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US Special Forces Soldier Arrested for Polymarket Bets on Maduro Raid

The master sergeant allegedly used classified intel to profit on the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, marking the first US arrest for insider trading on a prediction market.

Wired Apr 23, 2026 Kate Knibbs, Maddy Varner
Technology Apr 23, 2026

US arrests soldier who allegedly made $400k on Maduro Polymarket bets

We knew someone made over $400,000 on suspicious Polymarket bets around the US operation to capture Venezuelan president...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring

Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restru...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

U.S. Soldier Charged with Using Classified Info to Profit from Prediction Market

Article URL: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-soldier-charged-using-classified-information-profit-prediction-mar...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Leak reveals new Xbox Game Pass ‘Starter Edition’ that’s part of Discord Nitro

Microsoft started teasing a mysterious Discord and Xbox Game Pass partnership yesterday, and a new leak appears to have ...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Claude is connecting directly to your personal apps like Spotify, Uber Eats, and TurboTax

Claude users can access more apps with Anthropic's AI now thanks to new connectors for everything from hiking to grocery...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Visitors to this private space station won't be wearing shorts and T-shirts

Can you wear white after Labor Day if your destination is Earth orbit?

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Show HN: Tolaria – open-source macOS app to manage Markdown knowledge bases

Hey there! I am Luca, I write https://refactoring.fm/ and I built Tolaria for myself to manage my own knowledge base (1...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Newly Deciphered Sabotage Malware May Have Targeted Iran’s Nuclear Program—and Predates Stuxnet

Researchers have finally cracked Fast16, mysterious code capable of silently tampering with calculation and simulation s...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-soldier-charged-usin... Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=478...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.”

Trump-Xi summit may be rocked by US mulling huge sanctions.

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Brendan Carr’s war on wokeness targets inclusive children’s television

Under the guidance of consummate bully / chairman Brendan Carr, the FCC is taking steps towards cracking down on childre...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Carbon nanotube wiring gets closer to competing with copper

While this material degrades over time, it could point to better ones.

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment

Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired ...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

We still don't have a more precise value for "Big G"

Such experiments bring "order to the universe, whether or not the number agrees with the expect...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

TorchTPU: Running PyTorch Natively on TPUs at Google Scale

Article URL: https://developers.googleblog.com/torchtpu-running-pytorch-natively-on-tpus-at-google-scale/ Comments URL:...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

How the Tech World Turned Evil

Article URL: https://newrepublic.com/article/208876/tech-world-evil-musk-bezos-thiel Comments URL: https://news.ycombin...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

Technically speaking, there's no practical benefit to use PQC. So why is it being used? ...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Rednote Draws a Line Between China and the World

As the platform expands abroad, it’s taking steps to separate Chinese users from the international audiences it once b...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Using the internet like it's 1999

Article URL: https://joshblais.com/blog/using-the-internet-like-its-1999/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/it...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Sonos’ big sale on refurbished speakers is about to end

Portable audio and home theater upgrades can be very pricey, which is why we make a habit out of telling readers when th...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Anthropic's Claude Desktop App Installs Undisclosed Native Messaging Bridge

Article URL: https://letsdatascience.com/news/claude-desktop-installs-preauthorized-browser-extension-mani-4064fb1a Com...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Meta is laying off 10 percent of its staff

Meta is planning to layoff around 10 percent of employees in May, according to a memo from the company's chief people of...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Meet Noscroll, an AI bot that does your doomscrolling for you

Noscroll wants to cure doomscrolling with an AI bot that reads the internet for you.

Technology Apr 23, 2026

The Long Reply

Article URL: https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-long-reply/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880565 Po...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Trump’s pick to run US cyber agency CISA asks to drop out

Sean Plankey has requested to withdraw his name to run the U.S. cybersecurity agency after a tumultuous year of chaotic ...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto

In this week’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Tim Cook’s legacy as CEO at Apple and what his long-rumored ...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

Girl, 10, finds rare Mexican axolotl under Welsh bridge

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d4zgnqpqeo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47880189...

Technology Apr 23, 2026

‘We Are Xbox’: read the memo defining Microsoft’s gaming future

Microsoft's new Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has laid out a new strategy for what she describes as a "return of Xbox." In a join...