Apple’s new BCI HID protocol meets Synchron’s brain implant, unlocking mind-powered access for people with paralysis.

Just Think About It: Apple Teams Up With Synchron For iPhone-Brain Interface

Apple’s new BCI HID protocol meets Synchron’s brain implant, unlocking mind-powered access for people with paralysis.

Apple’s new BCI HID protocol meets Synchron’s brain implant, unlocking mind-powered access for people with paralysis.

Brain-computer interface (BCI) pioneer Synchron announced it will be the first company to achieve native integration with Apple’s new BCI Human Interface Device (HID) profile, unveiled this week. This milestone allows people implanted with Synchron’s BCI to control iPhones, iPads, and Apple Vision Pro using only their thoughts—no touch, no voice, no physical movement required.

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Controversial ‘Social Media Use By Minors’ Bill Fails In Florida Legislature

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Florida’s controversial “Social Media Use by Minors” bill, which among other things sought to mandate encryption backdoors in social media platforms, has failed to pass into law. The legislation, known as SB 868/HB 743, was indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration in the Florida House of Representatives earlier this week, despite having previously passed the Senate with a 34–3 vote.

A Soviet-Era Russian Probe Set To Crash Back To Earth This Week

A Soviet-Era Russian Probe Set To Crash Back To Earth This Week

After more than five decades in orbit, a relic from the first space race is making an unexpected return. Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed mission to Venus, is projected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere between May 8 and May 11, 2025. Experts are closely monitoring its descent, as the probe’s durable construction raises the possibility that parts of it could survive reentry and reach the Earth’s surface.

The lander has a titanium shell and shielding that could allow it to withstand reentry through Earth’s atmosphere. That seems almost likely, given that the descent module of Kosmos 482 was made to travel through Venus’s atmosphere all the way to the surface of Earth’s “evil twin.” If it survives intact, it could slam into the ground at speeds up to 150 mph. While chances are rated as low as being struck by lightning, there is a higher than zero chance that the spacecraft could land on Florida.

New NASA Budget Proposal Will Hit The Space Coast Region Hard

New NASA Budget Proposal Will Hit The Space Coast Region Hard

Hard times for the Space Coast’s local economy might be ahead.

The Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget includes a 24.3% reduction in NASA’s funding, decreasing the agency’s budget from $24.8 billion to $18.8 billion. This so-called “skinny” budget blueprint is a high level one short of full details, which will be forthcoming. After that, Congress will take up and begin debate on a budget bill.

This proposed significant cut threatens to eliminate key programs and could result in substantial job losses at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), a cornerstone of the Space Coast’s economy, and that will have ripple effects that everyone who lives in the region will feel.

Atlas Kuiper KA-01

ULA Launches 27 Project Kuiper Satellites Aboard Atlas V

Summer is nearly back on the Space Coast, with warm temperatures and a persistent threat of rain in the afternoon and evenings — typical weather here, and it will stay this way for several months. That being said, Atlas V was able to beat the weather last night and launched at the opening of its window, with liftoff at 7:01 PM ET after an apparently quiet countdown, save for some concerns about the energy potential of a nearby anvil cloud (Cumulonimbus incus) lingering near the launch pad before dissipating.

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Atlas Kuiper KA-01 lifting off on April 28, 2025. Photo: Chris Leymarie, Florida Media Now
Florida Legislature Considering Bill To Allow Homeowners To Shoot Down Drones

Florida Legislature Considering Bill To Allow Homeowners To Shoot Down Drones

Florida lawmakers are weighing a new bill that would give homeowners the right to use “reasonable force” against drones flying over their property—a move likely triggered by a spike in unexplained drone sightings last year centered around New Jersey. That “reasonable force” might involve shooting the drone out of the air under some circumstances.

File photo of a typical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, commonly known as “drones”
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