A U.S. lawmaker wants the Food and Drug Administration to explain why it let Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink go forward with human trials despite its shaky record with animal testing.
A U.S. lawmaker involved in health policy has asked the Food and Drug Administration why it did not inspect Elon Musk's Neuralink before allowing the brain implant company to test its device in humans. Reuters reported last month that FDA inspectors found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Neuralink last June, less than a month after the startup said it was cleared to test its brain implants in humans. Neuralink, which first tested its device in monkeys...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law restricting social media access for minors under 16 on Monday, as the effects of the platforms on teens generate rising concern in the United States. Those 13 years old and younger will not be able to open a social media account in the state, and 14- and 15-year-olds […]
US Lawmakers Demand SEC Clarify Position On Prometheum's Plans For Ether Authored by Turner Wright via CoinTelegraph.com, According to a letter for SEC Chair Gary Gensler, leaving Ether in regulatory limbo between the SEC and CFTC could have "irreparable consequences for the digital asset markets.” Lawmakers with the United States House Financial Services Committee and House Agriculture Committee have expressed concerns about how the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
Florida lawmakers have yet another beef to pick with the 21st century. The legislature recently passed a bill making it a crime to produce, sell or distribute lab-grown meat, punishable by a $500 fine and 60 days in jail. Wired reported on the latest insanity from the Sunshine State. — Read the rest
Lawmakers in Gambia are set to vote on Monday regarding legislation aiming to repeal a 2015 ban on women's genital cutting.The bill is supported by religious conservatives, citing religious purity and cultural values, with Gambia's top Islamic body endorsing the practice as a virtue of Islam.Jaha Dukureh, who underwent the procedure herself and witnessed her
Normally, Republicans would celebrate the fact that federal workers showed up at their office. But the employees who came to the Labor Department's Boston office last week weren't there to work -- they were there, in person, to protest having to show up for in-person work.
A teenager is being charged as an adult after he allegedly waved a gun on a Florida beach filled with spring breakers and then stood off with deputies who chased him into the Atlantic. The incident in New Smyrna Beach, a city on Central Florida's Atlantic coast, happened Thursday afternoon when deputies patrolling the beach, populated with festive spring breakers, came across a fistfight, body camera video showed. A crowd formed, and from it appeared to emerge a person waving a gun, the video...
A teenager pulled a gun during a fight on a packed Florida beach in the midst of spring break this week and then ran through the crowd with the weapon in his hand. "He's got a gun. He's got a gun," people shouted as they ran in different directions on New Smyrna Beach on Thursday. A deputy from the Volusia County Sheriff's Office quickly intervened and barked orders at the gunman. "Drop the f-----g gun. Drop the f-----g gun," the deputy screamed at the suspect, who is seen in bodycam footage...
Floridian kids aged 13 or younger face a social media app ban in Florida, while those aged 14 to 16 will only be allowed to use the apps with parental permission. Opponents argue that the new law, known as HB 3, will do more harm than good, putting user privacy at risk more
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A 15-year-old girl from Cape Coral, Florida, was fatally shot while coming from a movie with her friends.