Facebook's Zuckerberg lobbied against tiktok

US president Trump's measures against tiktok may not have come from Chinafobia.

Facebook's CEO Marc Zuckerberg has been actively lobbying against the popular Chinese internet video company.

Maybe Trump owned Facebook a little favour after his 2016 election?

With this move the US is following China's example of nationalising the internet.

This may have far reaching implications for the open internet as we know it.

It might also backlash if other countries take the same actions against US internet companies.

 

If you could read my mind: brain monitoring implants

Neuralink, a company owned by  Elon Musk, is working on brain reading implants.

A first application could be giving direct brain instructions for certain tasks. 

The readings are currently not precise enough for more impactful applications.

The company is concentrating on basic enabling technology: real time reading of brain activity and surgery for inserting and removing the implant.

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