๐ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: polymarket,prediction markets ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) โ The Trump administration is offering its support to prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a crucial legal battle between the growing prediction market industry and states that want to ban these platforms. The move by Michael Selig, the recently appointed chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could have huge implications for how sports betting is regulated in the country, and if Calcci and PollyMarket prevail, it could erode states' ability to effectively regulate gambling. Read…
๐ฅ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ **Category**: Film,Comedy films,Hong Kong,Drama films,Asia Pacific,World news,Culture,Comedy ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: TIts glossy, gauzy homage to old-fashioned Cantonese nightlife sometimes feels like a Wong Kar-Wai film โ but it's actually closer to something like Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Hong Kong comedy star Dayu Wong plays Foon, the manager of EJ Entertainment, the last nightclub standing in the fading East Tsim Sha Tsui district. The company's takeover suddenly means that his ex-wife Dame V (Cantopop singer Sammi Cheng) is in charge and intends to replace the regular flight…
๐ฅ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐ ๐ **Category**: AI,Fundraising,Startups,Mesh Optical Technologies,SpaceX,Thrive Capital ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: Travis Brashears, Cameron Ramos, and Serena Graun-Hyberle began collaborating at SpaceX, developing the optical communications links that keep thousands of Starlink Internet satellites always connected. Now, the three engineers are co-founders of Mesh Optical Technologies, a Los Angeles startup that announced a $50 million Series A led by Thrive Capital on Tuesday. Mesh aims to mass produce optical transceivers, devices that convert optical signals from fiber or lasers into electrical signals for computers. CEO Brashears, President Ramos, and VP of Product…
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**What Youโll Learn**: Ivan Toney leaves the door open to return to the English Premier League, Liverpool They have no plans to sell Dominik Szoboszlai, but Nick Voltimad is keen to return to the Bundesliga.Al-Ahly 29-year-old England striker Ivan Toney has left the door open for a return to the Premier League. (Sky Sports), externalLiverpool They have no plans to sell Dominik Szoboszlai despite speculation linking the Hungarian midfielder with him real madridas talks progress over a new contract for the 25-year-old. (group talk), externalGerman striker Nick Voltimadi…
๐ฅ Check out this trending post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: After meeting as students in Belfast, Michaela and John married on 30 December 2010. However, tragedy struck just 12 days later when she visited the couple's room at a luxury resort in Mauritius alone after lunch, and was discovered by John, who raised the alarm.In the aftermath, June, now 41, said there was shock, but there was also "outrage" at the way the authorities handled her death, and the lack of convictions afterwards. "I never asked the question 'why did this happen to me?'…
๐ฅ Check out this awesome post from Hacker News ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: At Stanford, four out of ten students claim to be disabled.ShareGive a gift subscriptionLast week, the Stanford junior Elsa Johnson revealed in The Times that many of her fellow students were claiming they were disabled to receive accommodations like extra time on tests, excused absences and the best housing on campus. Johnson admitted that she had used her own endometriosis diagnosis to secure housing and academic perks.โThe truth is, the system is there to be gamed,โ she wrote, โand most students feel that if…
โจ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: CBS,Stephen Colbert,texas ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) โ Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Tallarico was pulled from Monday night's broadcast over network concerns that it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates. The case came just hours before early voting began Tuesday in the Texas primary, which features heated races for the Senate nomination in both parties. โHe was supposed to be here, but our network lawyers, who contacted…
๐ Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐ ๐ **Category**: Film,Thrillers,Science fiction and fantasy films,Culture ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: pPerhaps it's the general obsession with improving every aspect of life that has driven the abundance of time-loop thrillers in recent years, such as Predestination, Looper, Edge of Tomorrow et al. The McManus brothers' Redux Redux is a decently handled example from the lower budget end. It traps a bereaved mother and a naughty girl in a Sisyphean cycle of revenge, playing out as an intimate version of the Terminator where the credibility of 12-step grief recovery, not…
๐ฅ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐ ๐ **Category**: Venture,Startups,Thrive Capital,venture ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: Thrive Capital just raised $10 billion for a new fund, the largest it has ever raised and nearly double the size of its last fund. Of this amount, $1 billion is allocated to early-stage investments, while the rest is allocated to growth-stage investments, according to an announcement by the company. Thrive told Bloomberg that this latest fundraising was oversubscribed. This is the firm's 10th fund โ called Thrive Some of the company's other notable investments include Databricks, Anduril, and Cursor. The company is…
โจ Read this awesome post from BBC Sport ๐ ๐ **Category**: ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: Tiger Woods says competing in this year's Masters is "not out of the question" but the 15-time major champion still has no timetable for his return.Woods, who turned 50 on December 30, underwent surgery in October to replace a disc in his back.It was the latest in a series of operations and injuries that have kept the American on the sidelines since he missed the Open in July 2024.โIt's just one of those things that happens every day, and I keep trying, and I keep…
