Technology News for Thursday 21st March 2024

1. Musk's Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess

March 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess. Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralyzed below the shoulder after a ...

2. Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant

Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company's brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer. Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first human patient to ever get implanted with Neuralink's device.

3. Neuralink: Musk's firm says first brain-chip patient plays online chess

Neuralink Noland Arbaugh using his thoughts to play online chess. Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulders, received a chip implant in January. Elon Musk's ...

4. Our favorite large-screen computer monitor is 43% off at Amazon today

The Samsung M80C is a 32-inch, 4K monitor. This provides a substantial amount of space for productivity work. And that 4K resolution really helps with keeping fine detail like text clear, even when you sit far away.

5. BMW's Vision Neue Klasse X Has a Car-Wide Screen and a 'Joy' Brain

The German automaker exposes what the next generation of BMW EVs will look like inside and out—including better batteries, a fancy new central computer, and a massive new windscreen display.

6. iOS 17.4 Is Here, but Don't Miss Out on These iOS 17.3 Features

If you attempt to change these settings when you're away from a familiar location, like your home, Stolen Device Protection will require you to enter your biometric info, like your facial scan or fingerprint, twice; once initially and then again after an ...

7. Perplexity's Founder Was Inspired by Sundar Pichai. Now They're Competing to Reinvent Search

Aravind Srinivas credits Google CEO Sundar Pichai for giving him the freedom to eat eggs. Srinivas remembers the moment seven years ago when an interview with Pichai popped up in his YouTube feed. His vegetarian upbringing in India had excluded eggs, ...

8. Microsoft bets on start-ups to extend AI lead with hiring of Inflection chief

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella's bet on ChatGPT maker OpenAI gave the tech giant early ascendancy in the race to commercialise generative artificial intelligence. He has looked again at a start-up to extend that advantage. On Tuesday, ...

9. Text-to-Video AI Could Change How We Think

As economists make forecasts about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on human jobs, educators worry about detecting AI-generated writing. Educators and students alike wonder: How much effort should humans exert in writing now?

10. Samsung 2024 TV and Audio Products Now Available for Pre-Order

Samsung Electronics America today officially kicked off pre-order of its 2024 TV and audio lineup with powerful AI-driven features. This includes the latest Samsung Neo QLED 8K, Neo QLED 4K, OLED, and The Frame, plus the all-new Music Frame – a ...

11. Princess Peach: Showtime! is a brisk, colorful Nintendo Switch game for all ages

The game follows Princess Peach as she attends a performance at the Sparkle Theater, only to have the villain Grape hijack the venue and temporarily put it out of commission. With the help of the theater's guardian, Stella, Peach dons several unique ...

12. Moto G Power 5G (2024) Review: A $300 Motorola Gem With Enhanced Upgrades

Motorola's quality of life upgrades, like wireless charging and NFC for Google Pay, make this affordable phone shine.

13. Google's new initiative aims to forecast floods in India using AI: Here's how

In a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for the betterment of humanity, Google has partnered with Apollo Hospitals in India to pioneer early disease detection. Now, Google researchers are setting ...

14. Qualcomm's Next Chip Improves AI and Gaming on More Affordable Phones

Qualcomm has been on a roll introducing new chips with on-device generative AI, bringing the next hot technology to smartphones even when they aren't connected to mobile networks. The company's next silicon is for phones priced below the top-tier ...

15. The Omega x Swatch Snoopy MoonSwatch Has Landed

Swatch is calling this latest collaboration with Omega the Mission to Moonphase. The new model is all white, to celebrate the full moon, apparently, and will go on sale March 26, but no price is mentioned in the launch materials.

16. Skip the delivery, and pick up Solo Stove's Pi Prime Pizza Oven while it's 20% off instead

The Pi Prime uses a single gas burner to cook pizzas fast, and we love that it delivers a consistently delicious final product. Now it's on sale for $70, making it even more affordable than its regular price.

17. How Apple's Embrace Of AI Will Transform The iPhone Forever

When it was revealed at the beginning of this week that Apple was working with Google to introduce some AI features to the iPhone, it caused a stir. The first revelations came from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, and they were a surprise to everybody.

18. “Barbie Bootcamp:” A Look Inside the Mattel Archive That Inspired the Film

“Barbie Bootcamp:” A Look Inside the Mattel Archive That Inspired the Film ... As the doll celebrates its 65th anniversary, Mattel execs Lisa McKnight and Kim Culmone look back at what the movie unearthed (see: Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken).

19. Pre-order these bleeding-edge 2024 Samsung's TVs, including the new Frame

Preorders are open for Samsung's very latest 4K and 8K QLED and OLED TVs, as well as the newest edition of the Frame smart TV. Right now, when you head over to Samsung's website to preorder any of these new TVs, Samsung is throwing in a free, ...

20. Austin food trucks must travel to get inspected. Soon inspectors may come to them.

Sergio Trujillo started Desnudo three years ago as a table at the Barton Creek Farmers Market. Now, the line for his coffee often stretches across the food truck park on Webberville Road where he sets up shop. But once a year, that all comes to a stop.

21. Microsoft Announces New Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 Models With Intel Core Ultra

Microsoft delivers long-overdue CPU updates to a pair of Surface lines, along with better webcams and wider 5G support.

22. Samsung's 2024 Frame 4K TV is now available for preorder: Get a second TV for free

Starting today, when you preorder the 2024 edition of Samsung's Frame TV in any size, you'll receive a free 65-inch Samsung TU690T smart TV (a $380 value) with each order. The ...

23. Ex-French minister sparks controversy after calling for 3GB per week limit on data to make the internet less toxic

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem has been the target of online disinformation campaigns in the past. ERIC PIERMONT/AFP via Getty Images. Could “rationing the internet” ...

24. Britain's BBC considers building in-house AI model

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - Britain's national broadcaster the BBC is drawing up plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model using its text archives, the corporation said on Thursday. A BBC executive told a parliamentary committee ...

25. New BBC.com and BBC App launch globally

These new digital products deliver an experience as premium as our news and storytelling and offers us the opportunity for future growth as we remain focused on finding new and innovative ways to make BBC content more easily accessible across the globe ...

26. The MoonSwatch Snoopy just landed – and it defies our highest expectations

Two years after Swatch and Omega broke the internet with the first ever batch of MoonSwatches, the lively duo are at it again with by far the most iconic MoonSwatch to date. Yes, the MoonSwatch Snoopy has landed and it's the real deal.

27. The lock-in problem at the heart of the Apple monopoly lawsuit

Illustration of an iPhone surrounded by green and blue message bubbles. Green bubbles are actually a big part of the DOJ's case against Apple. Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge.

28. Facebook pokes making a 2024 comeback: Here's what it means and how to poke your friends

In one of the most surprising comebacks of the decade, poking has made a recent resurgence on Facebook. There has been a 13x spike in use of the feature that has been around since Facebook's early days, the platform posted Tuesday on Threads, ...

29. What the DOJ lawsuit against Apple could mean for consumers

The US Justice Department and more than a dozen states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday, accusing the company of monopolizing the smartphone market. The lawsuit alleges Apple kept prices and fees high and restricted developers of ...

30. The second-gen AirPods Pro with USB-C are down to $180, a new all-time low

Meta Quest 2 bundles also have new price floors, and you can find great deals on mobile accessories in the spring sales going on right now. By ...

31. How Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Helps Neural Networks Compute

Large language models do better at solving problems when they show their work. Researchers are beginning to understand why. Read Later. Writing out intermediate steps can make it easier to solve problems. Nick Slater for Quanta Magazine.

32. Microsoft debuts first Surface PCs with dedicated Copilot AI button

Microsoft on Thursday revealed the Surface Pro 10 for Business and Surface Laptop 6 for Business. The new PCs feature a dedicated Copilot button on the keyboard for quickly accessing the chatbot, following through on a promise the company made in ...

33. Facebook is bringing back the poke feature

But everyone loves a walk down memory lane—even Mark Zuckerberg. Ironically, it's not the people who remember this feature who are using it most. More than 50% of the pokes are coming from younger users between the ages of 18 and 29.