States cite Ninth Circuit rulings, George Santos banned from Kalshi: today in prediction market news LIVE
News September 1, 2026
Today in prediction market news, we’re following a fresh wave of legal and regulatory developments, including Kalshi urging the Tenth Circuit to block Utah enforcement while its federal appeal plays out, and Ohio and Rhode Island pointing to recent Ninth Circuit rulings as they defend state authority over prediction... Read more
Runway’s New AI Model Creates Digital Worlds Without Code
News September 1, 2026
The AI company Runway has unveiled a new type of AI model it’s calling an interface world model, allowing you to create interactive websites and more by directly interfacing with elements on screen. Announced on Monday, the new model, named Solaris, doesn’t require hard programming knowledge to create something... Read more
OpenAI Is About to Release Its First AI Model With ‘Critical’ Cyber Abilities
News September 1, 2026
OpenAI announced Tuesday that its forthcoming AI model, Astra, is its first to reach the company’s threshold for what it calls “critical” cyber capabilities. OpenAI says it plans to publicly release a version of Astra “soon,” but will make the model’s advanced cyber capabilities available only to select partners... Read more
Your files stay put: Perplexity’s hybrid AI keeps confidential data off the cloud
News September 1, 2026
Perplexity today launched hybrid compute for its agentic platform, Computer, a system that lets a single AI agent split its work between frontier models running in the cloud and smaller open-weight models running locally on Apple silicon Macs — routing sensitive data to the local machine so it never... Read more
Kalshi urges targeted CFTC rules to curb prediction market manipulation risks
News September 1, 2026
Kalshi wants federal regulators to tackle manipulation in prediction markets by going after misconduct and restricting specific traders, rather than placing sweeping limits on event contracts. In August 27 written comments, KalshiEX LLC responded to issues aired during the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s inaugural Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on... Read more
Sony’s New ULT Tower Max Wireless Party Speaker Delivered Massive Sound I Felt in My Chest
News September 1, 2026
Last year, Sony introduced new wireless Bluetooth speakers and an ULT Wear headphone as part of its new ULT Power Sound series of audio products. The floor-standing ULT Tower 9 speaker was part of the launch, but now Sony has expanded its party speaker offerings with three new ULT... Read more
Using High-Energy Laser, US Shoots Down Drones Near Mexico Border
News September 1, 2026
This week, the US Army used a high-energy multipurpose laser to shoot down three drones near the US-Mexico border, which official reports claimed were “posing a physical threat to US military personnel and CBP partners,” referring to Customs and Border Patrol. The operation took place between the night of... Read more
George Santos has been permanently suspended from Kalshi and ordered to pay $71,356 after the prediction market exchange concluded that he manipulated contracts tied to his own attendance at the State of the Union address. Today we are posting five new enforcement cases. The majority involve prohibited trading activity... Read more
I’ve Run the Numbers and Read the Tea Leaves. Here’s When I Expect Apple to Release iOS 27
News September 1, 2026
Apple announced iOS 27 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, and the tech giant has since released multiple beta versions of the software. The betas have brought Siri AI and a handful of other features to the iPhones of developers and beta testers, and you can expect many... Read more
Asus ProArt 27 QD-OLED (PA279cdv) Review: HDR for All
News September 1, 2026
As far as the Asus’ appearance goes, the side bezels are a bit large, and the top and bottom bezels aren’t the same size, which I find visually off-putting. Nicely, though, the amount of adjustability is impressive. This stand can swivel, tilt, rotate into portrait mode, and the height... Read more










