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On Wednesday, Neuralink introduced the first human subject to receive the company’s brain implant, a 49-year-old man who has been paralyzed from the shoulders down for eight years after a diving accident.In a brief livestream on the social media platform X, the man said he’s able to play online chess and the video game Civilization using the Neuralink device. “If y'all can see the cursor moving around the screen, that's all me,” he said during the livestream as he moved a digital chess piece. “It's pretty cool,…

The Emmy-nominated actress who spent 25 years playing Nicole Walker on Days of Our Lives – and garnered international attention as the subject of Donald Trump’s vulgar comments about “grabbing” women by “the pussy” that surfaced during the 2016 presidential election – has filed a new lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation on the set of the NBC daytime soap opera. Arianne Zucker alleges in her new complaint filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court that former Days executive producer…

Rep. Cori Bush is the subject of a Justice Department investigation concerning the misappropriation of federal security funds, the “Squad” member confirmed on Tuesday. The investigation was first reported by Punchbowl News.  Bush (D-Mo.) wrote in a statement that “the Department of Justice is reviewing my campaign’s spending on security services,” and that she and her office are “fully cooperating in this investigation.”  “Since before I was sworn into office, I have endured relentless threats to my physical…

'I Am: Celine Dion' will be released on Amazon Prime at an as-yet-determined date Celine Dion‘s life, legacy, and battle with stiff-person syndrome will be explored in a new documentary titled I Am: Celine Dion. Amazon MGM acquired the film, which will be released on Prime. Helmed by Peabody and Emmy-winning director Irene Taylor, the new documentary was filmed over the course of a year. It will offer a rare glimpse into her personal life, taking viewers into the recording studio and her home.…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection determined on Friday that Apple can use a redesign to bypass an import ban on newer Apple Watch models stemming from its patent infringement dispute with medical-monitoring technology company Masimo, according to a Monday court filing.The import ban, issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), applies to Apple's current Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches and initially went into effect on Dec. 26. Apple convinced a U.S. appeals court to pause the ban the next day, and has since…

The European Union says three porn sites are now subject to stricter rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The bloc has designated Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos as "very large online platforms" (VLOPs) after determining that they each have an average of more than 45 million monthly users in the EU. As such, the three sites are subject to the same stringent rules as the likes of Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok.The European Commission (the EU's executive arm) says VLOPs have until February 17 to comply with the…

Age verification tech could be headed to adult content sites Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos after the three were added to a list of platforms subject to the strictest level of regulation under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA). Back in April, the EU announced an initial list of 17 so called very large online platforms (VLOPs) and two very large online search engines (VLOSE) designated under the DSA. That first list did not include any adult content sites. The addition of the three platforms designated…

Samsung's Galaxy S24 series is expected to arrive in a few weeks, but more leaks have surfaced online giving us a sneak peek at some of its AI features. The upcoming Galaxy S24, Galaxy S24+, and Galaxy S24 Ultra are said to come with several AI-based camera improvements as part of One UI 6.1. It is said to include a new AI feature to remove unwanted subjects from video clips and an on-device AI chatbot. The Galaxy S24 could be able to gather important details from calls, and Galaxy S24 Ultra, being the premium option in…

Plenty of movies are “based on a true story”, which can sometimes increase their ability to elicit strong emotional reactions from fans. 2009’s The Blind Side was one of those projects, and earned Sandra Bullock her very first Academy Award in the process. But the real-life subjects of the movie have been involved in some controversies lately, with Michael Oher claiming he was never actually adopted by the Tuoy family, and filing a lawsuit against them. While they’ve been having a legal battle, Oher’s foster brothers are…

Since conservative audiences flocked to Sound of Freedom this summer, turning a biopic about Tim Ballard’s supposed exploits as an anti-trafficking operator into an unlikely hit, Ballard has had his heroic mythology rapidly stripped away in a series of lawsuits, formal rebukes, and dissolved relationships. But in recent days, his legal problems have gotten even worse — and now Operation Underground Railroad (OUR), the advocacy group he founded in 2013, is in the crosshairs as well. Ballard was apparently forced…