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Prediction Markets Boom in 2025: How Kalshi, Polymarket and Big Tech Are Turning “What If?” Into a Business

Prediction Markets Boom in 2025: How Kalshi, Polymarket and Big Tech Are Turning “What If?” Into a Business

On November 16, 2025, prediction markets hit the mainstream, from CBS’ Sunday Morning and Financial Times op-eds to NHL and UFC deals, Wall Street money and new rules. Here’s how Kalshi, Polymarket and rivals are reshaping online betting, finance and even democracy. On Sunday morning U.S. TV, Times Square billboards and Wall Street trading floors, the same question is suddenly everywhere: Wanna bet? CBS News’ Sunday Morning devoted today’s cover story to the rise of online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, featuring users who “monetize their knowledge” by trading on everything from elections and sports to Taylor Swift’s hypothetical
16 November 2025
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Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Juggernaut vs AMD’s OpenAI Jackpot – Inside 2025’s Epic AI Stock Showdown

Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Juggernaut vs AMD’s OpenAI Jackpot – Inside 2025’s Epic AI Stock Showdown

Stock Performance & Financial Snapshot (YTD 2025) After a turbulent 2024, both Nvidia and AMD have staged massive rallies in 2025 amid the AI frenzy. Nvidia’s share price has climbed roughly 30% year-to-date (on top of a 171% surge in 2024) ts2.tech, while AMD’s stock has risen a similar ~30% YTD (after an 18% drop last year) ts2.tech – and much more if measured from its early-2025 lows. In fact, AMD’s late surge in the first week of October pushed it to about +50–60% for the year overall ts2.tech. As of Oct 10, 2025, Nvidia (NVDA) trades around $192–$193 per share investing.com, and AMD (AMD) around $230–$233 macrotrends.net – both near their highest levels
10 October 2025
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OpenAI’s $1 Trillion AI Chip Bet: Nvidia vs. AMD Fuel a Tech Gold Rush

OpenAI’s $1 Trillion AI Chip Bet: Nvidia vs. AMD Fuel a Tech Gold Rush

OpenAI’s Insatiable Need for AI Compute OpenAI – maker of ChatGPT and GPT-4 – has made it clear that access to massive computing power is the biggest constraint on advancing AI ts2.tech. Training and running ever-larger AI models requires tens of thousands of cutting-edge GPUs and enormous electricity and cooling resources. Sam Altman has likened today’s AI race to an “arms race” for silicon and server space, saying OpenAI must “build enough AI infrastructure to meet its needs” reuters.com. In Altman’s view, current cloud data centers are not sufficient for the next generation of AI – “we have decided that
9 October 2025
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Xbox’s New Handheld Costs $1,000 – Why the ROG Ally X Has Gamers Talking

Xbox’s New Handheld Costs $1,000 – Why the ROG Ally X Has Gamers Talking

Xbox Joins the Handheld Gaming Race For the first time, Microsoft is officially putting the “Xbox” name on a handheld gaming device. In partnership with Asus’ Republic of Gamers division, Microsoft announced the ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X – two portable gaming PCs that integrate tightly with the Xbox ecosystem. Unlike a traditional console, these devices are essentially mini Windows 11 PCs with gamepad controls, but they come pre-tuned for a console-like experience. Microsoft touts that you can “power on directly into the Xbox full screen experience”, a custom Windows interface optimized for handheld gaming news.xbox.com. In
26 September 2025
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Audio Tech Blitz: Headphones & Speakers Hit High Notes (Sept 10–11, 2025)

Audio Tech Blitz: Headphones & Speakers Hit High Notes (Sept 10–11, 2025)

Key Facts In-Depth Report Major Product Launches & Announcements Audio Streaming & Formats Take Center Stage September 10 brought a milestone for music streaming quality. Spotify Lossless is finally live, marking the service’s first foray into higher-than-CD fidelity. Branded simply as “Spotify Lossless,” the feature unlocks FLAC streaming at 24-bit/44.1 kHz for Premium users, after a staggering eight-year wait since hi-fi rumors first began whathifi.com. This launch closes a long-running gap – rivals like Tidal, Qobuz, and Apple Music have offered lossless or high-res tiers for years whathifi.com. Notably, Spotify isn’t paywalling the upgrade: Lossless access is included in the standard
11 September 2025
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Audio Tech Frenzy: Headphones & Speakers Shake Up the Scene (Sept 9–10, 2025)

Audio Tech Frenzy: Headphones & Speakers Shake Up the Scene (Sept 9–10, 2025)

Key Facts In-Depth Report New Product Announcements Galore Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 took center stage on September 9. Announced during Apple’s fall event, these third-generation AirPods Pro mark the first major update in three years theverge.com. They introduce a suite of new features: a tiny photoplethysmographic sensor in each earbud now enables heart-rate tracking during workouts, a first for Apple’s audio line theverge.com whathifi.com. Apple also upgraded the Pro 3’s custom audio architecture to deliver what it claims is “the world’s best ANC” (active noise cancellation) – reportedly twice as effective as the previous AirPods Pro 2, and four times
10 September 2025
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Flagship Face-Off 2025: OnePlus 13 Pro vs Xiaomi 15 Pro vs Realme GT7 Pro

OnePlus in 2025: Evolution of the “Flagship Killer” – 15 Key Facts You Need to Know

Conclusion: As of September 2025, OnePlus has transformed from an upstart “flagship killer” to a multifaceted brand offering everything from budget phones to ultra-premium flagships and ecosystem devices. Its phones combine bleeding-edge hardware (fastest chips, huge RAM, super-fast charging) with a refined OxygenOS experience that caters to both enthusiasts and general users. The company’s evolution hasn’t been without growing pains – prices have risen and some early fans bemoan the loss of the old OnePlus “quirkiness” – yet OnePlus has largely retained its identity of bold innovation and bang-for-buck value. Tech experts laud OnePlus’s 2025 lineup as arguably its best
9 September 2025
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AI Race Heats Up: Musk’s Showdown, $183B Startup & New Global AI Rules – Top Stories (Sept 3–4, 2025)

AI Race Heats Up: Musk’s Showdown, $183B Startup & New Global AI Rules – Top Stories (Sept 3–4, 2025)

Microsoft Launches In-House AI Models, Signaling Independence Microsoft announced it has built two powerful homegrown AI foundation models after years of relying on OpenAI. The company introduced MAI-Voice-1, a lightning-fast speech generator, and MAI-1-preview, a text model for its Copilot assistant semafor.com semafor.com. Mustafa Suleyman, now CEO of the Microsoft AI division, said this marks a strategic shift: “We have to be able to have the in-house expertise to create the strongest models in the world” semafor.com. The move pits Microsoft directly against OpenAI – its close partner turned rival – in the race for cutting-edge AI models semafor.com semafor.com.
4 September 2025
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AI Everywhere! IFA 2025 Stuns with Next-Gen Gadgets and Surprises

AI Everywhere! IFA 2025 Stuns with Next-Gen Gadgets and Surprises

Key Facts: A Historic Tech Show Back in Full Force IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) Berlin has been running since 1924, and in 2025 it’s back at full scale after recent lean years stuff.tv. The show spans 26 enormous halls at Messe Berlin, hosting everything from smartphones and smart fridges to hi-fi and home theater gear stuff.tv. With hundreds of thousands of attendees and exhibitors from over 40 countries, IFA is a bellwether for consumer tech trends stuff.tv. This year’s expo (Sept 5–9) is the 101st edition hiddenwires.co.uk, and its agenda makes clear that AI and sustainability are the defining pillars. Show
3 September 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – Global AI News Roundup (Aug 14–15, 2025)

OpenAI released GPT-5 in August 2025, described as multiples more capable than the previous generation by Kunal Kothari of Aviva Investors. Anthropic unveiled Claude for Financial Services in mid-July 2025, setting context for the GPT-5 release. Apple plans a desk assistant robot by 2027 and an LLM-powered Siri on iPhones possibly in 2026, including a visual interface code-named Charismatic. Oracle and Google announced on August 14, 2025 that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will provide access to Google’s Gemini models for its customers in OCI. eBay introduced AI-powered seller tools in August 2025, including an AI messaging assistant and an AI-driven inventory
15 August 2025
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Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and quickly gained hundreds of millions of users, while Google released Gemini (then Bard) in 2023 as its competing AI assistant. ChatGPT runs on the GPT-4 model and is renowned for strong text reasoning and coding, whereas Gemini is natively multimodal (text, images, audio, video) and can use live Google Search and even execute code in Gemini Pro. Gemini Pro can handle context windows up to 2 million tokens, far larger than ChatGPT’s 32,000-token extended window, enabling whole-project analysis. In February 2025, Gemini Advanced gained the ability to recall past chats to personalize responses, while
23 July 2025
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AI Revolution in Your Pocket: The 2024–2025 Smartphone AI Showdown

AI Revolution in Your Pocket: The 2024–2025 Smartphone AI Showdown

At WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, embedding AI across iOS with on-device processing via the Neural Engine and a Private Cloud Compute option for encrypted server-based tasks. Apple’s Siri gained context awareness, hundreds of new actions across apps, and on-screen context integration. Apple integrated OpenAI’s ChatGPT into iOS 18, enabling Siri to route complex queries to ChatGPT with user permission. Pages’ Writing Tools can generate text and images using ChatGPT-powered features, including a Compose tool to create content. Image Playground enables on-device image generation in Messages, Notes, and other apps, with all images created on-device. Genmoji allows generating custom
22 July 2025
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