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News Explorer — Viral Hoax Falsely Claims Death of 193-Year-Old Tortoise Jonathan
4+ hour, 41+ min ago (174+ words) News Explorer " Viral Hoax Falsely Claims Death of 193-Year-Old Tortoise Jonathan'Decrypt News Explorer " Viral Hoax Falsely Claims Death of 193-Year-Old Tortoise Jonathan Generated by AI, curated by humans A hoax about the death of Jonathan, a nearly 200-year-old tortoise, went…...
Solana Meme Coin Linked to Death Hoax for 194-Year-Old Tortoise—Who Is Very Much Alive
1+ hour, 25+ min ago (460+ words) Solana Meme Coin Linked to Death Hoax for 194-Year-Old Tortoise'Who Is Very Much Alive An April Fool's day joke concerning the death of a nearly 200-year-old tortoise named Jonathan caused a stir on the internet Wednesday. The hoax, perpetrated by…...
Fake Influencers to Compete for Real Money in 'AI Personality of the Year' Challenge
1+ week, 3+ day ago (410+ words) Fake Influencers to Compete for Real Money in 'AI Personality of the Year' Challenge OpenArt and Fanvue want to find the world's best AI personality, and they're putting $90,000 on the table to do it. The AI Personality of the Year…...
Senators Reveal Bipartisan Bill to Outlaw Sports Prediction Markets
1+ week, 3+ day ago (516+ words) Senators Reveal Bipartisan Bill to Outlaw Sports Prediction Markets A bipartisan duo of U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation Monday that would ban American prediction markets from offering sports-related wagers. The proposed bill, from Adam Schiff (D-CA) and John Curtis (R-UT),…...
Nevada Becomes First State to Ban Prediction Market Kalshi—At Least for Now
1+ week, 6+ day ago (427+ words) Mar 20, 2026Mar 21, 2026 After months of legal back-and-forth, Nevada successfully banned Kalshi on Friday'forcing the prediction market platform to abstain from offering event contracts related to sports, politics, and entertainment in the state for the next 14 days. The temporary restraining order, or…...
Telling Your Chatbot You Have a Mental Health Condition Can Change the Answer You Get
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (574+ words) Telling Your Chatbot You Have a Mental Health Condition Can Change the Answer You Get Telling an AI chatbot you have a mental health condition can change how it responds, even if the task is benign or identical to others…...
MLB Signs Exclusive Polymarket Deal, 'Integrity Framework' Agreement With CFTC
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (430+ words) MLB Signs Exclusive Polymarket Deal, 'Integrity Framework' Agreement With CFTC Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it has named Polymarket as its exclusive official partner for prediction markets, following the lead of leagues like the National Hockey League and Major…...
Nvidia’s DLSS 5 Launch Sparks Meme Frenzy as Gamers Balk at AI ‘Neural Rendering’
2+ week, 1+ day ago (545+ words) Nvidia's DLSS 5 Launch Sparks Meme Frenzy as Gamers Balk at AI "Neural Rendering' Jensen Huang called it the "GPT moment for graphics." The internet called it a "yassification filter" with a $1,500 GPU requirement. At GTC 2026 this week, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS…...
Arizona Files Charges Against Kalshi, Calling Prediction Market an 'Illegal Gambling Operation"
2+ week, 1+ day ago (450+ words) Mar 17, 2026Mar 17, 2026 Prediction market platform Kalshi was hit with criminal charges in the state of Arizona for allegedly operating an illegal gambling service and allowing unlicensed election wagering, the state's attorney general announced." Arizona AG Kris Mayes filed the charges, which…...
Ocean Network Launches Beta for Affordable P2P GPU Orchestration
2+ week, 3+ day ago (479+ words) Ocean Network Launches Beta for Affordable P2P GPU Orchestration Mar 16, 2026Mar 16, 2026 While the demand for high-performance GPUs has reached a fever pitch, decentralized compute has historically struggled with a usability gap. Most developers do not want to manage remote nodes, configure complex…...