"Neuroprosthesis" restores words to man with paralysis
Researchers have successfully developed a 'speech neuroprosthesis' that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating signals from his brain to the vocal tract directly into words that appear as text on a screen......»»
Twitter restores Kanye West"s account after ban
The US rapper was accused of violating the rules on the social media platform now known as X......»»
Your genetic code has lots of "words" for the same thing—information theory may help explain the redundancies
Nearly all life, from bacteria to humans, uses the same genetic code. This code acts as a dictionary, translating genes into the amino acids used to build proteins. The universality of the genetic code indicates a common ancestry among all living org.....»»
Apple’s powerhouse headphone brand Beats has a new designer. See his first big product
We talk to Samuel Ross about the new Beats Studio Pro. It’s the first update to the Beats Studio line since 2017. I’m holding the box for Beats Studio3 headphones. They were released in 2017—in other words, a lifetime ago. The b.....»»
EU blesses transatlantic data sharing deal
The European Union on Monday gave final approval to an agreement with the US government that restores the ability for thousands of businesses to easily transfer the personal information of European citizens to servers located in the United States, an.....»»
TestFlight accepting visionOS apps as Vision Pro developer kit availability nears
On Thursday, Apple announced that developers can now submit beta apps built with Xcode 15 to TestFlight. In other words, this means that developers can invite users to try out versions of their apps built for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, tvOS 17, wa.....»»
Going deep with the Book 8088, the brand-new laptop that runs like it’s 1981
Stolen BIOS, stolen software, and half-busted hardware. But still... kind of neat? Enlarge / The Book 8088, a strange homebrewed curio that recalls the earliest days of x86 PCs. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) The words you.....»»
Unraveling the super-complex structure of supercooled liquids
When cooled to their freezing point, most liquids become solids or crystallize. In other words, the molecules arrange themselves in a perfectly ordered fashion, which physicists call a crystal. Supercooled liquids are different; they do not form such.....»»
NASA restores contact with Mars helicopter after nine weeks of silence
NASA has restored contact with its Mars helicopter after 63 days of silence. The communications dropout, however, wasn't unexpected......»»
New study reveals best words for brand slogans
A new study from Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), the University of Missouri and the University of Arizona has uncovered the word properties that make slogans effective, as the researchers found that the attributes that make a slogan easier to.....»»
New device opens door to storing quantum information as sound waves
Quantum computing, just like traditional computing, needs a way to store the information it uses and processes. On the computer you're using right now, information, whether it be photos of your dog, a reminder about a friend's birthday, or the words.....»»
FTC: Xbox-exclusive Starfield is “powerful evidence” against Activision deal
"Microsoft's actions following... acquisition of ZeniMax speak louder than... words." Enlarge / The fact that Starfield won't be on PlayStation means Microsoft could conceivably make the same decision for Call of Duty, the FTC ar.....»»
Apple wants to improve Messages dictation -- with an emoji twist
Apple research is focusing on how to further crack the surprisingly tricky business of turning the spoken word into emojis — and then adjusting that emoji to suit what a user's message means.Apparently there are times when words won't do, yet a lit.....»»
"Ducking hell" to disappear from Apple autocorrect
One of the most common swear words will no longer be automatically changed when typing......»»
Young children"s words predict reading ability—5 ways parents and caregivers can help grow them
Becoming a proficient reader holds endless possibilities for a child. These opportunties include long-term academic achievement and educational opportunities, daily life and eventual workplace success—and the magic of being transported to the world.....»»
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón"s words to Jupiter
A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth......»»
Google Assistant kills off support for third-party note apps
The Google Assistant continues to circle the drain, with yet another feature loss. Enlarge / The lettering "Hey Google" on the Google pavilion at the CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas in 2018. These words activate Goog.....»»
Vehicle stop study illuminates importance of officer"s first words
Eugenia Rho believes in the importance of first impressions, especially during vehicle stops......»»
Database stores names for family members in 1,200+ languages
The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights—including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and weasels......»»
Study points out errors in illustrations of one of the most famous scientific experiments
Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage that "a picture is worth a thousand words," these depictions of famous.....»»
Anthropic’s Claude AI can now digest an entire book like The Great Gatsby in seconds
Claude's input memory grows to 75,000 words, beating GPT-4 by a wide margin. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot reading a book. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) On Thursday, AI company Anthropic announce.....»»