Australian man uses brain implant to send texts from his iPad
The Stentrode — a brain-computer interface implanted through minimally invasive surgery — has been used to send text messages from an iPad
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Oculus Founder Builds VR Headset That Kills User If They Die in Game
Oculus founder and defense contractor Palmer Luckey claims to have invented a VR headset that, should its wearer’s avatar die in a virtual reality game, bombards the wearer’s actual brain with microwaves until they die in real life, too. Ha ha. Cool… "The idea of tying your real life to your virtual avatar has always […]
Sell me this pen
We all love that scene in The Wolf of Wall Street. Some will even push the pen analogy to their grandmother, but what does it mean? For selling a random pen, to a random person, the character of the movie pushes the boundaries of understanding one core principle: What does any unspecific pen have for …
Link Building: Using Effective Tactics to Increase Your Traffic
An effective link-building strategy will keep you one step ahead of the crowd—as long as you’re not using black hat tactics. Although most web owners ignore this technique, reports still reveal that 35% of clients will spend $1000 a month (or less) on their link building!
This shows how much value some marketers place on backlinks. A project, if carried out successfully, can give you an incredible turnover within a defined timeline.
In theory, however, this sounds easy but in reality, it can turn your whole marketing plan upside down, if you don’t do it the right way. In a 2019 report by SEO tribunal, 65% of marketers affirm that link building is the hardest SEO tactic to complete. Considering its overwhelming steps, most marketers simply avoid it, while putting more effort into other "easier" strategies.
JS Arrow Functions for Newbies
Arrow Functions are a new ES6 js feature that has its pros and cons. This article covers the basic difference between regular functions and arrow functions as well as the use of ‘this’ keyword.
New ultra-stealthy Linux backdoor isn’t your everyday malware discovery
Symbiote gives remote access to any account. Normal methods don’t detect it.
Quantum computer succeeds where a classical algorithm fails
Quantum computers coupled with traditional machine learning show clear benefits.
The CEO Who Fired 900 People Over Zoom Is in Big Legal Trouble
Better? After firing scores of employees over Zoom, the CEO of Better.com is in legal hot water for allegedly defrauding investors. Best known for firing 900 people a video call, Better.com CEO Vishal Garg is now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, being sued for misrepresenting his company’s prospects while it attempts to go public at […]
Guy Trains Particularly Horrible AI Bot Using Millions of 4Chan Posts
Bad Seed Considering that a guy VICE reported on Tuesday built an AI bot from millions of 4chan posts and got — as expected — absolute shitposts, maybe instead of worrying more about the current reality that trains artificial intelligence and a lot less about what AI might do or say or be in the […]
Apple releases macOS Big Sur 11.6.7 with bug fixes
Apple has released macOS Big Sur 11.6.7 to the public with a fix for email attachments.macOS Big Sur 11.6.7 now availableThe macOS Big Sur 11.6.7 release arrives during Apple’s busy WWDC week with a small bug fix. Mail and apps like Outlook would run into an error when opening attachments, and that has been addressed.
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