Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix that
Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator’s 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others.
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Kalshi court setbacks, Capitol Hill action, and CFTC filings, today in prediction market news LIVE
Today in prediction market news, we’re tracking the biggest developments across the industry in real time, including a federal judge’s decision to send Kalshi’s lawsuit against Michigan back to state court, new
NCAA and sportsbooks clash before Indiana Gaming Commission over college player prop bets
The Indiana Gaming Commission spent more than an hour Thursday hearing sharply different views on whether the state should prohibit proposition bets tied to individual college athletes. NCAA officials urged
The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns
penAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of to the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to.
YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed
YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover.
Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress-test AI agents
Agent testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experienced nearly insatiable demand, its investor says.
Polymarket says hackers stole users’ funds
The prediction market giant Polymarket said it’s refunding users who had funds stolen due to a third party breach.
Xbox follows Apple with price increasesÂ
The company says the increases are being driven by rising memory and console storage prices, with costs more than 2.5x higher than previous levels.
Notion Mail shuts down amid agent takeover
Notion’s email service is shutting down on September 22