Tesla will open two new Diner locations in the United States after its first location in Los Angeles has been a raging success, as it is constantly packed and serving food for 24 hours a day, every day. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the initial Diner location on Santa Monica Boulevard is “going well,”…
Elon Musk’s Neuralink is preparing to launch a landmark clinical trial in October 2025, aiming to help patients with severe speech impairments, including those affected by spinal injuries, stroke, and ALS, communicate directly using their thoughts. The US Food and Drug Administration has granted Neuralink a “Breakthrough Device” designation and investigational device exemption, allowing fast-track…
TORONTO — Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital’s partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. University Health Network announced earlier this month that two quadriplegic Canadian patients had received Musk’s Neuralink brain implants as part of a study testing the safety and effectiveness of the wireless device….
Attendees at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference last week witnessed a demonstration of both technological innovation and human resilience when Noland Arbaugh, the first human recipient of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface (BCI) chip, played chess using only his thoughts. Arbaugh also shared candid insights into his pioneering journey, including his memorable first encounter with Neuralink’s cofounder and…
Elon Musk’s brain chip Neuralink’s first participant Noland Arbaugh has shared his experience after the implant. During Neuralink’s ‘All Hands’ meeting, Arbaugh, the company’s first human brain chip recipient appeared on stage in a wheelchair to share how the technological experiment has transformed his life in the past 18 months. For those unaware, Arbaugh was…
Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, has achieved a milestone by successfully implanting its first wireless brain chip into a human patient. The individual, 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, who became paralyzed from the shoulders down after a 2016 swimming accident, has demonstrated the ability to control digital devices and even play video games using only his…
Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get a brain chip implant by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, has shared how the new technology has transformed his life 18 months after the surgery. Notably, Arbaugh had dislocated two of his vertebrae during a swimming accident in 2016 and thereafter lost sensation and movement below his shoulders. Arbaugh had…
It was February 2024 when Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get Elon Musk’s experimental brain chip, rolled across the stage in a wheelchair during a Neuralink “all hands” meeting, revealing his identity for the first time. The room, filled with Neuralink employees, erupted in applause as Arbaugh—who dislocated two of his vertebrae in a…
The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend, one company at a time. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights. Over the last year, the feud between Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman and Elon Musk has devolved into personal attacks, social media swipes, and lawsuits. Musk calls his foe Scam Altman and Swindly…
Good morning. In honor of Perplexity’s unsolicited $34.5 billion bid to acquire Google’s Chrome web browser amid U.S. antitrust scrutiny—a figure well beyond the San Francisco AI startup’s $18 billion valuation!—five things I’d like to place an unsolicited bid on with someone else’s money: But please, Marc—keep the disco ball. Today’s tech news below. —Andrew…