Testing a Revolutionary Brain-Computer Implant

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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It’s not just Neuralink—several companies are working on brain implants that can help patients communicate with computers using their thoughts. One, Precision Neuroscience, is developing implants to help patients with severe paralysis who can't use their hands or arms to operate a computer. But making an implant that can do this requires a lot of testing. WSJ science bureau chief Jo Craven McGinty recently saw one of those tests. She tells host Alex Ossola about the operation and when brain-computer interfaces might hit the market. Listening on Google Podcasts? Here's our guide for switching to a different podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Alex Partners.
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0:18.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Monday, March 25th.
0:19.8	I'm Alex Oscela for the Wall Street Journal. Coming up on today's show, Amazon is facing new e-commerce rivals in the US.
0:27.0	Temu and Sheehan, both companies with Chinese routes, are coming for Amazon's crown.
0:32.0	W.S.J. Sebastian Herrera these routes are coming for Amazon's crown.
0:33.0	W.S.J. reporter Sebastian Herrera tells us what Amazon is doing to fend them off.
0:38.0	And then, a number of companies are developing brain implants as a way to help patients operate computers
0:44.2	with their thoughts. W.S.J. Science Bureau Chief Joe Craven McGinty recently saw
0:49.5	one being put in a patient's brain. She'll tell us about the surgery and the promises of this groundbreaking technology.
0:58.9	But first, Temu and Sheehan have seen their popularity in America rapidly grow over the past few years.
1:05.2	Both companies offer bargain prices, and Temu is spending billions of dollars on advertising.
1:11.2	That's not great news for Amazon, which wants to maintain its dominance in
1:15.3	e-commerce. W.S.J. reporter Sebastian Herrera is here to tell us what Amazon is doing to push
1:21.0	back. Sebastian, you report that Temu and Sheehan have, for now,
1:25.0	replaced Walmart and Target as Amazon's central competitive focus.
1:29.0	How is Amazon approaching this new competition?
1:31.0	So it's focusing on what it sees at its advantages, which is
1:34.6	fast shipping and reliability. It's expanding same-day delivery on millions of items
1:40.6	on products like electronics, and it's also exploring promotional campaigns
1:45.8	that could tout its reliability and fast delivery. Amazon's recent ads have really
1:50.5	focused on touching on the emotions that people can feel when shopping on Amazon.
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