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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

• Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
  Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own prediction market app.
  

Monday, June 29, 2026

• Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
  A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. Some worry that safety is being compromised.
  
• Study finds Australia's social media ban for children has barely affected access
  Despite Australia promising tougher penalties for a world-first social media ban for children, a new study indicates that six months in, the policy has barely affected youth access.
  
• Australia to double potential fines over child social media accounts
  Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian children from holding accounts.
  

Saturday, June 27, 2026

• Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model
  The U.S. government is asserting a new level of influence over AI, controlling which companies can access Anthropic's new models. OpenAI agreed to let the administration screen users of its new model.
  
  

Friday, June 26, 2026

• Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
  Observers said on Friday the government is responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube had failed since it came into force in December year.
  

Thursday, June 25, 2026

• Despite AI bubble fears, memory chip makers work to fill insatiable demand
  Markets have been on edge about the AI investment boom, but earnings from the biggest U.S. memory chip maker, Micron, signal no end in sight to demand for the microchips at the heart of it all.
  

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

• U.S. military works on building a better meal for the troops
  The drone-infested battlefields of modern warfare and the need to make troops' loads lighter has the U.S. military looking for new forms of field rations, like ways to make protein on the front lines.
  
• Meta plans to release AI-powered prediction market app, documents show
  The company is building an app separate from Facebook and Instagram where people can wager on the outcome of real-world events, using "play money."
  
• Star Fox Review: Can't quite teach an old Fox new tricks
  The Switch 2 Star Fox remake comes with high-effort visuals and a fun battle mode, but its campaign feels stuck in the past.