A trio of stories capture how far brain-computer interface technology has come and how many roads lead there. Wired profiles Rodney Gorham, who has lived with Synchron's implant for five years—longer than any other patient—using it to control his home by thought alone. Meanwhile, explainers on Neuralink and a comparison piece pitting Neuralink's invasive implants against BrainCo's wearable sensors lay out the industry's competing bets on how intimately the brain should be wired into machines.
Tesla is racing to grow its robotaxi footprint even as regulators start asking hard questions. San Antonio just approved a hub near its airport for Tesla's driverless fleet, while in Austin, where the Cybercab already roams the streets, NHTSA has opened a federal safety investigation into the vehicle's rollout. The company's expansion ambitions and its regulatory headaches are now running on parallel tracks.