Monthly Archives: August 2025

Jury rules Meta violated California privacy laws by quietly collecting Flo users’ menstrual health data

The class-action suit was brought by users of period tracking app, Flo, who alleged that the tech giant collected private menstrual health data without users’ consent and used it for ad-tracking purposes.

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Senate takes steps to address problem gambling in the US military

The Senate has moved forward with plans to address the issue of problem gambling in both active servicemembers and Veterans of the United States military. A key provision of the Senate Defense Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2026 was approved … Continue reading

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ESPN BET to see launch of new FanCenter hub ‘coming this summer’

Penn Entertainment, which operates ESPN Bet, has announced the launch of a major product feature known as ‘FanCenter.’ The FanCenter will be a personalized hub within ESPN Bet that will allow customers to easily find wagering markets based on their … Continue reading

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Kalshi changes trading hours to 24/7

The prediction market company Kalshi is having a change-up, as it announces it’ll be moving to 24/7 trading starting on Thursday (August 7). The announcement was shared through the company’s Discord server at the beginning of the week, with Event … Continue reading

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Police raid stream with Neon and Iggy Azalea over gambling claims, but authenticity still questioned

A livestream hosted by internet personality Rangesh “N3on” Mutama, better known as Neon, was suddenly cut short on Monday (August 4), after police stormed the set in what appears to have been a swatting incident. The stream, which was being … Continue reading

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Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own

Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passions?

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Cloudflare Accuses AI Startup of ‘Stealth Crawling Behavior’ Across Millions of Sites

Cloudflare is accusing Perplexity of using stealth crawlers to bypass site restrictions, triggering fresh concerns over how AI firms access web content.

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AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA

When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle East. This forced Duraisamy to cover significant travel expenses out … Continue reading

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Uzbekistan’s first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation

Uzbekistan’s Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China’s Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.

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World’s largest chipmaker TSMC says it has discovered potential trade secret leaks

TSMC dominates the market for the manufacturing of the most advanced chips on the planet and counts major firms like Apple and Nvidia as clients.

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