28 08, 2026

Kalshi Weather Odds Are Coming to a Weather App Near You

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Kalshi Inc. has entered a partnership with The Weather Company to bolster the data it uses to settle contracts in rapidly growing weather and climate prediction markets. The prediction platform is seeking to establish market-implied probabilities as another source of …

28 08, 2026

OpenAI, Anthropic Urge Cyber Defense Action as AI Models Improve

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Artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Anthropic PBC, along with more than 100 other tech and financial services organizations, warned that businesses and governments must do more to prepare for and defend against AI-enabled hacks. In an open letter Thursday, the …

28 08, 2026

Police Reports Undercount Cellphone Use Before Crashes: Study

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A new study drawing on telematics data confirms that far more drivers are using cellphones in the lead-up to crashes than is reflected in police reports, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The data, derived from driver-enrolled safe-driving …

28 08, 2026

War in Iran Continues to Drive Interest in Renewables

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Six months after US-Israeli strikes disrupted Middle Eastern fossil fuel production and turned the Strait of Hormuz into a naval battleground, the world is getting a fuller picture of how the Iran war has reshaped the economics of energy. A …

28 08, 2026

Romania Probes Cause of Black Sea Cargo Ship Sinking

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A merchant ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Romania in the Black Sea on Thursday evening, likely after being hit, Romanian President Nicusor Dan and authorities said. The Romanian Border Police on Friday confirmed the fire on …

28 08, 2026

Meta Settlement Opens New Front in Global Fight Over Social Media Harm

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Meta’s move to restrict teenagers’ use of social media in the U.S. shows companies have tools to better protect young people online, Australian officials said on Thursday, while in the Philippines, an official said the U.S. company had pledged to …

28 08, 2026

Auto and Home Insurance Consumers Getting Used to Using AI: JD Power

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“Just as we’ve seen with the internet and mobile apps, AI is rapidly becoming a critical conduit to key policy shopping, research and account management decisions among auto and home insurance customers,” said Tony Soloman, director, insurance intelligence at JD …

28 08, 2026

Florida AG Rejects Meta Settlement but Takes $1.2M From Deloitte Over DEI

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Florida’s attorney general this week rejected the $18 billion settlement with Meta, calling it too soft on the social media giant formerly known as Facebook. Florida will pursue its own litigation against Meta. “The payouts to the states are peanuts …

28 08, 2026

Tropical Storm Dolly Forms in the Atlantic, Not Named After Dolly Parton

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Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic far from land, forecasters said Thursday. The name is quite a coincidence, but has no connection to country music star Dolly Parton, who died this week. Storm systems are named by procedures set …

28 08, 2026

Florida, Hit by Obamacare Drop-Off, Feels the Squeeze of Health Care Costs

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Florida chef Elijah Button was chopping onions in June when his knife slipped and sliced his middle finger to the bone. It was his worst kitchen accident to date. But having given up his Affordable Care Act health insurance plan …