Synchron CEO and founder Tom Oxley holding the Stentrode implant. Source: Synchron Endovascular brain computer company Synchron has begun US human trials of a brain implant that allows the user to control a computer using thoughts alone. The Stentrode implant is roughly the size of a paperclip and will be trialled on six New York/Pittsburgh…
Connect Hearing suggests the reason why so many people will have a hearing impairment by 2060 is because of Australia’s ageing population. Source: Freepik. There’s hope for the future that hearing loss could be reversed now that researchers have found the master gene to this issue. A new study by Northwestern University in Chicago details…
Labor’s new housing policy, “Help to Buy”, aims to assist first-time buyers with government assistance, although the Coalition have described the scheme as essentially a “death tax”. Source: File photo As the Federal Election race really heats up, one of the terms that has been bandied about by the Coalition is the “death tax”. Labor…
TikTok was the most downloaded app in 2020 and 2021. Source: Freepik A new program is set to be introduced that allows certain creators to make money from the TikTok Pulse initiative. Essentially publishers that have at least 100,00 followers and with videos in the top four per cent, will be able to profit from…
Defence Minister Peter Dutton reiterated Australia’s desire for a “strong friendship” with Solomon Islands. Source: Wikimedia Commons The Australian Government has reiterated the need for a “strong friendship” with Solomon Islands, after their Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare unleased a furious broadside against the West. After telling parliament that criticism from local civil society groups meant…
“In the hyper digital era that we live in, the community connection that Starbucks has always created is equally powerful,” Starbucks said. Source : Wikimedia Commons. Fancy an NFT with that oat milk, extra shot flat white? Then no worries because Starbucks has you covered with their very own NFTs that are set to be…
She will also be the first openly LGBTQI member in the press secretary position. Source: Wilson Center. The deputy press secretary is set to take the top spot after her senior Jen Psaki has decided to leave the administration on May 13. It’s a momentous occasion for Ms Jean-Pierre as she’ll become the first black…
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese will end Australia’s live sheep export industry if elected later this month, according to an official statement. Published by the ABC, a Labor Party spokesperson confirmed the trade would be banned completely, something that had been in the pipeline for over 20 years. “An elected Albanese Labor government will phase out…
Stephen Alvarez in the glyph chamber, 19th Unnamed Cave, Alabama (photograph by A. Cressler). Source: Cambridge University Using state of the art 3D photogrammetry, researchers were able to discover one of the biggest Native American cave paintings to date. Coined by archaeologists as the 19th Unnamed Cave, it contains about 5km worth of tunnels where…
Ben Roberts-Smith’s ongoing defamation battle has been marred with allegations of collusion between former soldiers. Source: Woodzog The legal battle between Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith and three big newspapers resumed hostilities today, with more accusations of collusion from a witness. A former SAS patrol commander, codenamed Person 29 for this trial, was called by…