The frenzy in prediction markets is moving beyond simple betting. A new collaboration aims to build systems that explain *why* probabilities are moving, transforming noise into usable market intelligence.
Zoom is making its AI assistant available to free users on the web, with some strict limits. The AI Companion 3.0 update also adds new document drafting and third-party data connections.
Intel has appointed a former Trump administration official to lead its government affairs team. The move comes just four months after the U.S. government took a 9.9% equity stake in the chipmaker using $8.9 billion in CHIPS Act funds.
Amazon used AI to create a recap for Fallout’s second season, and it was riddled with factual mistakes. The video has been pulled after fan backlash, highlighting a bigger problem with replacing human talent with cheap AI slop.
A startup called Starcloud has successfully run Google’s Gemma AI on an Nvidia GPU in space, even training a small model on Shakespeare’s works. It’s a first step toward a wildly ambitious vision of building enormous, solar-powered orbital data centers to solve Earth’s energy and land constraints.
Following EU action in June 2024, Apple opened iPhone NFC access to rivals in several regions by August 2024. Now, Switzerland’s COMCO has launched a preliminary investigation to see if the terms there are fair and comply with local antitrust law.
Microsoft reversed its plan to sell new games like The Outer Worlds 2 for $80, settling back at $70. Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty says the focus is now on meeting players where they are, as monetization happens in many ways. The company still raised prices elsewhere, hiking Xbox console costs a
In a major step for institutional blockchain adoption, JPMorgan has arranged a U.S. commercial paper issuance on the Solana blockchain. The deal for Galaxy Digital was purchased by Coinbase and Franklin Templeton, with all proceeds settled in USDC stablecoins.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has identified the oldest supernova explosion ever observed. The event, named GRB 250314A, happened when the universe was a mere 730 million years old, shattering the previous record.
Time magazine has made a landmark choice for its 2025 Person of the Year. The honor goes not to a single leader but to the collective “Architects of AI,” the people who built the thinking machines transforming our world.
