Terrence O'Brien / The Verge:
Google says Polymarket bets “briefly appeared in Google News in error”, after the bets appeared alongside news articles in the “For You” section  —  Links to bets on world events were appearing alongside legitimate news organizations.

Mari Kiyohara / Bloomberg:
Japan approves an additional $4B in subsidies to Rapidus to bankroll the chipmaker's work for Fujitsu, taking the total state investment and fees to $16.3B  —  Japan approved ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in additional subsidies to quicken Rapidus Corp.'s entry into the high-stakes AI chipmaking arena …

The Citizen Lab:
An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices  —  Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life.

Bradley S. Klein / Wall Street Journal:
How AI is transforming golf: optimizing course operations, virtual assistants handling tee time bookings, and AI instructor apps improving player performance  —  From reserving a tee time to fending off turf disease, artificial intelligence is putting the game under an algorithmic microscope

Robert Burnson / Bloomberg:
Court filing: OpenAI says Elon Musk's recent amendments to his OpenAI lawsuit are a “legal ambush”, calling them “legally improper and factually unsupported”  —  OpenAI says Elon Musk has suddenly changed direction on what he's seeking in his lawsuit against the startup in a …