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Speaking virtually Monday at the Samson International Smart Mobility Summit in Tel Aviv, Musk said Neuralink’s work restoring speech, movement, and eventually vision amounts to “Jesus-level technologies.” The comments arrived alongside fresh timelines for Neuralink’s expansion, including a new prediction that the company could implant its vision-restoration device, Blindsight, into a human patient before the end of this year.For investors, this was more than another headline-grabbing Musk appearance. It was a reminder that one of the world’s richest men is trying to build an entirely new medical and computing industry at the same time the AI boom is reshaping capital...

A "Progressive Tech Coalition" (including Apple, Google, & Roblox) has abruptly changed stance on "Age Verification" laws. Up until now, the "Chamber of Progress" has consistently opposed all laws seeking to implement age verification... but they have decided to support the Colorado "Age Verification for all Operating Systems" law.

"I hoarded a large database of something valuable, just not what you expect… 150k stools images." The poop database comes from an app called PoopCheck, an app made by a company called Soft All Things that purports to use AI to analyze images of one’s stool in order to give you a “daily gut health score.” With that in mind, here there is an estimation of pricing options: • 10,000 unreviewed images (AI-validated) — $3,000 • 5,000 fully human-reviewed & annotated (on top of AI validation) — $4,000 The appliance giant Kohler endured a security ****show when a researcher showed...

The Republican National Committee is escalating its election integrity war ahead of the 2026 midterms. RNC Chairman Joe Gruters announced that Republicans have already launched 130 lawsuits across 32 states aimed at blocking Democrat efforts to “cheat every single day” in U.S. elections. The announcement comes as President Donald Trump recently vowed to unleash a much larger “Election Integrity Army” than the one Republicans used in 2024, signaling that the GOP is preparing for an all-out legal and ground-game fight over ballot security, vote counting, and election procedures in battleground states. Gruters laid it all out in no uncertain terms,...

According to a report from Gizmodo, OpenAI has launched a preview of a new personal finance feature that lets select U.S. ChatGPT Pro users link their bank accounts directly to the AI chatbot. The rollout, announced on Friday, May 16, 2026, enables connections to accounts at more than 12,000 financial institutions. Users can now access a dashboard of recent activity and query ChatGPT with questions informed by their actual financial data. The company also partnered with Intuit to allow scheduling of sessions with local tax experts inside the chatbot interface, with plans to expand the tool to a broader audience...

Intel late on Tuesday [Mar 2026] announced that its board of directors had elected Dr. Craig H. Barratt as independent chairman, who will assume his role in mid-May after the company's Annual Stockholders’ Meeting. Craig H. Barratt, who has an engineering background, will replace Frank D. Yeary, who will retire from Intel's BoD after spending around 17 years there. Barrat replaces Frank D. Yeary, who has a financial background and who once tried to split Intel into products and manufacturing companies and then get rid of the company's manufacturing assets. Instead of splitting Intel, Craig H. Barratt seems to envision...

Delivery robots are the wave of the future and growing in popularity in cities like Philadelphia, but one thing our four-wheeled friends have yet to master is how to look both ways before crossing the street. What we know: Video shared by Storyful shows the food delivery robot entering a crosswalk against a stop signal when it's hit by an oncoming truck. The delivery robot briefly stops, flashing heart eyes as the truck completes its right hand turn, before continuing on with a bum wheel. "Oh my god, he hit him! That’s so sad, he can’t move now," said Ashley...

ABEL OVERHAULS PORTFOLIO Notable positions cut, Alphabet more than tripled, Delta is back Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio got one of its biggest renovations ever during Greg Abel’s first three months as the company’s CEO, according to a new SEC filing. Two new names, Delta Air Lines and Macy’s , have been added to the list, along with increases for four holdings. Google parent Alphabet got the biggest boost as Berkshire increased the number of shares it owns by 224% in the first quarter. Given its size, the increase is almost certainly an Abel move that was either endorsed, or possibly...

Rachel Dolezal is once again drawing attention after revealing a new career direction, saying she is working toward becoming a certified sex coach following her previous stint on OnlyFans, TMZ reports. Dolezal, who goes by the name Nkechi Diallo, told the Daily Mail she is nearing completion of her certification, claiming she has logged nearly 300 hours of training. She said her goal is to focus on helping single mothers and busy parents improve their sex lives. Her comments come years after she became a controversial public figure following revelations that she had presented herself as Black while serving as...

In this Blaze Media article, Christian Toto argues that Hollywood has been warning audiences about the dangers of artificial intelligence for decades, often more prophetically than the tech industry would like to admit. The article opens with the “Terminator” franchise as perhaps the most famous cinematic warning about unchecked AI, with Skynet representing the nightmare scenario of machines turning against humanity. * “Her” is presented as a quieter but deeply relevant warning about AI replacing human intimacy, especially as real-world AI companionship and digital romance become increasingly normalized. * “Ex Machina” explores the danger of artificial beings that can manipulate...

The Jiuzhang 4.0 can manipulate and detect 3,050 photons at once, which is 10 times more than its predecessor. Jiuzhang 4.0, China’s latest photonic quantum computer, is staking a claim to quantum supremacy. The photonic supercomputer completed a complex calculation in microseconds, which the world’s fastest supercomputer would take 10^42 years to complete. Often referred to as the next frontier of computing, quantum computers are being sought to complete calculations that are impossible for classical computers. Scientists hope that quantum computers will help us solve problems like climate change and accelerate drug discovery. At the core of quantum computing are...

An artificial intelligence data center was running up a water bill for the ages, and local residents were the ones to point out the problem. In November, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Microsoft had a new “superfactory” named Fairwater spanning over 1 million square feet outside of Atlanta. Chief Technical Officer Mark Russinovich explained why the site is so massive. “To make improvements in the capabilities of the AI, you need to have larger and larger infrastructure to train it,” he said in a statement. The site developer, Quality Technology Services, purchased the plot in 2022 for $154 million. Ironically, Microsoft...

Nikola Tesla’s research seems to be popping up quite frequently these days. From researchers in Finland and Japan testing wireless energy transmission systems to using copper to creating giant plants. It would seem more people are discovering the benefits of tapping into the electricity and electrons in the air via what Tesla called the æther. Even French scientist Mr. Christofleau tapped into it to cause plants to explode in growth! How is it done? Well, one of the main tools is…copper. Here’s a short clip that shows the results of using copper in gardening (given the nickname: electro culture)

Last December, in a piece called “The Data Center Backlash Is Global,” I reported that residents around the world were rising up against Big Tech just as they have risen up against Big Wind and Big Solar, rejecting applications to use land.Sure, AI may be a world-changing technology, but the rush to build massive new data centers has resulted in dozens of rejections or restrictions on projects from Indianapolis to Dublin, Ireland. People are worried about property values, water usage, electricity costs and what it means for the neighborhood: “quality-of-life impacts,” as a member of the Indianapolis council, who led...

The road to working and studying in the United States may soon become much tougher for thousands of skilled professionals and international students. The Trump administration is preparing a fresh set of immigration restrictions that could affect almost every major pathway used by foreign talent, from H-1B work visas to student work permits and even employment-based green cards. While several of the proposed rules are still under review, immigration lawyers, universities, and companies say the impact is already being felt. Employers are becoming more cautious, students are growing anxious and legal experts say visa scrutiny has dramatically increased. For Indian...

The launch of ChatGPT in 2022 ignited the artificial-intelligence boom—and elicited a chorus of warnings from AI bosses of an impending jobs apocalypse. Never mind that they have reason to talk up the disruptiveness of their products, or that rich-world employment is near all-time highs—the dark message has landed. Seven in ten Americans think AI will make it harder for people to find work; nearly a third fear for their own jobs. A dearth of openings for college graduates—especially computer programmers—amplifies the dread. The past offers some solace for the anxious. Labour markets constantly change. Today’s offices would be unrecognisable...

A viral X post claims Anthropic’s Claude AI helped recover 5 Bitcoin worth nearly $400,000 after more than a decade of failed attempts. A pile of cryptocurrencies. Unsplash An X user says an AI chatbot helped recover nearly $400,000 worth of forgotten Bitcoin from an old college-era wallet, turning a decade-long crypto nightmare into one of the internet’s strangest comeback stories this week. The user, who goes by “Cprkrn” on X, claimed they regained access to 5 Bitcoin that had been locked away for more than 11 years. The coins were reportedly bought when Bitcoin traded near $250. Today, that...

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It’s hard to even imagine now, but immediately after it launched in 2004, there was nothing on the internet cooler than Facebook. It was initially available only to Harvard students, then gradually expanded to students at other elite colleges, giving it an aura of exclusivity that founder Mark Zuckerberg clearly coveted. By the time it opened up to public accounts in 2006, the hype was palpable, paving the way to an explosive initial public offering in 2012. Since those salad days, its trajectory has never been quite the same. Sure, it’s maintained market share with a series of cynical acquisitions...