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Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026 (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcar

Sources: Ali Javanmardi, VOA's Persian-language service advisor, is accused of censoring coverage of Iran's exiled crown prince due to a personal political bias (Laura Kelly/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5701358-voa-persian…

Sources: ~90% of Groq employees will join Nvidia and be paid cash for all vested shares; most shareholders will get per-share payouts tied to the $20B valuation (Dan Primack/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/28/nvidia-groq-shareholders

Scoop: Nvidia deal a big win for Groq employees and investors
Social media has been full of questions about what the unusual arrangement means for Groq employees.

Statistics and systematics of electron EDM searches with BaF
A. Boeschoten, V. R. Marshall, T. B. Meijknecht, A. P. Touwen, P. Aggarwal, N. Balasubramanian, R. Bause, H. L. Bethlem, A. Borschevsky, T. H. Fikkers, P. A. B. Haase, Y. Hao, S. Hoekstra, J. W. F. van Hofslot, S. A. Jones, K. Jungmann, J. E. J. Levenga, M. C. Mooij, H. Mulder, B. A. Nijman, E. H. Prinsen, B. J. Schellenberg, I. E. Thompson, R. G. E. Timmermans, L. van Sloten, W. Ubachs, J. de Vries, L. Willmann, Y. Yin
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A low-latency neural inference framework for real-time handwriting recognition from #EEG signals on an edge device https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24972-y

A low-latency neural inference framework for real-time handwriting recognition from EEG signals on an edge device - Scientific Reports
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) hold significant promise for restoring communication in individuals with severe motor or speech impairments. Imagined handwriting, as a form of motor imagery, offers an intuitive paradigm for character-level neural decoding. While invasive techniques such as electrocorticography (ECoG) offer high decoding accuracy, their surgical requirements pose clinical risks and hinder scalability. Non-invasive alternatives like electroencephalography (EEG) are safer and m…

Sources: Nvidia's licensing deal with Groq, which has raised ~$1.8B, includes payouts to Groq's key execs and investors, including BlackRock and Tiger Global (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/nvidia-struck-20-billion-megadeal-gro…

Why Nvidia Struck a $20 Billion Megadeal with Groq
Nvidia stunned Silicon Valley on Wednesday by agreeing to pay about $20 billion to license technology from Groq, one of the best-funded startups trying to challenge Nvidia’s dominance in chips for powering AI applications, known as inference computing, according to a person involved in the deal. ...

Donald #Trump: Chief job destroyer, energy bill hiker and war mongering president
PS Don't forget the #Epstein files
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/offshore-wind/how-trump-dismantled-a-promising-energy-industry-and-what-america-lost

The lying machine from the #Trump administration is working overtime after woman shot dead by ICE
PS don't forget about Trump's connection to #Epstein and #Musk's deepfake (child)pornsite formerly known as Twitter https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/white-house-minneapolis-ice-killing?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Bengaluru-based edtech startup Emversity raised a $30M Series A led by Premji Invest, sources say at a $120M post-money valuation, up from $60M in April 2025 (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/indias-emversi…

India's Emversity doubles valuation as it scales workers AI can't replace | TechCrunch
Emversity has raised $30 million in a new round as it scales job-ready training in India.