Sources: the CFTC has launched a probe into prediction markets' "mention markets", prompting Kalshi to remove bets on word choices from sports-related offerings (Bobby Allyn/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/08/13/nx-s1-5930689/cftc…
Very informative. I've been wondering about this. The "K-Shaped Economy" is sad
Why does the stock market keep going up? | Stock markets | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/ng-interactive/2026/ma…
Financial markets are rewarding companies that are well positioned to benefit from widespread adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)
with higher returns,
according to a new Yale-led analysis of 380 trillion AI tokens,
one of the largest datasets of real-world AI consumption ever studied.
The difference in stock returns between companies with the most and least AI exposure is substantial
— about 0.64% per week,
a financial benefit the researchers call the…
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China's smartphone shipments fell 4.3% YoY to 66M units in Q2, the fifth consecutive quarter of decline, amid a memory shortage; Huawei and Apple grew shipments (Kiranjeet Kaur/IDC)
https://www.idc.com/resource-center/blog/china-smartphone-market-decline…
Googles Home Speaker mit Gemini: Marktstart steht offenbar bevor
Nach langer Wartezeit deutet Google den baldigen Marktstart seines neuen Home Speakers mit Gemini-KI an.
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OpenAI has struck a partnership with Kalshi to show World Cup prediction market data in ChatGPT search results, its first deal with a prediction market (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/technology/kalshi-openai-chatgpt-worl…