Sunday, April 12, 2026

As weather betting grows on prediction markets, climate experts are debating whether it improves forecasts by aggregating knowledge or is simply a zero-sum game (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
As weather betting grows on prediction markets, climate experts are debating whether it improves forecasts by aggregating knowledge or is simply a zero-sum game  —  From Kalshi and Polymarket to niche scientific platforms, traders are predicting the weather — and climate experts are debating the results.



Sources: UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers, and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting within the next two weeks (Martin Arnold/Financial Times)

Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
Sources: UK regulators plan to warn banks, insurers, and exchanges about security risks exposed by Claude Mythos Preview at a meeting within the next two weeks  —  Leading banks, insurers and exchanges to be warned over cyber security vulnerabilities exposed by Claude Mythos



Sources: Apple is testing four AI glasses designs with rectangular and oval frames, multiple colors, and a camera system with vertically oriented oval lenses (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing four AI glasses designs with rectangular and oval frames, multiple colors, and a camera system with vertically oriented oval lenses  —  Also: The latest on the foldable iPhone.  —  Apple is working on several frame styles and a unique camera design for its first smart glasses.



Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Flipkart and Amazon's quick commerce push in India is intensifying competition in an already crowded space where profitability remains under pressure  —  India's quick commerce market is booming, with demand more than doubling for some players.  But the fast-delivery push by Flipkart …



Saturday, April 11, 2026

A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

Zijing Wu / Financial Times:
A wave of top AI researchers returned from the US to China in the past year, driven by better pay, quality of life, and a more restrictive US immigration system  —  Engineers and scientists return for better pay and quality of life as US grows more hostile  —  In the hushed corridors …



Google says that Polymarket bets showing up in Google News was an error, and the prediction market's bets on real world events were not supposed to appear there (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)

Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google says that Polymarket bets showing up in Google News was an error, and the prediction market's bets on real world events were not supposed to appear there  —  Links to bets on world events were appearing alongside legitimate news organizations.



Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker's work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg:
Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker's work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B  —  Japan approved ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in additional subsidies to quicken Rapidus Corp.'s entry into the high-stakes AI chipmaking arena …



An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)

The Citizen Lab:
An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices  —  Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life.



Thursday, April 9, 2026

Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Meta commits to spending additional $21B on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, running from 2027 to 2032, on top of its prior $14.2B deal that ends in 2031  —  Meta has committed to spending an additional $21 billion on AI cloud infrastructure from CoreWeave, which comes on top …



OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the high energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced it in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg)

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg:
OpenAI pauses Stargate in the UK, citing the high energy costs and regulatory environment; OpenAI announced it in September 2025 alongside Nvidia and Nscale  —  OpenAI said it is pausing its Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project in the UK, as it reins in ambitious spending plans ahead …



YouTube launches a Shorts feature to let creators generate photorealistic AI avatars using a "live selfie" recording of their face and voice, powered by Veo (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google:
YouTube launches a Shorts feature to let creators generate photorealistic AI avatars using a “live selfie” recording of their face and voice, powered by Veo  —  YouTube is now letting users create an AI avatar that looks and sounds like them for use in Shorts.  This feature was teased earlier this year.



Rockstar confirms "a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-party data breach"; ShinyHunters demand a ransom (Zack Zwiezen/Kotaku)

Zack Zwiezen / Kotaku : Rockstar confirms “a limited amount of non-material company information was accessed in connection with a third-p...