Everything is a gamble now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi

Everything is a gamble now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi

Here is a list of things you can bet on right now. This year’s Super Bowl winner, sure. Winner of Survivors season 49, ok. But how many presents will Santa deliver this year? Number of tweets Elon Musk will send in the next 7 days? How much money Avatar: Fire and Ashes will it do … Read more

Ukrainian man jailed for identity theft that helped North Koreans get jobs at US companies | TechCrunch

a photo of a laptop farm, in the case of Christina Chapman, who was convicted for helping North Koreans gain employment at U.S. companies.

A U.S. federal court has sentenced a Ukrainian man to five years in prison for his role in a long-running identity theft operation that helped North Korean overseas workers obtain fraudulent jobs at dozens of U.S. companies. U.S. prosecutors filed charges in 2024 against Oleksandr Didenko, 29, a resident of Kyiv, for setting up North … Read more

Tesla loses bid to overturn $243 million Autopilot verdict | TechCrunch

dashboard view of Tesla's autopilot screen

A judge has denied Tesla’s request to overturn a $243 million jury verdict that found the automaker partly responsible for a fatal crash involving its Autopilot driver assistance system. “The grounds for relief relied upon by Tesla are virtually the same as those raised by Tesla earlier in the course of the trial and in … Read more

Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump’s Tariffs – What This Means for Apple

Supreme Court kills Trump tariffs — what it means for Apple

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs on imports coming into the United States from virtually all countries. This could reduce costs for US companies that rely heavily on overseas manufacturing, including Apple. In the months since Trump began imposing tariffs across the board, Apple … Read more

Thread posts can now be shared directly to your Instagram story without leaving the app | TechCrunch

Threads on App Store is seen in this illustration photo.

Threads already has over 400 million monthly users, but Meta wants to push that number even higher. With the launch of a new Threads feature this week, the company is making it easier for Threads users to share in-app posts to their Instagram Stories — a move that could take advantage of Instagram’s larger user … Read more