Tech that can decode your brain activity and reveal what you're thinking and feeling is on the horizon, says legal scholar and ethicist Nita Farahany. What will it mean for our already violated sense...

Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires...

As mask mandates and other protections fall away — and the vaccines are delayed — we're wondering what we should be doing to protect our children.

Prof Nita Farahany argues in her new book, The Battle for Your Brain, that intrusions into the mind are so close that lawmakers should enact protections

The author of The Battle for Your Brain has serious reservations about neurotechnology, from the surveillance of mental experiences to ‘brainjacking’

Biometrics are more secure than passwords – but when they're compromised fingerprints and retina scans are hard to reset. Brain responses to specific stimuli are as secure and, crucially, resettable.

Rising teen anxiety is a national crisis.

Sensors capable of detecting and decoding brain activity are already embedded into everyday devices, said experts at a webinar.

Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires...

The author of The Battle for Your Brain has serious reservations about neurotechnology, from the surveillance of mental experiences to ‘brainjacking’

Anyone can create a convincing clone of a stranger’s voice. What now?

Earbuds measure the mood of office workers, and hard hats track fatigue in truckers. Neurotechnology aims to do more—much more.

Nature - As implanted devices and commercial headsets advance, what will the real-world impacts be?

Through research, Apple’s researchers have found ways to detect users' mental states with ML.

Neurotechnology, or devices that let you track your own brain activity, could help you deeply understand your health. But without privacy protections, your innermost thoughts, emotions and desires...

Models can convey biases and false information to users

Evidence of the catastrophic effects of increased screen-time is now overwhelming

Militaries are racing to develop weapons that could one day directly assault or disable human minds. We ignore this broader context at our peril

As Big Tech races to build off of neurotech advancements in the medical world, experts have cautioned that it could put our most valuable data — the privacy of our thoughts — at risk.

The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology

Elon Musk's Neuralink received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the brain-implant startup as it faces U.S. probes over...

AI's potentials and limits are all set by people.

John Thornhill selects his best mid-year reads

TikTok is making its algorithm optional for users in the European Union. But more legal and design changes are necessary to protect people's right to "cognitive liberty."

Citing a directive from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the university said it was blocking the social media app owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance.

It's becoming increasingly difficult for Russians to escape government scrutiny. Authorities monitor social media accounts, prosecuting critics of President Vladimir Putin or the war in Ukraine.

Neurotech and Privacy: The Battle for Your Brain This webinar explores the dangers that neurotechnology poses for privacy, fundamental human rights, and

This novel use of robotic surgical tech could become the global standard for lung transplants in the future.

COVID-19 exacerbated the mental health crisis, and unchecked brain monitoring will make it even worse.

An AI-powered “brain decoder” can now decode your thoughts with surprising accuracy

Budding neurotechnology could someday help paralyzed patients communicate—but could also raise privacy concerns

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Neurotechnology is upon us. Your brain urgently needs new rights.

By analyzing fMRI scans, mind-reading technology can now translate brain activity into language. How accurate is it? Will we still have freedom of thought?

Nature - Difficult questions will be raised as models of the human brain get closer to replicating its functions, explain Nita A. Farahany, Henry T. Greely and 15 colleagues.