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

That night, Grace sat in front of her laptop, the cursor blinking at her as she tried to figure out what to write to Maya.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

I also had a whole bunch of glitches just navigating around Windows, with disappearing cursors and randomly popping-up Steam virtual keyboards.

From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022

He can turn typing fingers and blinking cursors into the stuff of quietly engrossing drama.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2022

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

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022

The sensor arrays used in this research, smaller than a button, allow patients to move robotic arms or cursors on a screen just by thinking.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2020

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