One of Elon Musk’s companies, NeuraLink, has reported successfully implanting a human patient with a human-computer interface. In this case, the human computer interface is a microchip with 1000 electrodes connecting micro-thin wires to human neurons. The chip is able to register electrochemical signals emitted by the brain and report those signals to a computer....
In a show of bipartisan support, Congress grilled the CEOs of the world’s largest social networks yesterday. We’ve been reporting on the ills of social media since El Jefe began making the rounds on Fox News Radio in 2017. It took Congress 7 years and them all complaining about how the social networks favor conservatives...
In the latest round of media takeover attempts, Alien Media Group has placed an offer to buy Paramount and all of its media assets in an estimated $30 billion, with a ‘B’, deal. Byron Allen, head of Allen Media Group, says he’s in the market to buy Paramount for $14 billion and assume all of...
Speaking at the 58th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis urged the world to be careful in its use and consumption of AI. The Pope warned the faithful of how AI abuse can spread disinformation via images and speech. We need but think of the long-standing problem of disinformation in the form of fake...
Yesterday, the Macintosh computer turned 40 years old. I don’t want to say by how much, but that makes me feel old, because I’m older than the Mac. My first real experience with modern computing was on an Apple IIe running LOGO, but I’ve fallen in love with the Mac. The first Mac was released...
Eli Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, have been charged with scamming Denver-area parishioners out of more than $3 million in a cryptocurrency scam. God told me investors would get rich… Eli Regalado Eli and Kaitlin ran Kingdom Wealth Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange platform, and marketed INDXcoin as a highly profitable security. INDXcoin proved to be...
(Courtesy: Apple, Inc.) We first reported on Apple’s augmented reality (AR) headset, the Vision Pro last June. Apple’s headset sported futuristic technology and mixed mode use. The visor can go completely opaque or translucent depending on the use case. El Jefe was giddy with excitement. He was working on a VR side project for Oculus...
It ain’t easy being an introvert. Now that COVID is endemic to society it seems like the world is full of parties and get-togethers. Your friends want to monopolize your Saturday nights. Your husband wants to relive his 30s. Meanwhile, I just want to layup and Netflix and chill in my Snuggie. I’ve spent many...
Just as the world was getting used to having AI everywhere, we learn the bad boys are still up to their dirty tricks. The friendly hackers at Trail of Bits have discovered an exploit in GPUs, graphics processing units, that are used to power most of the world’s AI systems. What Are GPUs? GPUs are...
Holiday vacation never seems to be long enough. When El Jefe told me I’d be writing theSync’s 2024 Preview, I thought he was sending me to Vegas to cover next week’s CES. But noooooooo. He wanted me to write a forward thinking piece about what to expect in 2024. 2023 Was a Weird Wild Year...