Decades after the first demonstration of brain computer interfaces, we have reached a “tipping point” in creating the first reliable devices that can read our thoughts, according to the man who pioneered the technology. Professor John Donoghue, who developed BrainGate – the first “brain chip” – at Brown University in Rhode Island, has just shared […]
Half a dozen beavers have been legally released at two sites in Somerset in a bid to restore a river and wetland. The releases, one involving a mother and her three children and another involving a pair of Eurasian beavers, took place at spots across the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate on Exmoor on Tuesday. It
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Social media users have been warned they risk breaking the law by promoting weight-loss jabs, after posts by members of the public endorsing the injections were banned by the advertising regulator for the first time. The Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook posts used discount codes and referral links to advertise the drugs for the online pharmacies
Instagram and YouTube have been accused of “engineer[ing] addiction in children’s brains”, in the opening statements of a landmark social media trial taking place in LA. Mark Lanier, representing plaintiffs who accuse social media companies of developing harmful and addictive platforms, described the case as being “as easy as ABC”, which he said stands for
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Drinking tea or coffee may help preserve brain function and reduce dementia risk, a large US study has suggested. Researchers said those who had the highest daily intake of caffeinated coffee had an 18% lower risk of developing dementia compared to those with the lowest such intake. People who drank the most tea appeared to
When leading AI company Anthropic launched its latest AI model, Claude Opus 4.6, at the end of last week, it broke many measures of intelligence and effectiveness – including one crucial benchmark: the vending machine test. Yes, AIs run vending machines now, under the watchful eyes of researchers at Anthropic and AI thinktank Andon Labs.
Half of parents say their children have never spoken to them about harmful online content, polling suggests – with around a quarter unaware of what they are seeing on their smartphones. The research by YouGov – which surveyed 1,030 parents of children aged eight to 14 – was commissioned by the government, as it consults
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All 29-year-old French citizens are to be encouraged by their government to have babies while they still can. Health officials say the aim is to avoid these men and women facing fertility problems later on and thinking “if only I had known”. The strategy is one part of a 16-point-plan to boost the fertility rate
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Social media is on trial in Los Angeles. What happens next could change the way they operate. Inside LA’s superior court, a landmark trial is getting under way. Social media companies are being accused of being addictive by design, a bit like tobacco and cigarettes were in the 1980s. They’ll face around 22 “bellwether” lawsuits,
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The face of a “vampire” whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years. Discovered in a grave at Racesa, a fortress in eastern Croatia, the body had been exhumed, beheaded and reburied face down beneath heavy stones. And since