Polymarket and Kalshi are less regulated than betting sites, but users can win or lose large sums on the platforms
Yadin Eldar, 21, has been betting on prediction markets since 2019. His friends think he’s “crazy”, he said. But the craze surrounding these platforms is rapidly gathering steam.
Users can bet on virtually anything, from the outcome of Sunday’s Super Bowl to whether the US will invade Greenland, every second of every day.
Continue reading...After state sees four deaths and 40 hospitalizations, public health officials and foraging experts urge caution
A wet winter in California has produced a surge of wild fungi – a shroom boom that would typically have foragers cheering. But among the chanterelles and porcinis, a much more dangerous fungus called the death cap – also known as the Amanita phalloides – is causing alarm.
The state health department reports that, between late November 2025 and early February 2026, there have been four deaths and 40 hospitalizations linked to consumption of dangerous mushrooms, an outbreak the department describes as “unprecedented”. That’s far above the average for the state, which typically sees fewer than five mushroom-poisoning cases annually.
Continue reading...FA assessing whether he brought game into disrepute
Manchester United co-owner told by Starmer to apologise
The Football Association will look at whether Jim Ratcliffe brought the game into disrepute through his claims that the UK has been “colonised” by immigrants.
The Manchester United co-owner, a billionaire based in Monaco, caused widespread anger with his comments and has been called on by Keir Starmer to apologise. His remarks have not gone unnoticed within the FA, which will examine further before deciding whether he has broken any rules. It is too early to say whether any formal investigation will follow.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Countdown lexicographer urges families to read, talk and play word games to help language development
Children’s vocabulary is shrinking as reading loses out to screen time, according to the lexicographer Susie Dent, who is urging families to read, talk and play word games to boost language development.
The Countdown star’s warning comes as the government prepares to issue advice to parents for the first time on how to manage screen use in under-fives, amid concerns that excessive screen time is damaging children’s language development.
Continue reading...Cybercriminals are turning supply chain attacks into an industrial-scale operation, linking breaches, credential theft, and ransomware into a "self-reinforcing" ecosystem, researchers say.…
ROTTERDAM (ANP) - Guy den Ouden is in de tweede ronde van het ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam uitgeschakeld. De 23-jarige tennisser verloor in twee sets van de Fransman Ugo Humbert: 4-6 3-6. Humbert speelt in de kwartfinales tegen de Australiër Christopher O'Connell.
Den Ouden is de huidige nummer 169 van de wereldranglijst. Hij kreeg een wildcard van toernooidirecteur Richard Krajicek. Den Ouden maakte die invitatie waar door in de eerste ronde te winnen van de Hongaar Marton Fucsovics.
