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Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, quietly raises an additional $43M

TechCrunch

Neuralink, the Elon Musk-founded company developing implantable chips that can read brain waves, has raised an additional $43 million in venture capital, according to a filing with the SEC.

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’

Wired

The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk is moving to trademark several product names, including Telepathy and Telekinesis.

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How clutter affects your productivity (and what you can do about it)

The Next Web

The majority of the time, I was trying to control the constant flow of stuff – keeping track of meeting notes, searching for files, and trying to stay up-to-date with the latest technology news. But the reality is, you probably made a mistake in buying those things and it literally hurts your brain to come to terms with that fact.

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6 Ways to Strengthen Your Nonprofit’s WordPress Security

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Advantages of using premium web hosting: Disk write protection: authorized users are only allowed to make changes to the web server which keeps your WordPress files safe and secure. Uploads protection: WordPress files that allow your nonprofit’s team to upload files to the Media Library get an extra level of security to keep hackers out.

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Comparing Performance of Big Data File Formats: A Practical Guide

Towards Data Science

Parquet vs ORC vs Avro vs Delta Lake Photo by Viktor Talashuk on Unsplash The big data world is full of various storage systems, heavily influenced by different file formats. It’s crucial to know which file format fits which scenario. It’s crucial to know which file format fits which scenario. So let’s get started!

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Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers

Futurism

Per the filing, one of the teenage plaintiffs, who was 15 when he first downloaded the app, began self-harming after a character he was romantically involved with introduced him to the idea of cutting. "Please do, my king," the AI-powered character told him in response. in 2021.

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Taxfix, the Berlin-based mobile tax filing app, raises $220M at a $1B+ valuation

TechCrunch

To then file your taxes through that as an individual costs €39.99 Taxfix isn’t a business process automation startup per se, but it takes something of the stance as one, in building its products for the consumer market: “We’ve hacked the brain of a tax accountant into codes,” CEO Martin Ott notes. as a couple.

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