Sonal Hayat
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Sonal Hayat
@sonalhayat.bsky.social
🗞️ The Independent UK
👩‍💻 Asia audience engagement and growth editor
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Between 2021 and today, Elon Musk went from sharing memes about fringe cryptocurrencies and promoting clean energy technologies to spreading extremist conspiracy theories.

Can this stark transition perhaps be pinpointed to a single event – maybe even a single tweet?

Anthony Cuthbertson reports:
The radicalisation of Elon Musk can be pinpointed to a single event
Experts warn that the owner of X is being radicalised by his own platform, Anthony Cuthbertson writes
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Reposted by Sonal Hayat
A breakthrough brain implant has enabled a 69-year-old man with paralysis to fly a virtual drone using just his mind.

The surgical implant could help detect and decode the fingers which the paralysed person intended to move, allowing him to control a quadcopter in a specially designed video game.
Paralysed man learns to fly virtual drone with mind using breakthrough brain implant
This level of precision and freedom in virtual movement had not been previously possible, scientists say
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
What’s the point of being the richest when you don’t own a spine
January 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM