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ALS patient becomes first person to tweet with just his brain

TechSpot

New York brain-computer interface company Synchron announced on December 23 that 62-year-old Philip O’Keefe, who suffers from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), published a tweet using its flagship stentrode device (below). O’Keefe sent it using the account of Synchron CEO Thomas Oxley.

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Here’s all 10 companies from IndieBio’s latest New York cohort

TechCrunch

I hopped on a call with IndieBio NY’s Chief Science Officer Julie Wolf, who told me a bit about what each company in this latest New York batch is working on. The company’s website says its drug (PNX3) “docks to Pannexin 1 channel and blocks it” — regulating one of the ways the brain processes ATP as pain.

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Driving the Polestar 2, the first electric car with a brain by Google

The Verge

What better way to shake off my COVID-19 cabin fever than carving up one of the most scenic drives in New York State in a brand new electric car? It’s the first electric car — or really the first of any kind of car — to have a brain exclusively powered by Google. But the Polestar 2 is not just any EV.

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A new AI test is outwitting OpenAI, Google models, among others

Mashable Tech

There's some critical thinking involved, but the ARC-AGI test wouldn't be out of place next to the New York Times crossword puzzle, Wordle, or any of the other popular brain teasers. It's challenging but not impossible and the answer is there in the puzzle's logic, which is something the human brain has evolved to interpret.

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‘I was told I don’t have the right brain’: Read the NYT’s damning report on Coinbase

The Verge

Two days ago, Coinbase did something we rarely see a company do: it gave the world a heads-up that The New York Times would soon publish “a negative story” about how “several Black employees had negative experiences at Coinbase over the last few years.”. Again, you can read the full damning report at The New York Times.

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NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for March 24

Mashable Tech

Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. And just like Wordle , Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

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The US Army is funding research into silent communication via brain signals

TechSpot

It is being led by researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of California, Berkeley; Duke University; and New York University, along with. As reported by C4isrnet, the US Army Research Office has put up $6.25 million in funding for the project over the next five years.