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Tech billionaire Elon Musk is announcing a new venture called Neuralink focused on linking brains to computers. The company plans to develop brain implants that can treat neural disorders - and that may one day be powerful enough to put humanity on a more even footing with possible future superintelligent computers, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing unnamed sources. [FULL STORY]
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UK GOVT ORDERS JULIAN ASSANGE'S EXTRADITION; APPEAL PLANNED
The British government ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face spying charges, a milestone - but not the end of a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website's publication of classified U.S. documents.
SOUTH KOREA LAUNCHES FIRST SATELLITE WITH HOMEGROWN ROCKET
South Korea conducted its first successful satellite launch using a domestically developed rocket on Tuesday, officials said, boosting its growing aerospace ambitions and demonstrating it has key technologies needed to launch spy satellites and build larger missiles amid tensions with rival North Korea.
RESEARCHERS HOPE FIREFLIES WILL AID ROBOT COMMUNICATION
Researchers from the University of Colorado are studying the Great Smoky Mountains' synchronous fireflies to determine whether understanding the way they communicate could help with developing robot communication.
SOUTH KOREA HITS DOZENS WITH TRAVEL BANS AMID CRYPTO PROBE
South Korean prosecutors have barred dozens of people connected to Terraform Labs from leaving the country as they expand an investigation into a $40 billion collapse of the company's cryptocurrency that devastated traders around the world.
GOOGLE EXEC TO UN: UKRAINE 'A CRYSTAL BALL' FOR INFO WARFARE
A Google executive warned the U.N. Security Council that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of information warfare being waged in Ukraine are a "crystal ball" for future problems elsewhere.
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES BIG INVESTMENTS FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION
Kentucky took a step toward closing its digital divide when Gov.
CRYPTO INVESTORS' HOT STREAK ENDS AS HARSH 'WINTER' DESCENDS
The wealth-generating hot streak for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has turned brutally cold.
CALIFORNIA MAY MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA FIRMS REPORT ENFORCEMENT
Social media companies would have to make public their policies for removing problem content and give detailed accounts of how and when they remove it, under a proposal being considered by California legislators who blame online chatter for encouraging violence and undermining democracy.
CEMENT CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS QUIETLY DOUBLE IN 20 YEARS
Heat trapping carbon dioxide emissions from making cement, a less talked about but major source of carbon pollution, have doubled in the last 20 years, new global data shows.
CALIFORNIA EMISSIONS, CARBON NEUTRALITY PLAN DRAWS CRITICISM
California air regulators are likely to hear a barrage of criticism on a plan to slash fossil fuel use and reach carbon neutrality by 2045, a proposal that would require a sweeping shift in how the state powers its massive economy in the face of climate change.
