Bloomberg:
Polymarket partners with Chainalysis to deploy a detection model to “surface patterns consistent with insider knowledge in prediction markets” and other tools  —  Polymarket is partnering with blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis Inc. to help police its platform as prediction markets grapple …

Patrick Sykes / Bloomberg:
Iran's internet blackout, which costs an estimated $80M per day in economic damage, is dividing its military and civilian government, which opposes the measure  —  Iran's record internet blackout is emerging as a key dividing line between the country's powerful security apparatus and its civilian government …

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Instagram is expanding its recommendation restrictions beyond Reels to photos and carousels, targeting accounts that post unoriginal content like tweet roundups  —  The internet is full of copycat, stolen, reposted, and low-effort content — and Meta, at least publicly, has said it is working to cut off some of the reach.

Financial Times:
Study: long-shot Polymarket bets on military action, defined as $2,500+ wagers at odds of 35% or less, have a ~52% average win rate, vs. 25% for political bets  —  High rate of winning wagers likely to add to concerns that sensitive information can leak on prediction markets

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat:
Netomi, which builds AI for enterprise customer service, raised $110M led by Accenture Ventures and signs a deal to bring its platform to Accenture clients  —  Netomi, the San Francisco-based startup building AI systems for enterprise customer service, said Thursday that it has raised $110 million …