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New semiconductor institute to oversee UK computer chip sector
An independent institute to oversee national strategy on expanding the UK’s semiconductor industry is to be created, the Government has announced.The UK Semiconductor Institute will bring together the Government, university researchers and the private sector to oversee growth in the computer chip sector, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) said.The increasing global reliance on technology has seen semiconductors become recognised as an area of global strategic significance, with the rise of artificial intelligence already sparking further demand for more powerful chips.Currently, production in the sector is dominated by Taiwan, but last year the Government launched a one billion-pound...
US FDA clears Neuralink's brain chip implant in second patient, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second person after the company disclosed earlier this month that tiny wires inside the brain of its first patient had pulled out of position, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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