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   From TLDR 2025-05-14   
      
    APPLE TO SUPPORT BRAIN-IMPLANT CONTROL OF ITS DEVICES (3 MINUTE READ) [5]   
      
    Apple is taking early steps to enable people to control their devices   
   with brain-computer interfaces. It is working on a new standard with   
   Synchron, a company that makes a stent-like device that is implanted   
   in a vein on top of the brain's motor cortex to read brain signals.   
   Early testers have been able to use the technology to control iPhones,   
   iPads, and Vision Pro headsets. Synchron's device has been tested in   
   10 people since 2019.    
      
    FLEXIBLE BRAIN IMPLANT TAKES MAJOR LEAP FORWARD (11 MINUTE READ) [7]    
      
    Brain-computer interfaces are systems that allow direct communication   
   between the brain and external machines. Precision Neuroscience has a   
   device thin enough that it can be implanted into the motor cortex of   
   the brain through an incision less than 1 millimeter wide. The device   
   has been cleared by the FDA for commercial use in patients for up to   
   30 days. The approval will allow Precision to collect a lot more brain   
   data, which will help the company develop the algorithms it needs to   
   translate users' thoughts into commands for machines. Precision plans   
   to start clinical trials for a fully implanted system in 2026.    
      
    TESLA SHARES VIDEO OF ITS OPTIMUS ROBOT CATCHING UP TO COMPETITION (3   
   MINUTE READ) [8]    
      
    Tesla's Optimus humanoid robot looks like it's catching up to the   
   competition. CEO Elon Musk has been telling shareholders that the   
   robot is a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for the company. Tesla is   
   already using robots in its factories. The company has released a new   
   video showing an Optimus prototype dancing. The video is available in   
   the article along with videos of another humanoid robot from Unitree,   
   a competitor.    
      
    MICROSOFT LAYING OFF ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE, OR 3% OF ITS WORKFORCE (2   
   MINUTE READ) [15]    
      
    Microsoft's largest round of layoffs since the elimination of 10,000   
   roles in 2023 is not related to performance, but aimed at reducing   
   layers of management.    
      
    NFT PHENOM CRYPTOPUNKS WAS JUST SOLD TO A NONPROFIT (1 MINUTE READ) [21]   
      
    Yuga Labs, the creator of Bored Ape Yacht Club and other notable   
   NFTs, has sold CryptoPunks to the NODE Foundation, a nonprofit focused   
   on preserving digital art.    
      
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   [5] https://links.tldrnewsletter.com/l5pUSv   
   [7] https://www.freethink.com/biotech/precision-neuroscience-bci?utm_source=tld   
   rnewsletter   
   [8] https://electrek.co/2025/05/13/tesla-shares-video-optimus-robot-catching-up   
   -competition/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [15] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/13/microsoft-is-cutting-3percent-of-workers-a   
   cross-the-software-company.html?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
   [21] https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/nft-phenom-cryptopunks-was-just-sold-to-   
   a-nonprofit/?utm_source=tldrnewsletter   
      
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