Standard brain implants use electrodes that penetrate the gray matter to stimulate and record the activity of neurons. These typically need to be put in place via a surgical procedure. To go around that need, a team of researchers led by Deblina Sarkar, an electrical engineer and MIT assistant professor, developed microscopic electronic devices hybridized

If you ask random gamers what price they think Valve will charge for its newly announced Steam Machine hardware, you’ll get a wide range of guesses. But if you ask the analysts who follow the game industry for a living the same question… well, you’ll actually get the same wide range of (somewhat better-informed) guesses.

The day after Google filed a lawsuit to end text scams primarily targeting Americans, the criminal network behind the phishing scams was “disrupted,” a Google spokesperson told Ars. According to messages that the “ringleader” of the so-called “Lighthouse enterprise” posted on his Telegram channel, the phishing gang’s cloud server was “blocked due to malicious complaints.”

Code Metal announced today it has closed $36.5 million in Series A funding to advance its platform for verifiable, AI-powered code translation. Accel led the round, which values the company at $250 million. The financing marks a significant milestone for the company as it expands deployment across defense, automotive, and semiconductor industries. Code Metal is

WisdomAI has closed a $50 million Series A financing led by Kleiner Perpers. The round attracted participation from new investor NVentures—NVIDIA’s venture capital arm—alongside existing backers Coatue, Latitude Capital, Madrona, GTM Capital, Menlo Ventures, and U First Capital. The investment brings the company’s total capital raised to $73 million, less than a year after launch.

As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly sophisticated, fintech startup xpate and global fraud-prevention leader SEON have joined forces to embed real-time intelligence into digital payments worldwide. The partnership integrates SEON’s machine learning–powered risk monitoring directly into xpate’s global payments platform, giving merchants access to adaptive fraud protection that keeps pace with emerging cyber threats. The move

Partnify, a Netherlands-based collaboration platform, has closed a €1.8 million funding round to expand its AI-driven solution for cross-company project work. Hi inov, a European venture capital firm, led the investment. Rabobank, Inovexus, Maasinvest, and several angel investors also participated. The Zwolle-based company plans to use the capital for team expansion, platform development, and international

In 2025, the promise of AI in healthcare has never been louder or more unevenly realized. When AI medical scribes first entered exam rooms, the vision was clear: reclaim time, restore balance, and rehumanize care. Yet many clinicians now find themselves spending evenings correcting flawed transcripts or reviewing what the algorithm “heard.” What was meant

Collaboration Combines Verinext’s Secure AI Expertise with DevRev’s AI Teammate to Unify Data, Automate Work, and Accelerate Business Growth Verinext, the company that delivers transformative business outcomes through technology and services for everything that comes next, today announced a strategic partnership with DevRev, an AI-native enterprise software company focused on transforming how teams collaborate. The

Holiday shoppers are spending, but cautiously — 78% will ‘buy now, pay later’ again, and 33% plan to return items or gifts Applause, the world leader in digital quality and crowdsourced testing, released the results of its sixth annual Holiday Shopping & Payments Survey. Results highlighted how AI will become more embedded in commerce this