How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers
The House always wins. The same is not true for the Frat House.Ethan Gach /Kotaku:Kalshi Reportedly Paid 15-Year-Old Gamer To Promote Online Betting Until Its Legal Department Sai...
A look at the rivalry between Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, who have competing visions for how prediction markets should grow
There's one word Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour is loath to say: Polymarket. — Like a politician swiping his never-to-be-spoken …
How prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are aggressively targeting college students through fraternity partnerships and student influencers
Kalshi and Polymarket pour money into deals with social-media influencers and students, who try to parlay rumors, insider information into cash; 'We know this shouldn't be allowed'
X exposing political accounts' location shows why trust and safety teams mattered: to combat coordinated inauthentic behavior, not “censorship” of viewpoints
from the it's-almost-as-if-there-are-some-bad- actors-online dept — For the last few years, Matt Taibbi …
Trump says Elon Musk “went CRAZY” and that canceling his government contracts is “the easiest way to save money”, as their One Big Beautiful bill feud escalates
Musk has gone to war with Donald Trump. What happens next? Dan Milmo / The Guardian : Elon Musk signals he may back down in public row with Donald Trump Wired : Elon Musk's Feud W...
DOGE accessing Treasury systems and classified data breaks a fundamental security principle and could help the US' adversaries steal data and install backdoors
The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history.
DOGE accessing Treasury systems and classified data breaks a fundamental security principle and could help the US' adversaries steal data and install backdoors
The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history.
Chat logs reveal DOGE member Edward Coristine's ties to cybercrime community The Com, and a Telegram handle linked to him sought a DDoS-for-hire service in 2022
Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) …
On Joe Rogan's podcast, Mark Zuckerberg said Biden administration officials would “scream” and “curse” at Meta employees to take down vaccine content, and more
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan in a podcast published on Friday that his company was pressured …
Meta's new policies for contractors and staff moderating Facebook and Instagram allow dehumanizing speech, like “a trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it”
“A trans person isn't a he or she, it's an it,” reads a new guideline telling moderators what is now allowed on Facebook and Instagram
A look at Meta's convoluted or contradictory hate speech examples for user content moderators, allowing derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, and more
Meta is now granting its users new freedom to post a wide array of derogatory remarks about races, nationalities, ethnic groups …
Analysis of social media posts, AI art, Spaces comments, biographical details, and more suggests Adrian Dittmann is a German fan of Elon Musk living in Fiji
An Elon Musk fan in Fiji tricks the world — The AI avatar for the Adrian Dittmann X account, left, and Adrian Dittmann appearing …
The crypto industry's impact on the 2024 US elections shows that crypto is a perfect anti-establishment technology for the turbulence and distrust of the 2020s
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age — For years, crypto skeptics have asked, What is this for? Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Threads: @cwarzel Masto...
A look at X's Election Integrity Community, a feed to “share potential incidents of voter fraud” that has 50K+ members, launched by Elon Musk's America PAC
Elon Musk didn't just get a social network—he got a political weapon. — It's easy to forget that Elon Musk's purchase …
A review of Character.AI finds several instances of AI personas being created without a person's consent, seemingly violating the company's terms of service
Character.AI lets users create bots in the likeness of any person—without requiring their consent.
Elon Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” on X and deleted the false claim after it garnered 34M+ views, claiming it was a “joke”
which he made after the second apparent assassination attempt on former Pres. Trump — Musk, who owns the platform, responded to a user who asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trum...
Musk posted “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔” after Trump's apparent assassination attempt, then deleted the false claim, calling it a joke
Elon Musk has faced backlash after writing, “No one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” following an apparent
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platfor...
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platfor...
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Jim Jordan gave Republicans just enough to claim a political win, without getting Meta in more trouble amid its FTC antitrust suit
Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Chairman Jim Jordan and the House … Nick Heer / Pixel Envy : Mark Zuckerberg Ingratiates Himself With U.S. Republican Politicians Casey Newton / Platfor...