Polymarket removes long-running markets letting users bet on the chances of a nuclear weapon detonating amid the Iran strikes; a 2025 market had $1.7M in volume — Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren't new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them.
Analysis: since the end of 2025, Polymarket users have rarely bet large sums on US strikes the next day; before the Iran strikes, 150+ accounts placed such bets — Polymarket users placed hundreds of bets of at least $1,000 predicting an imminent American strike, raising concerns about insider trading.
Visa and Stripe's Bridge plan to expand their partnership to issue stablecoin-linked cards in 100+ countries; the cards are currently live in 18 countries — The world's biggest fintech and the world's largest payments network are expanding their stablecoin partnership.
Google unveils Home updates to fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies, and debuts Live Search to let Gemini analyze and describe live camera feeds — 'Hey Google, is there a car in the driveway? … Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform …
Senator Ron Wyden, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, vows to “pull out all the stops” to fight back after the US moved to bar Anthropic — Congressional Democrats are vowing to contest the Trump administration's unprecedented actions against the artificial …
Q&A with Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor on modernizing the platform, attracting new creators, managing a fully remote, four-day-per-week workplace, and more — Everette Taylor took over Kickstarter at a low moment for the crowdfunding pioneer, which made its name with small projects …
Chinese military procurement documents show the PLA's efforts to use AI to assist in drone piloting, cyberattacks, decision-making, and disinformation campaigns — The PLA's Tech Strategy Is Working — At China's Victory Day parade in September 2025, it was not the marching troops …
A look at Hyundai's Atlas humanoid robot, slated for assembly tasks in 2028; Hyundai has invested billions in robotics since acquiring Boston Dynamics in 2021 — As Hyundai Motor Co. Executive Chair Euisun Chung took the stage at CES 2022 accompanied by “Spot” — a robot dog …
How some companies are trying to become the “Strava of tennis” by offering match video, stats, highlights, social features, and performance analysis for players — Share full article — More people are playing tennis in America than ever before.
Inside the world's largest crypto casino Stake, which claims ~4% of all BTC transactions, with popularity boosted by celebs like Drake and influencers on Kick — Drake just needed some juice. In 82 minutes of online slots play, the Canadian rapper's starting balance of $3.5 million worth of Bitcoin had dwindled to $422,355.
[Thread] In an AMA, Sam Altman says DOD blacklisting Anthropic sets an “extremely scary precedent”, OpenAI rushed its deal to “de-escalate things”, and more — I'd like to answer questions about our work with the DoW and our thinking over the past few days. Please AMA.
The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between DC and the AI industry — Trump was silent on another threat that Hegseth had delivered to Anthropic earlier this week, when he suggested DOD would invoke …
How India's outsourcing industry, which employs 6M+ people and is worth nearly $300B, is racing to adapt as AI promises to automate white-collar work — Artificial intelligence promises to automate the white-collar work that made India a tech powerhouse. The country is racing to adapt before it's too late.
AI's deflationary impact on India's IT industry, which has never seen a decline in software exports in 24 years, will likely take years to fully materialize — The cost of electricity does not run an enterprise. — A post written as a fictional memo from June 2028 by short-seller Citrini …
South Korea approves Google's request to export detailed geographic data overseas, reversing a longstanding policy that made Google Maps largely nonfunctional — South Korea approved Google's request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.
Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk : Polymarket removes long-running markets letting users bet on the chances of a nuclear weapon detonating amid th...
