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> Kalshi says it will block politicians and athletes from trading in markets they’re tied to
https://www.theverge.com/tech/899097/kalshi-politicians-athletes-insider-trading-blocked
> Several accounts on the online platform Polymarket laid bets on a US-Iran ceasefire over the weekend that appeared to show signs of insider knowledge, according to experts.
> “We’re over here just grinding away on banger memes, dude,” a senior White House official told Politico.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/23/iran-us-trump-video-game-war-ai-memes
> I would ask the rhetorical question: “do you really think that twenty years from now everyone is still going to be going around all day staring at little rectangles in their hands?” At the time it seemed obvious to me that the answer was no.
> Reader, I have changed my mind.
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild
Classic contemporary detective show plot point right here.
> After the discovery of McNally’s body, police arrested McCullagh, but they released him after learning of the broadcast, which provided an alibi. [...] Police seized McCullagh’s computers and analysis established that the purported livestream had been prerecorded.
ICYMI (from the not-all-cyber-news-is-horrible dept), a cyberattack on a U.S. vehicle breathalyzer company has left drivers across the United States stranded and unable to start their vehicles. This story positively cries out for a headline-writing contest. TechCrunch reports:
"The company, Intoxalock, says on its website that it is “currently experiencing downtime” after a cyberattack on March 14. Intoxalock sells breathalyzer devices that fit into vehicle ignition switches, and is used by people who are required to provide a negative alcohol breath sample to start their car."
EnergyKit is documented here:
One question I have, reading some of the UK "energy digitalisation" plans is: are there plans for a standardised consumer-level APIs for things like energy cost?
Apple, for example, has a bunch of facilities that can change how devices work according to current energy cost (EnergyKit, introduced in 2025) - but nothing works outside the US.
(Their support for OpenBanking shows they can add national-level APIs if they're available.)
BrianKrebs
