cursor

The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Companies collect vast amounts of data about consumers, including browsing history, location, device type, purchase patterns, and even how long a cursor hovers over a product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

In trials, patients have demonstrated thought-controlled cursor navigation and robotic arm manipulation -- genuine breakthroughs, although ethicists and regulators have raised questions about privacy and long-term safety.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

In the late 1990s, neurologist Philip Kennedy developed the first BCI to allow a severely paralyzed patient to move a computer cursor using their brain.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

I stared at the blinking cursor on the screen.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold

In a presentation showcasing the Neuralink implant that Elon Musk hopes will someday connect the human brain to a computer, two monkeys were reportedly moving computer cursors with their brains.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022

The once-again en vogue giant animated cursors that chase you.

From The Verge ● Jul. 13, 2022

In December 2015, engineers in Ukrainian power stations saw cursors on their computer screens moving by themselves.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022

I need a few days away from blinking cursors, and the toast popping up at the exact same moment every morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2016

Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele