Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant

Neuralink shares video of patient playing chess using signals from brain implant

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink streamed a live video on Wednesday that showed a patient using the company’s brain implant to move a mouse and play chess on a computer. Noland Arbaugh, 29, is the first human patient to ever get implanted with Neuralink’s device. The company is developing a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, that … Read more

Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

Ford Hopes Small Electric Cars Will Make Americans Buy EVs

Good morning! It’s Wednesday, March 20, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. WCSYB? | Replacing a Jeep Cherokee 1st Gear: Ford Pivots To Smaller EVs A lot of noise has … Read more

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang takes page out of Apple playbook to lead AI’s future

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang takes page out of Apple playbook to lead AI’s future

When Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took the stage Monday at the chipmaker’s hyped-up artificial intelligence conference, he joked to the thousands of attendees packed into the arena that this was “not a concert.” In a literal sense, Huang was right. But that didn’t stop him from using his two-hour keynote address to cement Nvidia’s status … Read more

Microsoft names DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of AI unit

Microsoft names DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as CEO of AI unit

Mustafa Suleyman, Co-founder Inflection.ai & DeepMind, speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 17th, 2024. Adam Galici | CNBC Microsoft said Tuesday it has hired former Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of artificial intelligence startup DeepMind that Google acquired in 2014, to lead Copilot AI initiatives. … Read more

Tesla-rival BYD pushes into emerging markets amid Western uncertainty

Tesla-rival BYD pushes into emerging markets amid Western uncertainty

BYD electric cars waiting to be loaded onto a ship are seen stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on February 8, 2024. STR | AFP | Getty Images In the race against Tesla for the global electric car market, Chinese automaker BYD is pushing hard … Read more

Elon Musk says Trump ‘came by’ a breakfast, did not ask for money

Elon Musk says Trump ‘came by’ a breakfast, did not ask for money

This combination of pictures shows Elon Musk, left, and Donald Trump, right. Afp | Getty Images Elon Musk said his March 3 meeting with Donald Trump in Florida was not planned, and that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee did not ask Musk to contribute to his campaign. “I was at a breakfast at a friend’s … Read more

Strategist tells investors not to worry about high stock valuations

Strategist tells investors not to worry about high stock valuations

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange NYSE Investors should disregard concerns over high valuations and focus on growth in what is now a “stockpicker’s market,” according to Matt Orton, chief market strategist at Raymond James Investment Management. The S&P 500 closed out a two-week losing streak on Friday, but Orton … Read more

Jim Cramer’s plans when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks this week

Jim Cramer’s plans when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks this week

We convened a Club meeting at Palm Beach Gardens on Saturday. We just didn’t know it. My wife, Lisa, and I were signing bottles of her finest Fosforo mezcal at Total Wine & More, and I can’t believe how many people showed. It reminds me that Florida has to be the venue for our next … Read more

How Tesla became the top-selling car company in Norway

How Tesla became the top-selling car company in Norway

Norway has had massive success with EV adoption — 82% of new cars sold in the country in 2023 were electric, according to the Norwegian Road Federation. This high adoption rate can be attributed to the generous subsidies the Scandinavian country has offered to electric vehicle owners as well as its investment in charging infrastructure. … Read more

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla settles racial discrimination lawsuit

Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more