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Neuralink’s brain chip has been implanted in a human, Elon Musk says
30 Jan

Neuralink’s brain chip has been implanted in a human, Elon Musk says

John RoutledgeLatest News
The first human patient has received a Neuralink brain implant, according to Elon Musk. The procedure was apparently successful, with Musk saying the individual “is recovering well” one day after the surgery.Neuralink, which aims to create brain-computer interfaces (BCI), began recruiting human patients for its first clinical trial last fall after getting the green light from the FDA. At the…
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Japan will no longer require floppy disks for submitting some official documents
29 Jan

Japan will no longer require floppy disks for submitting some official documents

John RoutledgeLatest News
Japan is an innovative country that leads the way on many technological fronts. But the wheels of bureaucracy often turn incredibly slowly there. So much so, that the government still requires businesses to provide information on floppy disks and CD-ROMs when they submit certain official documents.That's starting to change. Back in 2022, Minister of Digital Affairs Taro Kono urged various…
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Proposed California bill would let parents block algorithmic social feeds for children
29 Jan

Proposed California bill would let parents block algorithmic social feeds for children

John RoutledgeLatest News
California will float a pair of bills designed to protect children from social media addiction and preserve their private data. The Protecting Youth from Social Media Addiction Act (SB 976) and California Children’s Data Privacy Act (AB 1949) were introduced Monday by the state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Senator Nancy Skinner and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks. The proposed legislation follows…
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Amazon terminates $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat
29 Jan

Amazon terminates $1.4 billion iRobot acquisition after EU veto threat

John RoutledgeLatest News
Amazon and iRobot, maker of the Roomba vacuum line, just announced that they would be dropping their proposed merger. The potential acquisition was announced back in August of 2022 and was immediately the target of antitrust watchdogs, particularly in the EU. The European Commission (the EU's executive branch) officially announced it was looking into the $1.4 billion dollar deal last…
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A new Deus Ex game was reportedly canceled amid Embracer’s crisis
29 Jan

A new Deus Ex game was reportedly canceled amid Embracer’s crisis

John RoutledgeLatest News
Embracer Group, the Swedish holding company undergoing restructuring, has reportedly canceled a Deus Ex game. Bloomberg says developers had been working on the unannounced title for two years. Neither Embracer nor developer Eidos addressed the reported cancellation specifically, but they confirmed they were laying off 97 employees at Deus Ex developer Eidos Montreal.Eidos will reportedly focus instead on “an original…
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