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Reporting and conversations with the people building, funding, and living with brain-computer interfaces.

• AnalysisJul 2, 2026

  Neuralink Threads Its Electrodes Through the Dura Without Cutting It

  For the first time in its trials, Neuralink drove its electrode threads through the intact dura rather than cutting it open. The participant controlled a cursor within the hour. The advance is surgical, not a new decoding result.

  NeuralinkElon MuskAndres Lozano
• AnalysisJul 1, 2026

  Meta Decoded Typed Sentences From the Brain Without Surgery

  Brain2Qwerty reads magnetoencephalography while someone types and reconstructs the sentence, reaching 61% word accuracy without an implant. The catch is the scanner.

  Meta AIJean-Rémi KingJarod Levy
• AnalysisJun 30, 2026

  Aleph Neuro Images a Living Brain Through the Skull

  A five-person lab used ultrasound and microbubbles to map the vasculature of a living human brain from outside an intact skull and released the whole pipeline.

  Aleph NeuroMarley XiongRaffi HotterLev ChizhovThomas RibeiroJeff Brown