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Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races
US senators voted unanimously to ban themselves from making bets on prediction markets yesterday, about a week after Kalshi said it caught three congressional candidates betting on their own campaigns. The resolution to prohibit senators from…
A16z Backs CFTC in Fight Against State Prediction Market Bans
A16z has thrown its weight behind the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in a growing federal-state standoff over prediction markets, opposing state regulators that try to shut down platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. The venture capital…
Hong Kong tech hub progress 'significant', Dalton Venture's Steve Sun says
Hong Kong has made “significant” progress in its bid to transform itself into a technology hub, according to a Chinese venture capital investor, whose firm was recently selected by the city to invest in local start-ups under a HK$2…
Trump's latest science purge could bring major risks, experts say
The Trump administration's recent firing of the entire 22-person board of the National Science Foundation has drawn condemnation from lawmakers, scientists and their advocates across the country, who say the decision is irresponsible and based on…
Musely secures $360M from General Catalyst without giving up equity
Musely, a direct-to-consumer telemedicine platform, has secured over $360 million in non-dilutive capital from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund (CVF). The company specializes in compounded treatments for skin, hair, and menopause care. Musely…
Inside the Musk-Altman Showdown: Why Shivon Zilis, Neuralink Leader and Punjabi Mother of Musk's Four Kids, Is Suddenly at the Center of the OpenAI Battle
New Delhi: The courtroom has turned into a theatre of sharp exchanges, awkward pauses and revealing texts as the legal fight between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over the direction of OpenAI gathers pace. What began as a dispute over control, profit…
One post about Jane Street's tough interview process turned into a big internet joke. Here are the craziest replies.
The interminable Trader Joe's line. Chess tables in Bryant Park. An Equinox StairMaster. These are just some of the locations social media users are linking to Jane Street in an increasingly absurd string of jokes about the trading firm's…
RAMageddon Watch (May 2026): The Latest Tech News and Developments Regarding the RAM Crisis
The 2020s have been a tough decade for gaming hardware so far. Manufacturers barely had time to recover from the various COVID-related supply chain issues that crippled the launches of consoles like the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, when they were faced…
Less financial stability, smaller social safety nets: inside the gen Z investing boom
Ambrico Ranginui first heard of cryptocurrencies when he was 12 years old. By the time he was 16, he had saved enough from birthday gifts and his allowance to invest. “Growing up in a single mum household, it made me quite a determined…
Why you hate John Terry
Long before John Terry, long before Rupert Lowe, we Chelsea fans were used to getting a certain “look” when somebody asked who we support. One that falls somewhere between an eye roll, an about-take and a micro-aneurysm. Sometimes it…
Kuku TV, Reelies: Why micro-dramas are going mainstream in India
Every week, Neeta Bhojwani spends hours binge-watching dramas about wealthy men pretending to be poor and angry ghosts out for revenge. The shows run into more than 50 episodes, each under two minutes - micro-dramas, as they are called, are bits of…
BROADCAST BIAS: Media had Omar's number, she didn't have WWII's. Journalists didn't care
Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar checks so many boxes on the wokeness list: Black, female, Muslim refugee from Africa. It's a born-on-third-base situation. Liberal journalists would consider her President Donald Trump's worst nightmare. That's…
Pentagon Reaches Agreements With Top AI Companies, But Not Anthropic
The Pentagon said on Friday it had reached agreements with seven AI companies to deploy their advanced capabilities on the Defense Department's classified networks as it seeks to broaden the range of AI providers working across the…
The opportunity beyond orbital data centers
TAMPA, Fla. — Investor attention is starting to shift toward ventures that could be enabled by orbital data centers, even as the massive computing networks proposed by SpaceX and others remain years from reality. Delian Asparouhov, a partner…
Welcome to Próspera, the private paradise of libertarians, tech founders, and biohackers
When Lonis Hamaili steps out of the elevator on the 10th floor of Duna Tower, he looks out over an avenue of palm trees, blue sea stretching to the horizon, and a barrier guarded by a man with a pistol. In front of the roof terrace of the…
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