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UC Davis brain implant lets ALS patient speak with 99% accuracy and work full time, no researchers needed

A man with ALS has been using a brain implant to speak independently for more than 3,800 hours over the past two years, producing nearly 2 million words with an average speed of 56 words per minute. The study, published Monday in Nature…

SpaceX's blistering start still faces key tests that will determine the stock's true value

SpaceX's stock has yet to face true price discovery.

California’s tectonic systems at highest levels of stress in 1,000 years – study

San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems in ‘critically loaded state’, increasing chance of ‘big one’ quake in future Southern California’s San Andreas and San Jacinto fault systems are at their highest levels of tectonic stress in 1,000…

Michael Burry says he's tempted to bet against SpaceX, but passes on expensive options

Burry argued the company's market capitalization had reached levels that dwarf many established businesses and fortunes.

SpaceX valuation balloons to $2.6T, briefly passes Amazon

SpaceX's valuation has increased by $1 trillion since its shares started trading on Friday.

Pasifika women still face breast cancer inequities - researcher

A New Zealand oncologist and researcher says the country's health system needs to be easily accessible and culturally safe to help narrow inequities in breast cancer care.

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Technical factors are adding fuel to SpaceX's meme stock fire

Options, leveraged ETFs and index arbitrage are likely boosting the stock ahead of its inclusion in some benchmark stock indexes.

Banned but still paid: How disinformation accounts keep monetising on Facebook

A new study shows that Facebook pages flagged more than 10 times for fake content by fact-checkers still make money off their content, including after suspension.

SpaceX trading hits ‘bonkers’ levels as new ETFs see a massive cash influx

Newly launched leveraged ETFs are seeing heavy inflows as investors look for fresh ways to play the SpaceX hype.

‘We will defend this territory with our lives’: Activists blockade Topolobampo ammonia plant

Before dawn on Monday, Indigenous activists opposing a controversial ammonia plant in the northwestern Port of Topolobampo, Sinaloa, moved an encampment to block the access road leading to the facility, escalating a 12-year conflict that…

A new Android trojan called Rokarolla targets 217 banking apps and can steal your PIN, SMS codes, and crypto wallet…

Security researchers at Zimperium’s zLabs have documented a new Android banking trojan that targets 217 banking and cryptocurrency applications and carries 137 remote commands, giving an operator near-total control of an infected phone…