June 13, 2026

Elon Musk

The first person to get a Neuralink chip in his brain says he met Elon Musk on the day of his surgery: ‘He’s a cool dude’– fortune.com

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The first person to get a Neuralink chip in his brain says he met Elon Musk on the day of his surgery: ‘He’s a cool dude’– fortune.com
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Attendees at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference last week witnessed a demonstration of both technological innovation and human resilience when Noland Arbaugh, the first human recipient of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface (BCI) chip, played chess using only his thoughts. Arbaugh also shared candid insights into his pioneering journey, including his memorable first encounter with Neuralink’s cofounder and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk.

Arbaugh’s journey began with a diving accident at a summer camp in 2016, which left the former Texas A&M student paralyzed from the shoulders down and largely dependent on his family. For years, Arbaugh lived what he describes as a severely limited existence.

“I would stay up all hours of [the] night, just sleep in whenever, wake up whenever I wanted to because I didn’t really have anything planned, didn’t have anything going on in my life,” he told Fortune senior writer Jessica Mathews during their conversation. Arbaugh said he left his house only a couple of times per year.

“Before Neuralink, I thought I would never travel again,” he said. “[I] thought I would just stay in my room.”

Conor McGregor ends his campaign to become Irish president– www.nydailynews.com

Conor McGregor ends his campaign to become Irish president– www.nydailynews.com

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Conor McGregor ends his campaign to become Irish president– www.nydailynews.com
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MMA superstar Conor McGregor tapped out of Ireland’s presidential race.

“Following careful reflection, and after consulting with my family, I am withdrawing my candidacy from this presidential race,” the pugilist announced in a long message posted on X.

The mercurial 37-year-old fighter was considered a longshot to compete in the race he announced he was joining in March. McGregor faulted the Irish electoral process for being constrained by “the straitjacket of an outdated Constitution” that protects establishment candidates and works against populist outsiders like himself.

He said late Sunday he’s been in New York since Wednesday, when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean to commemorate the 9/11 terror attacks and plans to stay in the U.S., where he hopes to meet with the Trump administration to talk about Irish jobs.

Irish voters head to the ballot box to pick the island nation’s next president on Oct. 24. Polling showed McGregor was likely to finish with 7% of the popular vote, according to outlets including the Guardian.

British politicians condemn Elon Musk’s comments at anti-migrant rally– abcnews.go.com

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British politicians condemn Elon Musk’s comments at anti-migrant rally– abcnews.go.com
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LONDON — Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday condemned “dangerous” comments by Elon Musk after the X and Tesla owner told an anti-immigration rally that violence is coming to Britain and they must fight or die. But the U.K. government resisted opposition calls to sanction Musk for the remarks.

Starmer denounced violence on the fringes of Saturday’s 100,000 or more-strong “Unite the Kingdom” demonstration in London organized by far-right campaigner Tommy Robinson.

Police said 26 officers were injured, four seriously, as a minority among the protesters tried to breach lines separating them from a smaller anti-racist counter-demonstration. There were 25 people arrested at the event and the Metropolitan Police said more arrests would follow.

Addressing the demonstration by video link, Musk called for the dissolution of Parliament and an early election to remove Starmer’s center-left government. He told protesters “violence is coming to you” and “you either fight back or you die.”

Starmer’s spokesman, Dave Pares, said he didn’t think “the British public will have any truck with that kind of language.

“The U.K. is a fair, tolerant and decent country, so the last thing that British people want is dangerous and inflammatory language which threatens violence and intimidation on our streets,” he said.

Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest party in Britain’s Parliament, urged Starmer, Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to join him in condemning Musk’s attempt “to sow discord and incite violence on our streets” and interfere with British democracy.