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Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone after earlier struggles to gain approval. The FDA nod "represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people," Neuralink said in a tweet. It did not elaborate on the aims of the study, saying only that it was not recruiting yet and more details would be available soon. Neuralink and the FDA did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment. Musk envisions brain implants could cure a range of conditions including obesity, autism, depression, and schizophrenia as well as enabling web browsing and telepathy. He made headlines late last year when he said he was so confident in the devices' safety that he would be willing to implant them in his children. On at least four occasions since 2019, Musk predicted Neuralink would begin hum...

OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in television programmes with the Health Ministry likely to amend the relevant rules, officials sources said on Thursday. The ministry is actively considering amending the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Rules, 2004, and a notification in this regard is likely to be issued soon, they said. According to the draft notification, publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required to display anti-tobacco health spots each of a minimum of 30 seconds at the beginning and middle of the programme, an official source told PTI. They shall also be required to exhibit an anti-tobacco health warning as a prominent static message at the bottom of the screen when tobacco products or their use are displayed during the p...

Dubai, that in recent years has established itself as a modern infrastructural marvel, is set to host the first Bitcoin Tower in the world. Essentially, this Bitcoin Tower will be a hotel, with its shape inspired by the first cryptocurrency to ever exist. This architectural wonder will be loaded with a bunch of pro-blockchain and Web3-supportive services and offerings, with the aim of innovating and trying multiple use cases of these up-and-coming next-gen technologies. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) , this one-of-its-kind facility aims to eradicate the use of paper and other eco-concerning factors from its business operations by largely relying on the blockchain technology for day-to-day work. Salvatore Leggiero, the real estate developer behind this Bitcoin Tower project in Dubai, shared details on the project along with visual glimpses of what it would be designed like, at the COP28 meeting that was held in Dubai on May 24, a report by Finbold noted. As a tribute to Bitcoin ...

State-sponsored Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure networks, the United States, its Western allies and Microsoft said Wednesday while warning that similar espionage attacks could be occurring globally. Microsoft highlighted Guam, a US territory in the Pacific Ocean with a vital military outpost, as one of the targets, but said "malicious" activity had also been detected elsewhere in the United States. It said the hacking, dubbed "Volt Typhoon", had started in mid-2021 and was likely aimed at hampering the United States if there was conflict in the region. "Microsoft assesses with moderate confidence that this Volt Typhoon campaign is pursuing development of capabilities that could disrupt critical communications infrastructure between the United States and Asia region during future crises," the statement said. "In this campaign, the affected organizations span the communications, manufacturing, utility, transportation, co...