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Our frail thoughts.
I should be writing about a terrifically difficult year. Instead, I’m thinking about flowers and dead men.
Kalshi and Polymarket have partnered with social media accounts purporting to be breaking news reporters, some of which have repeatedly posted false information (Jordy Fee-Platt/The Athletic)
Jordy Fee-Platt / The Athletic:
Kalshi and Polymarket have partnered with social media accounts purporting to be breaking news reporters, some of which have repeatedly posted false information — Unknown just a few years ago, the prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket have gained wider recognition in recent weeks.
Sources: ByteDance plans to spend about $14B on Nvidia's AI chips in 2026, an increase of about 18% from 2025 (Wency Chen/South China Morning Post)
Wency Chen / South China Morning Post:
Sources: ByteDance plans to spend about $14B on Nvidia's AI chips in 2026, an increase of about 18% from 2025 — Chinese unicorn's computing needs have climbed across its portfolio of popular apps, cloud unit Volcano Engine and large language models — ByteDance plans to spend about 100 billion yuan …
Favorite Books By Black Authors in 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, we're looking at our favorite books by Black authors of the year.
SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI, finalizing its up to $40B investment commitment announced in March and taking its stake to ~11% (SoftBank Group Corp.)
SoftBank Group Corp.:
SoftBank says it has completed a $22.5B investment in OpenAI, finalizing its up to $40B investment commitment announced in March and taking its stake to ~11% — SoftBank Group Corp. ("SBG" or the “Company") today announced that it has completed an additional investment of $22.5 billion …