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Emma Roth
Emma Roth
Polymarket briefly paused trading after users reported stolen funds.

Polymarket said it paused trading “out of an abundance of caution” after one of its third-party partners was “compromised.” Some users reported that their accounts were drained shortly before the stoppage. “We’ll make this right and are fully reimbursing all affected traders,” Polymarket said.

Sean Hollister
Sean Hollister
Sure enough, the FCC just banned Chinese labs from testing US-bound gadgets.

“Starting 2 years from now, we will only allow for Test Labs to be based in the U.S or “Reciprocal Economies,” i.e. those places that are willing to recognize U.S.-based testing,” writes FCC chair Brendan Carr. His stated reasoning makes some sense, but it also omits important context: today’s test labs are concentrated in China because that’s where gadgets are made.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Inbox: “KRAFTON Announces Donald Glover-Directed PUBG Live Action Series in Development at Netflix.”

That’s the subject line of a real press release I just got in my email. Glover will “direct, write, executive produce, and star in the series,” according to the announcement. Stephen Glover, his brother, will also be a writer and executive producer. No word on when the series might actually be out.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Indie hit Celeste was delisted on Xbox to “support the BDS boycott.”

That’s according to developer Maddy Thorson, who also said that TowerFall had been removed as well.

Earlier this month, Big Walk developers House House said that the game skipped Xbox to support the BDS movement.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Bungie shared a timeline for unvaulting Destiny 2 content.

Full production of restoring vaulted content is expected to begin in February, and from there, “we expect full production will be about 12mos. to fully complete the porting process,“ according to a blog post.

Bungie is also teasing updates to come about a Destiny 2 “celebration,” a project Bungie is calling Destiny “Legacy,” and something “Redacted.” The next major communications beat for Destiny is planned for February.

Bungie’s timeline image for unvaulting Destiny 2 content.
Image: Bungie
Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Apple and OpenAI head to trial in July.

The judge in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI has set a trial start date of July 19th, 2027, as reported by 9to5Mac.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Google is seeing “lower monetization” in AI Mode ads.

However, the company has seen “promising results” with its ad experiments, chief business officer Philipp Schindler said on yesterday’s earnings call.

It’s also turning on AI Mode ads for more people and in more scenarios: ahead of that call, Google announced that it’s bringing ads in AI Mode to new countries and launching ads in follow-up queries in AI Mode in the US.