Thai Senate rejects casino bill, calls for public referendum to determine success of any future efforts Summary The Thai Senate’s special committee, chaired by Senator Dr Veerapun Suvannamai, has formally rejected the former government’s draft Entertainment Complex Bill and recommended that any future moves to legalise casinos must be put to a public referendum. The […]
COMMENTARY: The kids are not right; what will we do about it? Summary The piece, by Tommy Schultz of the American Federation for Children, warns that the nation’s K–12 system is facing an education emergency after new NAEP scores showed sharp declines in senior-year reading and maths and weak performance in science for eighth-graders. Schultz […]
👨🏿🚀TechCabal Daily – ‘You can’t have our chips anymore’ Summary Taiwan has imposed new restrictions requiring pre-approval for many chip exports to South Africa, a move framed as national-security retaliation after Pretoria downgraded Taiwanese mission offices amid closer ties with China. TechCabal’s briefing also covers DTB Kenya’s exit from Burundi, Hyundai saying EVs aren’t viable […]
MrBeast offers $100,000 reward in Catena co-founder scam Summary YouTube star MrBeast has offered a $100,000 reward for information that could lead to arrests after Catena Media co-founder Erik Bergman lost $1.25m in a sophisticated cryptocurrency “pig butchering” scam. Scammers impersonated high-profile figures — including MrBeast, Mark Rober, Ed Craven and Adin Ross — using […]
SEO Poisoning Campaign Tied to Chinese Actor Summary Researchers at Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 uncovered an SEO poisoning campaign, active since March 2025, that uses a malicious native IIS module called BadIIS to intercept and alter web traffic on compromised servers. Tracked as CL-UNK-1037 and nicknamed “Operation Rewrite”, the campaign hijacks legitimate websites (often […]
Redemption for Benjamin Rolle in WSOP Online Main Event Win for $3.9 Million Summary Benjamin Rolle, known online as “bencb789”, captured his first WSOP bracelet by winning the 2025 WSOP Online Main Event and a $3,900,707 top prize. The $5,000 buy-in gathered 5,961 entries for a $28,314,750 prize pool. Rolle — founder of training site […]
PrizePicks Secures CFTC Approval as FCM, Eyes Prediction Markets Summary PrizePicks’ subsidiary SidePrize has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and has joined the National Futures Association (NFA). The registration paves the way for PrizePicks to launch a prediction markets product reportedly to be called PrizePicks […]
$1,500 CS2 skin sparks community debate over Genesis Uplink Terminal Summary A $1,500 StatTrak Factory New AK-47 Oligarch listing on CS2’s new Genesis Uplink Terminal has ignited strong debate among the game’s community. Screenshots of high-priced items — some approaching $1,587 — circulated across social media, prompting questions about Valve’s new pricing model and its […]
PlayStation 6 First Game Officially Revealed, Brace Yourselves Summary Hideo Kojima used the Beyond The Strand showcase to reveal more about Kojima Productions’ next slate — including a confirmed PlayStation 6 title called Physint. Originally teased in January 2024 as a “next-generation” action-espionage project, the studio shared early facial animation tests that hint at extremely […]
Manhattan Casino Dreams Come to an End as Panel Rejects Final Proposal Summary Punchy take: Manhattan’s bid to host a Las Vegas-style resort has been halted — again — after the Community Advisory Committee voted down the final proposal. On 22 September the Community Advisory Committee rejected the “Freedom Plaza” plan by a 4-2 vote. […]
