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The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup's founder Elon Musk said late on Monday. "Progress is good, and the patient seems to have made a full recovery, with no ill effects that we are aware of. Patient is able to move a mouse around the screen by just thinking," Musk said in a Spaces event on social media platform X. Musk said Neuralink was now trying to get as many mouse button clicks as possible from the patient. Neuralink did not immediately reply to Reuters' request for further details. Neuralink logo and Elon Musk silhouette are seen in this illustration taken, December 19, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab The firm successfully implanted a chip on its first human patient last month, after receiving approval for human trial recruitment in September. The...

A Sydney man has slammed a popular bar and restaurant after he was charge d an extra service fee for his beer. The man took to social media to express his frustration after he ordered a beer at the Bavarian Bier Cafe in Sydney’s Entertainment Quarter. The man claimed the price of the beer had increased from the menu price by $1.73 once he got to the bar to pay. Make huge savings at your favourite stores with 7NEWS Coupons >> “These fees are getting out of control ,” he said in a Reddit post. “The beer was advertised at $12, when I went to pay, the EFTPOS terminal said $13.30 and the final price was $13.73.” Many took to the comments of the Reddit post to express their confusion over the surcharge, with some pointing out the restaurant had a long list of surcharges. “I know, it shouldn’t be legal to list a price you can’t actually pay,” one user said. A Sydney man has slammed a popular bar after he was charged an extra surcharge on his beer.  Credit: AAP “As if 12 bucks for a be...

YouTube is making some important changes to its ad control s available to creators . Starting in November, the platform will drop individual ad control s in YouTube Studio for pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, and non-skippable ads on new videos. The news was revealed through a support document from the company bylined by “Rob,” a member of the YouTube team. The new changes will allow creators to choose between having ads before or after a video on or off. If creators choose to have ads, YouTube will choose whether to show pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, or non-skippable ads "when appropriate." “Most creators shouldn’t notice a change as they already have many of these ad formats turned on by default,” Rob said. “In the last year, for long-form videos that were enabled for monetization at the time of publishing, more than 90 percent of videos had pre-roll, post-roll, skippable, and non-skippable ads turned on.” Read: China's T...

Spotify has improved its Group Session feature by launching shared volume control that would let listeners in group s adjust the volume of a song when sharing a compatible speaker with the host. The Group Session feature is only available for Premium subscribers, allowing multiple users to control what music is playing in real-time and add songs to a collaborative playlist. The volume addition is only enabled when fewer than four members are in one group session, but hosts can enable the feature manually when they are more members. Read: Microsoft in talks to extend deal contract with Activision The volume feature is slowly being rolled out to Android and iOS users globally, available on Chromecast, Amazon Cast, and most WiFi-enabled speakers. Apple AirPlay and Bluetooth devices will not currently support volume control, the company said. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/spotify-adds-shared-volume-control-for-group-listening-TheFOXposts-30331.html?utm_source=blogger_sou...