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Prediction Market Philosophers Got What They Wanted. They’re Not Happy About It

Getting the future right is now big business. But at a festival in Berkeley, forecasters worry that sports markets could take the whole industry down.

Tesco offloads VMware and CA software as Broadcom case rolls on

Computing

The contract and licensing dispute with Broadcom over its right to use VMware and CA Technologies has led retailer Tesco to begin an accelerated migration

Canada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion

Science

A new report shows that government agencies failed to communicate and includes recommendations for stronger oversight in a bid to avert future disasters.

UK information commissioner John Edwards resigns after HR investigation

Computing

The UK’s information commissioner has resigned following an HR investigation, saying there were occasions when he exercised ‘poor judgement’ and made ‘inappropriate attempts at humour’

Pseudoscientific Cancer ‘Treatment’ Involves Gassing Naked People in Plastic Bags With Bleach

Science

A London clinic owner has claimed he is treating people with stage 4 cancer by sealing them into a plastic bag while they're naked from the waist down and gassing them with chlorine dioxide.

Google Cloud boosts for enterprise agentic at London Summit

Computing

Hyperscaler prioritises process automation in UK showcase, with frontier models, agent platforms and development tools to the fore, with customers such as Unilever in the spotlight

4G persists as 5G availability and usage gap widens across Europe

Internet, Technology

Research reveals that the vast majority of Europe’s connectivity is still over 4G, and while the performance uplift of 5G Standalone is real, deployment in the region is localised to just 11 networks

How the Peter Thiel-Linked Dialog Club Secretly Ranks Its Members

Security

Leaked files show the invite-only network grades members by their money and fame, shaping who’s in, who’s out, and who pays.

The White House Is Making Up Its Rules for AI in Real Time

Business

Anthropic still can’t distribute Claude Mythos or Fable 5 after running afoul of the Trump administration. But no one can say exactly what the company did wrong.

Meta’s AI Workers Are Revolting, Peter Thiel’s Secret Society, and SBF’s Plea to Trump

Business

On today’s Uncanny Valley, we dive into the dysfunction in Meta’s newly formed AI unit and why it’s been driving already-low employee morale even further into the ground.

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