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Sources: Coinbase is preparing to launch a prediction market powered by Kalshi to allow its clients to bet on events such as elections and sports (Yueqi Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coinbase-launch-prediction-market-po…

Coinbase to Launch Prediction Market Powered by Kalshi
Coinbase is preparing to launch a prediction market to allow its crypto clients to bet on events such as elections and sports, according to two people familiar with the matter. The market will be powered by prediction market company Kalshi and will put Coinbase in a booming but increasingly ...

The Olivia Nuzzi comeback shows everything that is wrong with modern media, where personal branding, access trading, and controversy trump credibility (Colby Hall/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-olivia-nuzzi-comeback-is-everyth…

The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.

An interesting write up of an interview with the Edinburgh Spokes cycle campaign.
"Spokes also started producing cycle maps at that point [in the 80s]. Partly you produce a cycle map to show people where the nice places are, whether it's off road routes, quiet streets or whatever, to just show them that it is possible."
"But it's also a campaigning tool, because the map shows you the gaps."

"If your campaigning doesn't generate a response, you're not being radical enough": Active travel campaigners Spokes on making spaces bike friendly
road.cc chat with the organisation as they release their new cycle map of West Lothian and discuss meaningful cycle campaigning after nearly 50 years

#ReleaseWednesday — Thanks to a user suggestion, I've added support for declarative canvas pixel density adjustments in the following packages:
- https://thi.ng/hiccup-canvas
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Hiccup shape tree renderer for vanilla Canvas 2D contexts

Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/coinbase-prediction-markets-stock-tradin…

Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Coinbase is expanding into stocks, advanced trading, prediction markets, and new tools for businesses, developers, and automated financial guidance.

NetEase says 2M people played martial arts game Where the Winds Meet in the 24 hours after its global release, as Chinese companies' cultural influence expands (Evelyn Cheng/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/china-conn

CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: China’s homegrown games capture overseas players as its cultural influence expands
In a big year for Chinese cultural exports, a new video game is the latest to win a global audience.

Perplexity plans to roll out a free agentic shopping product for US users next week in partnership with PayPal (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/perplexity-ai-online-shopping-paypal.html

Perplexity AI announces free product to streamline online shopping
Perplexity AI announced it will roll out a free agentic shopping product for U.S. users next week

Instacart will pay $60M to settle FTC allegations that it used deceptive tactics in its subscription signup and "satisfaction guarantee" advertising (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/instacart-ftc-settlement-deceptive-billing.html

Instacart to pay $60 million to settle FTC claims it deceived customers
The federal agency alleged that Instacart used a number of deceptive tactics in its subscription signup and "satisfaction guarantee" advertising.

Amazon's Zoox announces that users in San Francisco can now sign up for its Zoox Explorers program to take free rides in its robotaxis in select neighborhoods (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/zoox-begins-offering-robotaxi-rid…

Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo
Riders can sign up to join the "Zoox Explorers" program to take free rides on the company's box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

Source: Microsoft's and Nvidia's investments in Anthropic push its valuation to the range of $350B, up from its $183B valuation after raising $13B in September (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/anthropic-ai-azure-microsoft-nvidia.html

Anthropic valued in range of $350 billion following investment deal with Microsoft, Nvidia
Microsoft announced new strategic partnerships with Nvidia and the AI startup Anthropic.