New York sues Kalshi, calling it an ‘illegal gambling operation’: the hour's strongest signal

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 55

New York sues Kalshi, calling it an ‘illegal gambling operation’

New York officials sued prediction market platform Kalshi for potentially billions of dollars on Friday, calling it an “illegal, unlicensed gambling operation” that includes sports wagering as the state seeks to halt its operations and force the company to forfeit its profits.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 52

Illinois officer who killed Sonya Massey denied medical release from prison

Sean Grayson, diagnosed with colon cancer, was sentenced to 20 years for killing Massey in Springfield in 2024 A former Illinois sheriff’s deputy won’t get an early medical release from his two-decade prison sentence for killing Sonya Massey inside her home after the Black woman…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 52

Hamas agrees to disarm under Trump plan

Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a deal that includes handing over its weapons to a Palestinian governing committee and the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip.

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Global AffairsEuropeSignal 41

Jurors in Lindsay Clancy murder trial visit home where children were killed

Defense lawyers say Clancy was ill with postpartum psychosis when she killed three children in January 2023 Jurors walked through the Massachusetts home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, a rare visit on Friday that let them see first-hand the place where an…

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Business & FinanceNorth AmericaSignal 41

Fintech broker Clear Street offers investors pre-IPO access to $188 billion AI giant Databricks

Fintech brokerage Clear Street is launching a private markets platform, beginning with Databricks stakes, to give investors more access to late-stage startups.

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Business & FinanceGlobalSignal 41

Citadel’s swoop on Situational Awareness helped stem a $3tn AI rout - Financial Times

Citadel’s swoop on Situational Awareness helped stem a $3tn AI rout Financial Times How Leopold Aschenbrenner built a $45 billion AI hedge fund — and lost most of it in days CNBC His Wedding Guests Were Arriving—Just as His $45 Billion Fund Was Falling Apart WSJ Maybe we…

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Global AffairsMiddle EastSignal 40

Israel, US weighing wave of strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure

One Israeli official denied the report, telling CBS that “Israel is unaware of a decision to restart full military operations, nor has it been requested to join any military actions against Iran."

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

The Dutch Community Where People Live on Strips of Land in a Lake

In much of the world, owning a lakeside home is desirable. But in the Dutch town of Loosdrecht, residents live within the lake itself, with houses on their own impossibly skinny islands: The unique geography is of course manmade, the result of peat mining.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Unitree's Impressive Off-Road Dog-Bot/Pack Mule

It might seem silly to develop a dog robot that can breakdance, as Chinese robotics brand Unitree has done. However, they've put all that agility to practical use.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Chinese Autonomous Buses are Spreading Around the World

S. was the dominant industrial power. We enjoyed conveniences and luxuries not readily available in other parts of the world, from air conditioning to appliances to cutting-edge vehicles.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Luxury Furniture, or ID Student Project?

In furniture design, there's sometimes an aesthetic and conceptual overlap between high-end minimalist luxury designs and an ID student project. This Fagiolo lounge chair is one of those.

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Design & ArchitectureNorth AmericaSignal 40

Meet Fusion Forward Competition Juror Michelle Lee, Partner at IDEO San Francisco

As a Partner and Executive Managing Director at IDEO San Francisco , Michelle Lee leads multidisciplinary teams of researchers, designers, and engineers across sectors ranging from healthcare and workplace culture to responsible digital design and the circular economy.