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Clinical Trial Results Indicate Low Rate of Adverse Events Associated With Implanted Brain Computer Interface
Neuroscience News - 14 Jan 2023 20:30
Study reports that implanted brain-computer interfaces are similar in safety to more conventional brain implants used to manage neurodegenerative disorders.
RRR Stars Ram Charan and NTR Jr. Are Open to Making the Leap to Hollywood
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2023 02:30
If there's one question audiences are asking after watching S.S. Rajamouli's epic RRR, it's: "Where can we see more of Ram Charan and NTR Jr.?" It seems inevitable that the Tollywood superstars will blow up on the Hollyw...
Apple prepares for return of Home app architecture upgrade
Cult of Mac - 14 Jan 2023 19:45
Apple apparently plans to re-release its update to the underlying architecture of its HomeKit home-automation system in the near future. The upgraded platform for the Home app is included in the latest iOS and iPadOS bet...
Meta sues "scraping-for-hire" service that sells user data to law enforcement
Ars Technica - 14 Jan 2023 01:28
Israeli firm says it uses AI to analyze "billions of 'human pixels' and signals."
JBL Bar 1300 advanced soundbar boasts both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D surround sound
The Gadget Flow - 14 Jan 2023 23:00
Rounding out the Bar Series is the JBL Bar 1300 advanced soundbar. Boasting impressive features, it offers both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D surround sound technology. Not only that, but it also comes with detachable wireles...
Russians say they can grab software from Intel again
The Register - 14 Jan 2023 10:07
And Windows updates from Microsoft, too People in Russia can reportedly once again download drivers and some other software from Intel and Microsoft, which both withdrew from the nation after its invasion of Ukraine....
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, casts spell on Microsoft
Phys.org - 14 Jan 2023 09:54
The hottest startup in Silicon Valley right now is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay or even a line of software code.
Cisco Issues Warning for Unpatched Vulnerabilities in EoL Business Routers
The Hacker News - 14 Jan 2023 06:11
Cisco has warned of two security vulnerabilities affecting end-of-life (EoL) Small Business RV016, RV042, RV042G, and RV082 routers that it said will not be fixed, even as it acknowledged the public availability of proof...
Astronomers may have found the earliest galaxies we've ever discovered
BGR - 14 Jan 2023 03:38
New observations from the James Webb space telescope could give us a glimpse at the earliest galaxies we have ever discovered. A newly published study … The post Astronomers may have found the earliest galaxies we’ve...
Where Will You Be When the Robot Apocalypse Begins?
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2023 01:03
It's a day like any other for Bernie (John Gemberling, whose voice credits include Bob's Burgers, Big Mouth, and Central Park): toiling at his office job, visiting his stoner besties, mooning over his mega-crush. But as ...
Voice AI Company SoundHound Lays Off Nearly Half Its Staff and Offers 'Pitiful' Severance
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2023 00:35
SoundHound, a voice AI company, laid off nearly half of its remaining staff last week--roughly 200 people--in a major company-wide downsizing, according to three employees who lost their jobs and an email from the CEO vi...
Judge Says Elon Musk's Trial Must Take Place on Twitter's Home Turf
Gizmodo - 14 Jan 2023 00:20
A judge told Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his attorneys that, no, the court won't move his upcoming securities fraud trial out of San Francisco even if there's a dwindling number of people in the Bay Area with a positive opin...
Passenger's AirTag tracks 8,000km detour of Air Canada luggage
AppleInsider - 14 Jan 2023 14:59
An Air Canada passenger discovered their missing luggage was on a different continent after a flight, with an AirTag showing it was over 5,000 miles and an ocean away. AirTag on a bag. Paul Kliffer flew with his wife fro...
A mysterious brain network may underlie many psychiatric disorders
Live Science - 14 Jan 2023 13:00
Researchers discovered that six psychiatric disorders seemed linked to the same underlying brain wiring.
An Extremely Laudatory Oral History of Your High-School Theatre Program
The New Yorker - 14 Jan 2023 13:00
A lot of people are completely delusional about their high-school theatre programs being special, but not us.
Malware Attack on CircleCI Engineer's Laptop Leads to Recent Security Incident
The Hacker News - 14 Jan 2023 10:41
DevOps platform CircleCI on Friday disclosed that unidentified threat actors compromised an employee's laptop and leveraged malware to steal their two-factor authentication-backed credentials to breach the company's syst...
TikTok Fined $5.4 Million by French Regulator for Violating Cookie Laws
The Hacker News - 14 Jan 2023 07:01
Popular short-form video hosting service TikTok has been fined €5 million (about $5.4 million) by the French data protection watchdog for breaking cookie consent rules, making it the latest platform to face similar pen...
Apple TV Plus just released the Season 1 finale of its action-packed military drama Echo 3
BGR - 14 Jan 2023 05:13
At one point during the newly released Season 1 finale of Apple TV Plus’ Echo 3 — after Alex “Bambi” Chesborough muses aloud to his … The post Apple TV Plus just released the Season 1 finale of its action-packe...
5 upcoming sci-fi movies you have to see in 2023
Digital Trends - 14 Jan 2023 03:01
2023 promises to be a great year for sci-fi films ,and these five, from a Transformer reboot to the sequel to Dune, are the most anticipated ones on our radar.
It Won't Be Long Until Your Smartphone Will Be Capable Of Running Holograms
Twisted Sifter - 14 Jan 2023 02:51
For those of us who sat stunned at our first viewing of Star Wars all of those decades ago, holding our breath as Princess Leia stored that message that later appeared as a hologram, this is a surreal moment. Now, it won...
While a Black Hole Shredded a Star, NASA's Hubble Was Watching - CNET
CNET - 14 Jan 2023 02:08
"This is an exciting place for scientists to be: right at the interface of the known and the unknown."
Twitter Offers Free Ads as It Seeks to Woo Brands Back to Its Platform
Wall Street Journal - 14 Jan 2023 02:02
The tech company is dangling free ad space by offering to match advertisers' ad spending up to $250,000.