions TechCrunch uses in our security reporting, and explanations of how — and why — we use them. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…WhatsApp scores historic victory against NSO Group in long-running spyware hacking case
A US judge ruled that the Israeli spyware maker breached hacking laws by using WhatsApp to infect devices with Pegasus © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…