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Meta researchers published findings in Nature Wednesday detailing a wristband prototype that controls computers through hand gestures by reading electrical signals from forearm muscles. The device uses surface electromyography to detect signals from alpha motor neurons in the spinal cord that connect to muscle fibers, allowing users to move cursors with wrist turns, open applications with thumb-to-forefinger taps, and write text by tracing letters in the air. The technology, developed at Meta's Reality Labs, trained neural networks on data from 10,000 participants to identify common muscle signal patterns. The wristband works without individual calibration across most users and can detect intended movements before physical motion occurs. Meta demonstrated the device controlling its Orion augmented reality glasses last fall and plans product integration over the next few years.

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Officers received reports of a man attacking the seagull chicks with an umbrella above the Corridor shopping centre in Bath on Tuesday July 15.

Loads of unexplained ones, too. Maybe normalize providing a freaking reason for multi-hour outages, mmm?

The previous quarter was a busy one for internet disruptions, according to Cloudflare, with government-mandated shutdowns in several nations, a massive power outage hitting Spain's infrastructure, damage to fiber optic cabling, and technical issues hitting North America.…

Keith, who is in his 20s and lives in Australia, explained exclusively to the Daily Mail that he's been residing in the forest for the last four months.

The woman, who lives in Brecksville, Ohio, unknowingly hired stalker Robert Hocevar's company Elite Technology in 2022 to install a home security system.

Lewis at London Southend Airport talks through how your bags make the flight with you

Essex’s Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington has made a clear statement in response to recent protests in Epping amid claims police bussed protesters.

Essex’s Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington has made a clear statement in response to recent protests in Epping amid claims police bussed protesters.

Disney used to provide a long list of epic perks for those staying at a hotel at the beloved theme park. But recently, many of those bonuses have slowly started to disappear.

The probe was launched by the WEF board in April in response to whistleblower complaints over alleged unauthorised spending, bullying and inappropriate treatment of female staffers by Schwab

THE daughter of a much-loved mum and nan has thanked the community for their heartfelt tributes and support after the two died in a tragic car crash last week.

In total there were 8.4 million Britons living alone in 2024 - an increase of 11 per cent from 7.6 million people in 2014 - equivalent to 12.5 per cent of all UK households.

Andrea Rawley, 56, and her mum Brenda Drew, 90, devastatingly lost their lives after being involved in a three car crash on July 14. 

Ten people have been arrested and five charged with crimes after disorder in Essex

King Charles and the Queen were today attending Sandringham Flower Show, held in the grounds of the Norfolk royal residence.

Millie Bayles, 19, from Garth near Llangollen in North Wales, is currently in intensive care in Athens after falling seriously ill on the island of Rhodes.

A cyber-espionage campaign exploiting unpatched Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities has breached approximately 400 organizations worldwide, including the US National Nuclear Security Administration, according to Netherlands-based cybersecurity firm Eye Security. The figure represents a four-fold increase from 100 organizations cataloged over the weekend, with researchers calling it likely an undercount since not all attack vectors leave detectable artifacts. Microsoft identified three Chinese groups -- state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, plus China-based Storm-2603 -- as exploiting the vulnerabilities in on-premises SharePoint servers to steal authentication credentials and execute malicious code remotely. The campaign began July 7 and was first detected July 18 when Eye Security found unusual activity on a customer's server. Victims include the US Energy Department, Education Department, Florida's Department of Revenue, Rhode Island General Assembly, and European and Middle Eastern governments.

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A powerful 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Greece today between the islands of Crete and Antikythera.

The 2026 tax year ought to be fun

A quarter of the Internal Revenue Service's IT staff has departed since President Trump's workforce reduction efforts began earlier this year, and that has officials worried the 2026 tax season could be a mess.…

Peter Kyle, the Technology Secretary, said the Government was 'looking very carefully' at how to stop youngsters spending hours viewing online content.