Author: InfoForTech

New York is the latest state to take a stand against prediction markets. Attorney General Letitia James has sued Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan on charges that both are illegally running unlicensed gambling operations. The suit also claims that these prediction markets violate state laws that prevent betting on games involving New York college sports teams.”Gambling by another name is still gambling, and it is not exempt from regulation under our state laws and Constitution,” James said. “Gemini and Coinbase’s so-called prediction markets are just illegal gambling operations, exposing young people to addictive platforms that lack the necessary guardrails.”Multiple…

If you’ve ever accidentally raised your hand mid-meeting on Microsoft Teams, you know the pain. Suddenly, everyone’s looking at you, and all you can do is scramble to unmute and awkwardly clarify that it was a mistake. Microsoft has finally decided to do something about it by moving the raise hand button away from the main toolbar. The company is also planning a significant redesign of the Teams meeting toolbar, which is likely to roll out on desktop and macOS in June 2026. Starting a support group for those who have accidentally raised their hand during a Teams meeting 🖐️—…

On Tuesday, Dyson announced the newest addition to its hair-care lineup, the Supersonic Travel Hair Dryer, a compact version of its flagship hair dryer designed for those on the go. It’s 32% smaller and 25% lighter than the original Supersonic, while still delivering the same performance. Tara Brown, CNET’s social media producer, tested the product before its launch and said, “I have an original Supersonic, and the quality and pressure of airflow almost feels the same, which is great for the $300 price.”The Supersonic Travel features Dyson’s smart heat control technology, which measures airflow 100 times per second to prevent extreme…

Devin Stone never intended to become one of the internet’s most recognizable legal analysts. Instead, he was supposed to follow a predictable path: graduate, grind it out in Big Law, make partner, and spend the next several decades enjoying a conventionally successful career as a lawyer.But a bout of burnout early in Stone’s career led him to YouTube, where he started publishing explainer videos under the name Legal Eagle. Stone’s channel, which now boasts nearly 4 million followers, started out pretty fluffy, with videos dissecting legal representations on popular TV shows and movies becoming an early audience favorite. While those…

Anthropic PBC’s Claude Mythos model has emerged as the most widely discussed artificial intelligence solution without being fully released. Information about the model, which reportedly has the ability to analyze software at large scale, find bugs in hardened software ecosystems, and identify vulnerabilities, has been tightly controlled by Anthropic. That situation did not change much on Monday when Anthropic Head of Threat Intelligence Jacob Klein (pictured) spoke at the SANS Cybersecurity Summit in a hotel just outside of Washington D.C., although he did provide a hint of the model’s capabilities during his appearance. Klein offered a brief description of the model’s power in the context of…

John Ternus, left, and Tim Cook at Apple Park. (Apple Photo) Tim Cook’s plan to step down as Apple’s CEO, announced Monday, will put the tech giant in the hands of a hardware engineer, John Ternus, returning Apple’s top job to its product roots after nearly 15 years under a leader who made his mark in operations and supply chain. It’s the right call, said Mike Slade, a Seattle tech veteran who spent six years as an advisor to Steve Jobs at the company. Apple needed to pick an insider who understands the culture, Slade said, and ideally someone who…

Everyone talks about acquiring customers. But what about activating them? The customer you already have is the most underused growth asset in your business. The acquisition obsession has a body count. Organizations pour budget, headcount, and strategic energy into the front of the funnel. Campaigns, outbound, events, content, paid channels, brand spend. The pipeline gets filled. Deals close. Revenue gets recognized. And then, somewhere around the point where the contract is signed and the champagne metaphor gets used in the Slack channel, the attention moves on to the next opportunity. The customer who just became a customer quietly enters a…

The LG C5 has been the OLED benchmark for a good reason, and the 77-inch version is now down to $1,999.99, a $1,700 saving off its $3,699.99 comp value. At that size and that price, this is a TV that changes what a living room looks and feels like, and the OLED evo panel underneath it delivers picture quality that no LED or Mini-LED alternative at this price can replicate. What you’re getting Size matters differently on an OLED than it does on a standard LED panel. Where a larger LED screen amplifies inconsistencies in backlight uniformity, a larger OLED…

Check your pocket. You’re probably carrying a tracking device that will allow the police — or even the Trump administration — to track every move that you make.If you use a cellphone, you are unavoidably revealing your location all the time. Cellphones typically receive service by connecting to a nearby communications tower or other “cell site,” so your cellular provider (and, potentially, the police) can get a decent sense of where you are located by tracking which cell site your phone is currently connected with. Many smartphone users also use apps that rely on GPS to precisely determine their location.…

Prego, the pasta sauce company, is getting into hardware with a device that sits on your table and records dinner conversations. No, this isn’t April Fools’.The Connection Keeper is a round puck that houses two microphones for recording around the table. The recorder was developed in partnership with StoryCorps, the 20-year-old nonprofit that has recorded conversations with more than 720,000 people about their lives.The Connection Keeper is more of a publicity stunt than a readily available product. Fewer than 100 will be made. The pucks look more like a tuna can than what you’d associate with the pasta sauce brand—small…