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March 23, 2026, 7:35 PM

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Krystal Hur / Wall Street Journal:
Senators Adam Schiff and John Curtis introduce bipartisan legislation to ban sports betting on CFTC-regulated prediction markets, such as Kalshi and Polymarket  —  Sens. Schiff and Curtis seek to prevent CFTC-regulated entities, including Kalshi and Polymarket, from offering wagers on sports
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Kalshi announces new guardrails to preemptively block politicians, athletes, and others from trading in their relevant markets  —  Prediction market Kalshi plans to block athletes, coaches and officials from betting on their sports and to block political candidates from trading on their campaigns, Axios has learned.
Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg:
Polymarket unveils insider trading rules: no bets on stolen confidential info, illegal tips, or events whose outcomes the user can influence as an insider  —  Polymarket has moved to squash some types of insider trading after the prediction markets platform came under scrutiny for suspected manipulation.
Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg:
Meta hires the team behind Dreamer, which lets users create AI agents, including Hugo Barra, former Stripe CTO David Singleton, and designer Nicholas Jitkoff  —  Meta Platforms Inc. has hired the founders and team behind the artificial intelligence startup Dreamer, which launched earlier …
TechCrunch:
A new version of iPhone exploit kit DarkSword has been posted on GitHub; iVerify co-founder Matthias Frielingsdorf says the exploits “will work out of the box”  —  Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Zack Whittaker  —  Last week, cybersecurity researchers uncovered …
Reuters:
Sources: OpenAI is offering private equity firms a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5% and early access to new models to secure JVs, beating Anthropic's terms  —  ChatGPT maker OpenAI is offering private-equity firms a sweeter deal than rival Anthropic as both artificial intelligence companies …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is preparing to introduce ads in its Maps app, allowing retailers and brands to bid for ad slots against search queries  —  Apple Inc. is preparing to introduce advertising in its Maps app, part of a broader push to generate more money from services.
Lex Fridman:
Q&A with Jensen Huang, who says “we've achieved AGI”, on running Nvidia, AI scaling laws, OpenClaw, future of coding, data centers in space, China, and more  —  - Watch the full YouTube version of the podcast  —  Table of Contents  —  Here are the loose “chapters” in the conversation.
Blake Stimac / CNET:
Anthropic rolls out a computer use feature for Claude Cowork and the Claude Code desktop app, in research preview on macOS for Pro and Max subscribers  —  The developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw.
David Shepardson / Reuters:
The FCC is banning imports of new foreign-made consumer routers over security concerns; China is estimated to control 60%+ of the US market for home routers  —  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple announces WWDC 2026 for June 8-12, which will be an online event free for developers, with an in-person event at Apple Park on June 8  —  Apple today said that its 37th annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set to begin on Monday, June 8 and end on Friday, June 12.
Ina Fried / Axios:
Source: OpenAI is in talks to buy 5 GW of electricity by 2030 from Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion; Altman has stepped down as Helion's board chair  —  OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy electricity from Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion Energy, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Ben Weiss / Fortune:
Doc: Kalshi and Polymarket CEOs are investing in a VC fund, led by two early Kalshi employees, that is raising up to $35M to back prediction market startups  —  The CEOs of Kalshi and Polymarket are locked in a brutal fight to dominate the white-hot prediction market sector.
Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed they accessed a support agent's account and stole the personal information of ~6.8M users  —  Popular anime streaming platform Crunchyroll is investigating a breach after hackers claimed to have stolen personal information for approximately 6.8 million people.
Todd Bishop / GeekWire:
Microsoft hires a group of AI researchers from the Allen Institute for AI, including former CEO Ali Farhadi, who stepped down on March 12  —  Microsoft is hiring a group of top AI researchers from the Seattle-based Allen Institute for AI and the University of Washington, including former Ai2 CEO Ali Farhadi, GeekWire has learned.
More: Business Insider.  LinkedIn: Mustafa Suleyman
Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI hires Dave Dugan, a former top ad executive at Meta, to lead ad sales, reporting to COO Brad Lightcap; Dugan stepped down as a Meta VP earlier in March  —  The AI company seeks stronger ties with brands to boost its nascent ad business  —  OpenAI has hired Dave Dugan …
Mike Sorrentino / CNET:
Samsung rolls out Apple AirDrop support to Quick Share, starting with the Galaxy S26 series in South Korea, and plans to expand to more devices and regions  —  AirDrop support will start with the Galaxy S26 this week and is planned for more Galaxy devices later.
Jake Roach / Tom's Hardware:
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus review: unbelievable app performance, big price cut, and improvements over the 265K, but mediocre at gaming and large power demands  —  Unbelievable productivity performance at an even more unbelievable price - shame gaming still takes a backseat.

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