Elon Musk showed a nine-minute, live-streamed video demonstration of the patient using the first Neuralink brain implant to play chess. Volunteer Noland Arbaugh, who had the coin-sized chip placed in his brain earlier this year, said he also played the video game Civilization for eight hours. The former athlete, who is paralyzed from the shoulders… Read More »
While some companies are developing AI-simulated first dates, others have developed chatbots for people to date. The introduction of these tools has also opened up a larger debate about the ethics of their use. (Steven Silcox/Photo illustration/CBC – image credit) In 2017, when Robert Winters was single, he used artificial intelligence to find more matches… Read More »
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Bird flu is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and baffling scientists who see no clear way to slow the devastating virus. The bird flu epidemic that started worldwide in 2020 led to the death of millions of domestic birds and… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. About 74,000 years ago, Sumatra’s Mount Toba experienced a supereruption, one of the largest eruptions in Earth history, potentially leading to a major disruption in the world’s climate. Some scientists suspect that the volcanic winter… Read More »
About 71% of middle school teachers say cell phones have a weak impact on student behavior, according to a survey. The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) education committee has found in its annual survey that its members have a number of concerns about mobile phones in classrooms. The survey was conducted in February 2024 and… Read More »
Credit: Getty Images Aside from centerpieces, natural diamond engagement rings, and home ownership, apparently carrying a physical wallet is also a great gift no matter what generation you’re in. In fact, many headlines suggest that digital wallets (Apple Wallet on iPhones, Google Wallet and PayPal on Androids) are the only way for the Gen Z… Read More »
Chinese officials decried the lack of “fairness” in the United States last week following the swift passage of a House bill calling for Chinese company ByteDance to divest popular social media app TikTok. A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry accused the United States of using national security as a cover to “deliberately suppress other countries’… Read More »
Robert Dedlow, owner of Kentor Canyon Farms in Fillmore, cuts organic thyme while touring his farm in 2021. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) To help California combat climate change, air quality regulators want 20% of the state’s farmland to become organic by 2045. This means converting approximately 65,000 acres of conventional fields to… Read More »
The Justice Department and more than a dozen state attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against Apple, claiming the tech giant has an illegal monopoly on the smartphone market. Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters this morning that Apple “maintained its monopoly power in the smartphone market not only by staying ahead of the competition… Read More »