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The Wall Street Journal reviewed 1,105 videos along with guidance given to creators for crafting their posts. Polymarket In case you needed another reason to be wary of those videos showing people winning big on Polymarket, an investigation by The Wall Street Journal has found that the company is paying social media creators to post misleading content promoting the prediction market. Of the 1,105 TikTok videos the publication reviewed, 778 appeared to show someone placing a bet — but a closer look reportedly revealed that none of the latter featured the actual Polymarket website, instead using…

The most controversial feature is Simultaneous Opposing Cardinal Direction (SOCD) customization. This allows one key to override another rather than registering both simultaneously, which is ideal for strafing in tactical shooters like Counter-Strike 2 and Valorant. The difference in reaction speed is immediately noticeable, making quick peeks far more consistent. However, because of the distinct advantage it provides, the feature has been banned in some competitive games because it reduces the delay between directional movement to near-zero levels without requiring any additional skills.Testing these features across a variety of shooters and racing games, I was consistently impressed by the level…

If you bought an iPhone 16 or iPhone 15 when they launched, you may be able to claim some of the money from a class action lawsuit against Apple. It’s all tied to the new Apple Intelligence features the company previewed during launch — features that ultimately didn’t arrive on time, but were finally unveiled more extensively this month at WWDC 2026.Apple settled a shareholder lawsuit in May, agreeing to pay $250 million to customers who bought the iPhone 16 and some iPhone 15 models during a specified period. The lawsuit alleged that Apple misled customers by promising AI features that didn’t ship…

Adding more artificial intelligence agents to the workflow doesn’t make an enterprise smarter. In fact, it can make operations harder to manage. The problem is not the capabilities of individual agents but how well they work together. Many enterprises are moving from experimenting with single AI agents to a multi-level approach that spans functions such as customer care, supply chain and finance. Each works in isolation, and coordinating their actions and ensuring they move toward a single goal is a challenge. The problem is no longer how to create AI agents, but how to ensure they work together rather than…

The neighbourhood’s heritage charm hasn’t saved it from a growing vacancy problem Walk down East Coast Road on a weekday afternoon, and you might notice something that doesn’t quite fit the postcard image of Katong: shuttered shopfronts, darkened interiors, and “For Rent” signs that have clearly been hanging there a while. Katong is the area where Joo Chiat Road meets East Coast Road, and it’s known for its hipster vibes—heritage shophouses, popular cafés, and a neighbourhood energy that earned it a spot on Time Out‘s list of the world’s coolest streets in 2025. But that reputation is increasingly at odds…

Embodied AI is a fundamentally different category of intelligence- one that learns by doing, not by reading. And that distinction changes everything. Key Takeaways Embodied AI is fundamentally a different category, learning through physical interaction with the world. The physical world introduces variability and causal complexity that software-only AI was never built to handle. That gap is precisely what embodied AI is designed for. The most mature deployments are in industrial manufacturing and logistics, where adaptive robotic systems are already operating in production- the humanoid category is real but still early. For organizations, embodied AI changes the labor, infrastructure, and…

Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published a working exploit, dubbed usbliter8, that achieves arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple’s A12 and A13 chips. That code is burned into the silicon at manufacture. No software update can reach it. Affected devices will carry this flaw for as long as they stay in use. This is not a remote attack. It requires physical possession of the device, which must be in DFU mode and connected via USB to a dedicated RP2350-based microcontroller board. With that setup, the exploit finishes in under two seconds, before Apple’s signed boot chain loads. The full technical write-up and…

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Anthropic takes its most powerful models offline after a U.S. order, with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy reportedly contributing to the concerns that helped trigger it. We talk about what it was like to use one of those models, Claude Fable, while it was available, and dig into the Amazon-Anthropic dynamic. Then we explain how agentic AI is upending Amazon’s “working backwards” tradition, as represented by one division inside the company that is using agents to create prototypes in some cases before going through the company’s traditional PRFAQ process. Then, an AI-powered school is arriving…

Microsoft has released a new Insider Preview update for the modern Windows 11 Media Player. However, the app is facing criticism after tests revealed it uses more memory and opens local video files more slowly than the classic 17-year-old Windows Media Player. The update adds some useful fixes, including better captions, clearer codec errors, and improved file recognition. But the biggest complaints remain higher RAM usage and paid codec support for some common video formats. The update is not available to everyone yet. Media Player version 11.2605.14.0 has only arrived on Experimental Insider builds as part of Microsoft’s June 12…

Your earbuds should not become someone else’s microphone. Apple released Beats Firmware Update 1B211 on June 16 to fix a Bluetooth vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds that could have let an attacker within range listen through the earbuds’ microphone while the device was unpaired and actively seeking a connection. The issue, tracked as CVE-2025-20701, highlights why wireless accessories should be part of routine device security checks, especially when they are used near work phones, laptops, calls, and voice assistants. What Apple fixed Apple patched a Bluetooth vulnerability in Beats Studio Buds that could have exposed the earbuds’ microphone under specific…