@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-04-08 15:03:00
@lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz2026-03-09 04:30:13
Wow, gainers vs decliners paints a pretty grim picture right now... https://www.nzx.com/markets/NZSX Relieved I don't have much exposure to the market. I gather the picture is even more bleak in the bigger markets.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-07 10:55:43
The US IRS is yet to issue guidelines on whether prediction market gains should be taxed as derivatives, gambling winnings, or income, worrying accountants (Kate Knibbs/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/nobody-knows-how-to-file-taxes-on-predi…
@anildash@me.dm2026-03-07 23:04:16
Nine years ago, predicting the rise of “self-driving news”. Now, major publishers are seeing 90 % drop-offs in traffic from search engines as LLMs generate synthesized versions of news stories instead of sending readers to read original media articles. https://anildash.com/2017/03/01/tech-a
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-08 14:30:47
Mayor Mamdani's First 100 Days, April 2026 (Marist Poll)
https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/mayor-mamdanis-first-100-days-april-2026/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260408/p37#a260408p37
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social2026-04-08 15:17:11
A report on local flexibility markets commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by the Belgian energy research centre VITO has outlined the key features of success: standardisation, automation, aggregation, transparency, markets
https://op.europa.eu/e…
@davidaugust@mastodon.online2026-03-07 18:18:45
Not sure I agree w/this whole article, but interesting perspective. “…any systemically important market can be shut down not by force but by…withdrawal of…institutional trust layer that enables…function…mechanism is substrate-agnostic…operated in…repo market in 2008…is operating in…Strait of Hormuz in 2026…will operate again, in…different domain…next time verification costs invert transaction economics in…concentrated market structure w/o adequate government backstop.”
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-07 11:50:46
Kalshi signs a deal with Fox Corp. to integrate its forecasts into Fox News, Fox Business Network, Fox One, and Fox Weather, following deals with CNN and CNBC (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/fox…
@burger_jaap@mastodon.social2026-05-07 12:20:43
Electric vehicles now account for a quarter of the new car market in Germany, France and the UK, with a further 12% for plug-in hybrids.
Other large car markets, such as Italy and Spain, are also seeing significant growth in the #EV share.
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-07 15:30:42
Tessera Labs, which uses AI agents to automate enterprise IT migrations and ERP transformations, raised a $60M Series A led by a16z at a $320M valuation (Anna Tong/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatong/2026
