Researchers hope the implant will one day be wireless. YouTube New improvements in a brain implant developed by researchers at the University of California Berkeley are providing a paralyzed man unable to speak the ability to communicate by translating just their brain signals into text. The research, , published this week in Nature Communications, demonstrates…
As Elon Musk struggles to make people give Twitter $8 a month for a blue check, Tumblr had an idea: what if they offered users $8 for not one, but two blue checks? Yes, you can legitimately buy two blue checks for your Tumblr blog. For the low, low price of $7.99. As Tumblr wrote in…
Writer/Director, Ryan Coogler, Mabel Cadena and Ludwig Göransson discuss how they prioritized representation in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’. The movie is the sequel to ‘Black Panther’ and the first since Chadwick Boseman’s death. The film premieres exclusively in theaters November 11th. Read More
Intel has finally unveiled its long-awaited Sapphire Rapids update to the Xeon CPU family, alongside the company’s new data center GPU. Both are now available in Max Series form, and will soon be installed in prominent supercomputers, such as the Argonne National Laboratory’s Aurora. “To ensure no [high performance computing] HPC workload is left behind,…
It’s tough times for tech land and, it seems, no sector or business is immune. Even things we use almost every day, like Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, could face cutbacks, at least according to reports. In the wake of major tech companies tightening their belts, slowing down hiring, and laying off thousands of workers, Amazon…
Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada; Trump-backed Senate hopeful Adam Laxalt Getty Images The FEC is asking questions about campaign contributions to Adam Laxalt and Catherine Cortez Masto. The queries focus on excessive invidual donors, corporate PACs, and a former Trump official. The two candidates remain locked in Nevada’s too-close-too-call US Senate race. Both…
A side-by-side of Sequoia Capital’s profile of Sam Bankman-Fried and its updated page linking to its letter to investors about marking down its investments in FTX to $0. Sequoia Capital VC firm Sequoia Capital removed a lengthy September profile of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried this week. The URL now shows Sequoia’s note telling investors it’s…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images US stocks soared as much as 7% on Thursday after a cool CPI report sparked hopes of a Fed pivot.US inflation was up 7.7% year-over-year in October, below the average economist estimates of 7.9%.The 10-year US Treasury yield plunged 31 basis points and the US dollar Index fell more than 2%. US…
Kate Taylor Taco Bell and Chick-fil-A are both displaying warnings in their apps about potential lettuce shortages. Panera also confirmed an industrywide shortage that it is working to minimize. Diseases in the major lettuce-growing region of the US reduced this year’s crop and drove up prices. Fast-food chains are facing a lettuce shortage and inflated…
The dry, edible seeds of plants in the legume family, including peas, beans, lentils, and chickpeas. Business Wire/AP Photo Lentils, beans, and peas are low-carbon protein sources that can help prevent fertilizer pollution. “Bean hesitancy” may prevent Americans from eating more legumes, researchers suspect. Legumes are cheaper than meat and alternative meats, but some people…