Author: Zach_Wilson
The Morning After: Polymarket and a hairdryer
Although it’s one of the more inoffensive topics on Polymarket, this news typifies the Wild West of prediction markets and betting sites. A hairdryer was allegedly used to rig Polymarket bets on temperatures at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, according to a report by The Telegraph. French authorities noted…
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This £50 microSD card is a number one seller at Amazon thanks to a rare price cut during the storage crisis
Amazon continues its spring deals, and I’ve just spotted an absolute corker on one of the most highly rated microSD cards on the market. It’s this SanDisk Ultra 512GB microSD Card at Amazon for £49.99 (was £85.99). I own one of these cards and have found it to be an…
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VMax New V4 Electric Scooter Review: Unleash the Beast
VMax’s new electric scooter has a secret menu that lets you unlock the top speed and engage cruise control. Source
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Best Merino Wool T-Shirts (2026): Ibex, Icebreaker, Unbound Merino
These merino wool tees are the last shirts you’ll ever wear. I’m wearing one right now. Source
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AI is no longer borderless
The assumption that AI is a global, borderless technology is breaking down. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, even expressed how AI has the potential to “dramatically lift up the floor” globally. But while access to AI tools may be global, its deployment and governance are increasingly local. There is no…
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China’s DeepSeek previews new AI model a year after jolting US rivals
Chinese AI company DeepSeek released a preview of its hotly anticipated next-generation AI model V4 on Friday, saying that the open-source model can compete with leading closed-source systems from US rivals including Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. DeepSeek says V4 marks a major improvement over prior models, especially in coding, a…
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