Polymarket users have bet ~$2B on predicting the next US president; Polymarket has excluded US users since 2022 as part of a settlement with federal regulators
Kalshi founder Matthew Gault / Gizmodo : $30 Million Is All It Took to Shift the Odds in Trump's Favor on Polymarket Bruce Golding / International Business Times : $30 Million In Polymarket ‘Voodoo’ B...
Legal experts offer mixed opinions about how earlier copyright and fair use cases could affect The New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft
Nice Try Kate Downing / Law Offices of Kate Downing : The New York Times Launches a Very Strong Case Against Microsoft and OpenAI Blake Brittain / Reuters : Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by a...
A comparison of what personal data Threads, Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social collect from users, based on their listings in Apple's App Store
Here's what personal data is collected by Meta's Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.More:MakeUseOf,Techlusive,The i Paper,BetaNews,International Business Times,R...
Google says it has fixed a WebView problem that caused Gmail, Google Play, and other apps to crash
here's how to fix it (Updated) John Diente / International Business Times : Gmail, Android Apps Keep Crashing; Google Identifies Root Cause: Here's What You Can Do Surur / MSPoweruser : Google is work...
Sen. Mark Warner, top Democrat on Senate Intel Committee, said Twitter's briefing on Russian accounts was “inadequate” and “deeply disappointing”
How Apple's Finally Spending Its Billions Nina Godlewski / International Business Times : Twitter Hands Over Russia Today Account Information To Congress Terry Collins / CNET : Twitter finds 201 Russi...
OnePlus found to again manipulate benchmarks to maximize scores, this time with OnePlus 5; firm claims benchmark apps “run in a state similar to daily usage”
this time on the OnePlus 5 Mark Wilson / BetaNews : OnePlus 5 cheats in benchmarks for a performance boost Tech2 : By tampering with review units, OnePlus is disrespecting its customers: Here's how it...
Hacker steals 900GB of data from Cellebrite, the Israeli company that makes products for breaking into mobile phones
Saturday, January 14, 2016 Cellebrite : Petah Tikvah, IL—January 12, 2017—Cellebrite recently experienced … Tim Cushing / Techdirt : Cell Phone Hacking Company Hacked; 900 GB Of Logins, Log Files, And...
Pokémon Go's launch hiccups include: private homes listed as PokéSpots, fake app Android malware, some robbers lured players to vulnerable locations, more
here's why K. Thor Jensen / Geek.com : The craziest real-world consequences of Pokemon Go so far JP Buntinx / The Merkle : Malicious Pokemon Go APK Files Can Be Used To Steal Bitcoin Ashley Feinberg /...
Samsung's SmartTV privacy policy warns that spoken personal or sensitive information captured by voice recognition may be transmitted to a third party
5 things to know today Parmy Olson / Forbes : Samsung's Smart TVs Share Living Room Conversations With Third Parties Help Net Security : Be careful when talking in front of a Samsung SmartTV Graham Cl...