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Last week, Elon Musk announced his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, had implanted a device in a human for the first time. The company's PRIME study, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration last year, is testing a brain implant for "people with paralysis to control external devices with their thoughts". In the past few years, Neuralink has faced investigation for mistreatment of lab animals and seen the departure of several company executives. Nevertheless, the PRIME trial is a significant milestone for…

The first human patient received an implant from Elon Musk's computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend, the billionaire says.In a post Monday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Musk said that the patient received the implant the day prior and was "recovering well." He added that "initial results show promising neuron spike detection."Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institutes of Health describe as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the…

Call of Duty's big Season 2 update arrives February 7 for Modern Warfare III and Warzone, and one of the most notable additions is the next BlackCell DLC bundle.This newest BlackCell offering includes operator skins with an eerie gold and glowing purple hue. They don't just look snazzy, though, as some of the skins have "reactive decay." This means your soldier will morph from human to zombie and eventually to a skeleton as you rack up kills. You need a javascript enabled…

To examine how Gen AI gets stuck by recursion, the authors devised a simple test for large language models (LLMs). Given a piece of code -- such as adding numbers recursively -- can an LLM produce a description of the pattern of recursion in the code? Zhang and team choose a classic programming task, called a tree traversal. A data type in computing is called a tree type if it has branching parts that lead to further branches -- kind of tree that contains more trees. To "traverse" the tree means to inspect each part of…

Behavioral psychology reveals a lot about customer decision-making. Principles like the fresh start effect, fast vs. slow thinking, the speak-easy effect, and social proof can be applied to SEO to better understand and influence customer intent.  This article uncovers how these specific behavioral concepts can enhance your SEO and conversion rate optimization (CRO) efforts by tapping into customer psychology.Inside the customer’s mind Imagine, it’s the New Year, and you have a few resolutions you want to…

The concept of planetary commons is crucial for the future of civilization and Earth’s stability. Researchers propose that Earth system functions transcending national boundaries, such as the Amazon rainforest and Greenland ice sheets, should be governed collectively as planetary commons. This nearly two-year research by 22 international experts suggests expanding the global commons concept to include critical biophysical systems. The goal is to create effective global governance strategies that transcend national…

Images of some of the hominin tracks in Larache. (a) Two tracks side by side at the bottom of the photo, which also depicts a ground control point (checkered cardboard) for differential GPS surveying. (b) Two cross trackways and photography for 3D footprint modeling. (c) to (g) Detailed view of some footprints. White Scale bars = 20 cm. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52344-5 An international team of…

In terms of new technology, the world is at a turning point. These days, the Internet of Things, machine learning, and artificial intelligence combine to transform industries worldwide. The arrival of Industry 4.0 is significantly enhancing the efficiency of all corporate procedures. Production, marketing, security, and worker safety are all changing. Many industries require handling hazardous chemicals, gasses, and machinery. Here's where AI can be quite helpful. With AI solutions, workplace safety may be increased,…

In a groundbreaking development in the field of neurotechnology, Elon Musk, the entrepreneur behind companies like…

Now, we’re not the only species that does comically odd things. I’ve seen my cat make countless hilarious faces and sounds, and his behavior is not always predictable. But we humans are unique in the way that we have free will and an extremely complex communication system. As long as the technology exists, anything that we can imagine, we can turn into a reality.Robert Roy Britt wrote a piece for Live Science discussing why human beings are arguably the strangest species, and he brings attention to a variety of the…