Neuralink faces federal probe over alleged animal abuse, “hack job” surgeries

Enlarge / Pager, a nine-year-old Macaque, plays MindPong with his Neuralink. (credit: YouTube/NeuraLink) Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink is under investigation by the US Department of Agriculture for possible animal welfare violations amid allegations from current and former employees that the company abused animals in slapdash research leading to “hack job” surgeries spurred by…

Reindeer Fact Sheet

Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): deer in the genus Rangifer. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Mammalia Order: | Artiodactyla Family: | Cervidae Genus: | Rangifer Species: | tarandus Reindeer and caribou are the same species (Rangifer tarandus). In North America, they are called caribou if they are wild and reindeer if they are domesticated….

Employees say Neuralink’s ‘hack job’ testing has killed roughly 1,500 animals since 2018

  Sake, the macaque, at last week’s Neuralink presentation. Youtube/Neuralink During last week’s public “show and tell” demonstrating Neuralink’s latest advancements towards achieving an affordable human brain-computer interface, co-founder and CEO Elon Musk pointed towards videos of seemingly healthy test animals with early versions of the product implanted in their heads. On stage, Musk reiterated…

Scientists studying Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano are optimistic about a ‘relatively chill’ eruption

The hazards attached to the eruption of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano appear to be mostly under control — promising news for volcanologists, who have been waiting decades for an opportunity to derive data from such a well-observed major eruption without the impediments that come from constant danger. Mauna Loa is the biggest volcano in the…

Apple allows developers to set more price points in new App Store update

In a dramatic app fee structure update, Apple announced that from today (December 6), developers will be able to select from 900 price points for their apps across 45 currencies throughout 175 storefronts, from $0.10 to $10,000, barring Apple’s approval. This is almost 10 times more than previously available for most apps since the App…