24 Jun 2026
Betting on People’s Worst Instincts Has Kind of Always Been Mark Zuckerberg’s Thing
In an effort to get in on the massive amount of cash changing hands on Kalshi and Polymarket, Meta is allegedly working on a predictions market app, according to a report from the New York Times. The app, dubbed “Arena,” would allow users across the company’s network of social apps—including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—to place bets on anything and everything.
24 Jun 2026
Meta plans to release AI-powered prediction market app, documents show
Meta is planning to launch its own prediction market app to compete with companies like Kalshi and Polymarket in a booming sector that some analysts project could become a $1 trillion industry in the coming years.
24 Jun 2026
We’re Sifting Through Tons of Prime Day Deals Slop to Bring You Only The Best
Here's the dealDeal we love Michael Hession/NYT WirecutterA bookworm's best suitcase space-saverThe waterproof Kindle Paperwhite is worth upgrading to if you want a bigger screen for reading more text at a...
24 Jun 2026
Facebook rolls out an AI companion app for creators
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it’s reimagining its Creator Studio tool as a stand-alone AI companion app designed to help creators grow their audiences on the social network.
24 Jun 2026
Researchers Identify 3 Key Drivers Behind ‘AI Psychosis’
In just a year, AI psychosis became a term the internet is all too familiar with. Though some have contested the science behind it, various reports of psychotic breaks and, at times, fatal delusions linked to intense reliance on AI have flooded timelines. Some scientists now have a hypothesis on how chatbots could be directly responsible for these incidents.
24 Jun 2026
Exclusive: Taktile raises $110 million from Goldman Sachs, Tiger Global to automate high-stakes financial decisions
Banks and insurance companies spend billions of dollars to employ staff to screen risky transactions, process claims, and onboard new customers. If these decisions go awry, there can be serious consequences. The AI startup Taktile aims to automate even these risky calls, and one of the largest financial institutions has decided to back the company. Cofounded by machine-learning engineers Maik…
24 Jun 2026
Hollywood and Big Tech Are Preparing For War
A barrage of seemingly unrelated headlines suggest that Hollywood and Big Tech are on a collision course and that the next few years will reshape how the world spends its free time and which platforms will dominate. As tech and AI companies push further into entertainment and media, their stewardship of that content (or lack thereof) is becoming a story unto itself. At the same time, strategic…
23 Jun 2026
YouTube Sidesteps Latest Social Media Trial With Payout; Meta, TikTok Owners & Snap Still Face Court
Over a month before a second potentially seminal social media trial is set to start in California, YouTube has reached a deal to get out of having to show up in court. “YouTube’s decision to resolve this case before having to face a jury speaks for itself,” attorneys for 15-year-old R.K.C. said Monday as news of a self described “settlement-in-principle” emerged.
23 Jun 2026
Kunal Shah: The Indian entrepreneur taking charge of WhatsApp
Kunal Shah, founder of Indian fintech start-up Cred, has taken over as head of WhatsApp
