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…
Between May 29 and July 9,
roughly 51,000 comments were posted to regulations.gov
(and over 200,000 more had been received but not yet published).
The verdict on public sentiment is clear and lopsided:
about 94 percent oppose the proposed rule and only 6 percent support it,
with fewer than one percent marked as unclear.
The opposition is overwhelmingly grassroots rather than orchestrated.
Form letters make up only about 16 percent of all comments…
RE: https://mastodon.social/@publictorsten/117081965131151970
“[Perplexity] warned that publishers who deploy ‘deceptive advertising like markdown ads‘ risk a reputational downgrade in Perplexity’s proprietary search index, including a hit to their t…
Publicis reports Q3 organic net revenue up 5%, above a company-provided consensus of 4.8%, and still expects 4.5% to 5% organic net revenue growth this year (AdriŠ Calatayud/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/publicis-top-li…
«Zehntausende US-Dollar Schaden durch aufgeblähte Sicherheitswarnungen:
Meldungen zu Sicherheitslücken sind für Open-Source-Projekte wichtig – viele davon seien inzwischen aber aufgeblähtes Marketing, meint Peter Gutmann.»
Genau so läuft das KI-Marketing. Fühle dich sicher wenn du AI nutzt, weil du unbegründete Angst davor hast. So wird Open-Source schlecht geredet, damit teure Closed-Source Produkte anscheinend sicher sein sollten.
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River Markets, which gives professional traders a single place to trade across multiple prediction markets, raised an $8.5M seed led by Haun Ventures (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/08/11/exclusive-river-m…
Big Issue, sold in the UK by homeless or vulnerable people, says content deals with major brands are helping it diversify its income as print revenue declines (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazin…
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Time Magazine zeigt KI-Bots separate Markdown-Seiten mit eingebetteten Anzeigen