The Morning After: Polymarket And A Hairdryer

Although it’s 1 of nan much inoffensive topics connected Polymarket, this news typifies nan Wild West of prediction markets and betting sites. A hairdryer was allegedly utilized to rig Polymarket bets connected temperatures astatine Charles de Gaulle Airport successful Paris, according to a study by The Telegraph. French authorities noted that nan charismatic somesthesia readings astatine nan airdrome spiked doubly successful nan past month. On some occasions, gamblers betting connected those somesthesia fluctuations connected Polymarket look to person walked distant pinch thousands upon thousands of dollars.

There is nary denotation that Polymarket forced anyone to return winnings, but nan somesthesia sensor has been moved to a caller location. The tract is besides still moving bets connected nan regular somesthesia successful and astir Paris.

In a much superior development, a US worker was arrested for allegedly making complete $400,000 connected Polymarket utilizing accusation he had astir nan plans to seizure nan erstwhile Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke was arrested and charged pinch utilizing classified subject accusation to spot bets connected nan prediction marketplace Polymarket. Van Dyke created a Polymarket relationship astir December 26, 2025, and made 13 bets related to Maduro from December 27 to January 2.

The worker has besides been charged pinch 1 count of ligament fraud, carrying a maximum punishment of 20 years successful prison, and 1 count of unlawful monetary transaction, carrying a maximum condemnation of 10 years. It’s a batch heavier than hairdryer shenanigans.

— Mat Smith

The different large stories (and deals) this morning

DJI Lito 1 and Lito X1 drone review

High-quality aerial video astatine its astir affordable.

DJI is taking different stab astatine nan fund drone marketplace pinch nan caller Lito series. The Lito 1 and Lito X1 are some nether $400 and measurement little than 249 grams — they’re perfect for beginners. Both switch DJI’s Mini series, but they connection things those models lacked, for illustration LiDAR and 360-degree obstacle avoidance. After testing some models, I judge they connection unbeatable worth and capacity astatine these prices, by a agelong shot. However, owed to DJI’s opinionated successful nan US, you mightiness not spot either.

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Xbox cuts Game Pass prices

But caller Call of Duty games will nary longer deed nan work astatine launch.

As suggested by caller comments by nan caller leader of Xbox, Microsoft’s gaming limb is cutting nan prices of some Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, effective immediately, but there’s 1 large caveat. New Call of Duty games will nary longer beryllium disposable connected Game Pass Ultimate aliases PC Game Pass connected time one. They’ll yet deed those tiers astir a twelvemonth later, during nan pursuing vacation season.

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Accessory shaper Anker made its ain AI chip

Of people it did.

Anker, of battery-pack and cablegram fame, has announced its ain AI spot that it will merge into its early headphones and different devices. The institution is readying to debut nan chip, called Thus, connected a caller exemplary of headphones to beryllium unveiled astatine its Anker Day arena successful May.

Anker’s Thus spot integrates computing powerfulness straight into NOR flash representation cells, which connection faster publication speeds than NAND. Anker says headphones are a peculiarly challenging situation to show what a caller spot tin do because “hardly immoderate different instrumentality places higher demands connected an AI chip.” Anker announced 1 peculiar characteristic to showcase its silicon. Clear Calls will cancel sound “with a ample neural web moving wholly connected nan device, supported by 8 MEMS microphones and 2 bony conduction sensors.”

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