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My Doomscrolling Addiction Is Why I Avoid Prediction Markets
For more than a decade, I’ve had periods of addiction to consuming negative news content on social media—typically through Twitter. This is commonly called doomscrolling. I’ve had trouble sleeping; I’ve deactivated and reactivated my Twitter (now X) account countless times; I’ve heard phantom notifications. I justified my doomscrolling by my career as a journalist, telling…
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CNN Begins Showing Gambling Odds On News Under Kalshi Partnership
CNN is promoting gambling odds from the platform Kalshi under a surprising partnership. Under the deal that kicked off Dec. 3, CNN has backend access to the betting company’s “data” (i.e., gambling odds) for real-world current events, including politics, elections, and the weather. Kalshi, which now handles billions of dollars in monthly trading volume, mostly…
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