Hackers can siphon data from a Neuralink computer chip embedded in a person’s brain, the first patient to receive the advanced medical device had admitted. Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was left paralyzed below the shoulder after a diving accident, discussed the threat of hackers in a candid podcast interview with Joe Rogan. Asked … Read more
Elon Musk has confirmed that he recently had a third child with Neuralink CEO Shivon Zilis, who works for his brain implant company. Musk, 52, was accused of keeping the birth of the child – his twelfth in total – a secret after news of the birth was made public through media reports. The billionaire … Read more
Tesla investors are lobbying to shoot down the largest moonshot compensation plan in history. A group including New York City pension funds filed a notice Monday urging others to vote against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s $46 billion stock option package at the company’s June 13 shareholder meeting. New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who serves … Read more
Elon Musk’s Neuralink knew its brain implant was unlikely to function properly in its first human patient, but went ahead with the surgery anyway, a new report claims. In January, the company implanted a brain chip in its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down following a 2016 diving accident. But … Read more
Neuralink’s first human implant hit a problem last week, with reports suggesting tiny wires crucial to detecting brain signals became loose. Sources familiar with the matter revealed that this problem has been known to Elon Musk’s company for years. Three sources familiar with the testing claim that animal tests conducted before last year’s US approval … Read more