Elon Musk's Neuralink has stuck a device in someone's brain and he's already talking up its theoretical uses: 'Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist'

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has stuck a device in someone’s brain and he’s already talking up its theoretical uses: ‘Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist’

The first patient to receive a brain-computer implant from Neuralink is doing well after the procedure, company founder and billionaire Elon Musk has said on X.  The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well.Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.January 29, 2024 See more Neuralink aims to produce a brain-computer…

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Silksong’s speedrunning community is already at it: Dismantling the game’s mechanics like mad scientists less than a day after release

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been out for—let’s see—19 hours and 43 minutes at the time of writing, so it’s time to absolutely snap the whole thing over our knees. The speedrunning community is already at it (via Eurogamer) with Silksong, rapidly uncovering a myriad of techniques that we’ll all one day gawp at during an…

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‘Gooning has been vaulted in Fortnite’—Epic stops certain emotes being used in proximity so that horny teenagers can no longer mock-hump each other

Fortnite has finally taken action against the scourge of hormonal teens everywhere, and stopped certain emotes in the game being used in close proximity. The emotes in question are all moves that, when combined with certain other moves, may make it look like the avatars are engaging in a sexual act. Despite being fully clothed…

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‘This marks a significant step towards addressing anticompetitive behaviors’: Following a complaint from Opera, antitrust regulator launches an investigation into Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge: many a PC Gamer knows it as a stepping stone between them and their actual browser of choice—no matter how much the software pleads with you to reconsider. But rather than simply dismissing this as looking a bit desperate, the Browser Choice Alliance argues this is just one instance of ‘deceptive tactics‘ by…

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