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The 57-year-old actor hadn't played much golf before taking on the role of a former pro in the Apple TV+ series Stick. Two seasons in, he's now “very comfortable with a putter.”

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Two Bay Area cities vote Tuesday on measures that could lead to new government-owned banks.

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The hackers posed as recruiters, convincing a Binance employee to download a fake "assignment" as part of a broader and sophisticated campaign.

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If you have an older TV that doesn't have smart features, you might not need to upgrade. Here's how to turn your "dumb" TV into a smart one.

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Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket officially don't care which side of a bet wins.

• There is no "house." They get their cut either way. It's a business model that's attracted billions of VC dollars.

Yes, but: Kalshi and Polymarket should be pulling hard for Democrats in today's midterm elections. Even if that feels counterintuitive.

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Catch up quick: Prediction markets burst into the public consciousness two years ago, when their users correctly "picked" Donald Trump to beat Kamala Harris. It bestowed credibility at a time when public trust in traditional polling had cratered.

Fast forward: More recently, however, they had electoral misses in Brazil and Israel. Three would be a trend.

• Both platforms currently have markets on Democrats sweeping Congress, with "yes" at around 75%.
• If that's how today plays out, it would further cement prediction market legitimacy. A Republican win in either chamber, however, would dump them into the same pot as pollsters — even if 75% probability includes a sizable improbability.

Zoom in: Democrats are often more hostile to prediction markets than are Republicans, but companies like Kalshi and Polymarket don't have too much to fear from a Democrat-controlled Congress.

• Yes, there would probably be an uncomfortable hearing or two. But neither chamber would have veto-proof majorities, and the Trump administration has been very sympathetic to the industry.
• The real constraints, if any, are more likely to come via the Supreme Court.

The bottom line: Political predictions generate much less revenue for Kalshi and Polymarket than do sports predictions, but they have a much longer tail.

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Cybercriminals have turned reselling cloud access to LLMs into a lucrative business model, with some victims paying as much as $1 million in resource consumption before access was revoked.

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It’s hard to be better than Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic has been to start the season, particularly on the offensive end of the court. Doncic is leading the league in scoring by a mile, averaging 38.3 points, 8.0 rebounds and 8.1 assists while shooting 49.7% from the field, 42.7% from 3-point range and […]

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Burt Lancaster played an Apache warrior in brownface in 1954, with a young Charles Bronson by his side. Now the film is called unwatchable.

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The biggest blockbuster trade of the offseason has had very little impact on the field.

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In its first such survey, the BOK also asked about a crypto price crash, losses at another firm, and each firm’s crypto teams, budgets and investments.

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North Korea-linked attackers spent months compromising Binance employees and internal systems before exploiting its hot-wallet signing infrastructure through Ethereum's EIP-7702 mechanism.

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Now worth $357 billion, Jeff Bezos once created a “regret minimization framework” to decide whether to quit his cushy hedge fund job to create Amazon.

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While investigators found no evidence that AI agents laundered the stolen Binance funds, Zhao stressed that automated tools are lowering the barrier for complex breaches.

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CFTC Chair Michael Selig said the move gives U.S. traders a regulated alternative to “offshore, and often unregulated, venues.”

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It's a quick and easy binge if you're on the hunt for a thrilling miniseries.

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Weekly composite ranks for each position in PPR and IDP formats, as well as Eric Karabell's superflex ranks.

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Harris County voters can use an online tool to check polling place wait times on Election Day, ensuring a smoother voting experience by visiting any county center.

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Persson’s agent says he rarely spends time in Los Angeles anymore. The listing lands just as Californians decide on a wealth tax that has already pushed Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Travis Kalanick out of the state.

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Voting machines across New York's Westchester County are rejecting paper ballots on Election Day, raising concerns about potential delays in one of the nation's most competitive House races.

Why it matters: Results could be delayed for one of the country's most prominent House races, between Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Democratic nominee Cait Conley, as officials address a problem with paper ballots.

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Driving the news: The Westchester County Board of Elections said Tuesday it was aware of a problem preventing voting machines from accepting paper ballots at polling locations throughout the county.

• The Board of Elections said it is speaking with New York State officials and the Westchester County government "to address this issue and ensure that voting continues with as little disruption as possible."
• The cause remains unclear. Election officials initially blamed the thickness of paper ballots but later removed that explanation from their statement, per reports.
• New York Attorney General Letitia James wrote on X that her office is monitoring the issue.

What they're saying: Lawler said officials were working with vendors to resolve the problem, while Conley reassured voters that their ballots would count.

• Westchester County government wrote on its website: "Let us be absolutely clear: Every eligible vote will be counted."

What we're hearing: Voters in the county told Fox 5 NY that they had to fill out paper ballots instead of using the machines. Voters said their ballots were placed in a security box.

• Other voters shared discontent with the ballots issue on social media.
• Katie Miller, wife of Trump adviser Stephen Miller, claimed on X: "This is how the Left steals elections. Mike Lawler's competitive district and they are turning away voters."

Context: The county covers roughly 30% of New York's 17th District, which Lawler represents. The contest has emerged as a key battleground race in Democrats' push to gain control of the House.

Zoom out: The ballot-scanning problems come as technology vulnerabilities have been a key issue heading into the midterms, with researchers saying some vulnerabilities remain in plain sight.

What's next: Voters at affected polling locations were urged to remain in line and cast their ballots.

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An attacker broke into the update system of the cPGuard security tool on November 2 and used it to send a malicious script to customers' Linux servers. The script installed a backdoor and collected password hashes and other sensitive files from servers that ran it, cPGuard maker OPSSHIELD said in an advisory. The attacker has since taken some of that data. cPGuard 5.88.25 and later versions

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Google on Monday warned that threat actors are hijacking enterprise access to Large Language Models (LLMs) to fraudulently leverage expensive computing resources and AI services. The tactic is called LLMjacking, a form of resource hijacking adapted for the LLM era, where an attacker obtains an API key through phishing, source code leaks, misconfigured environments, or exposed client-side code

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The status bar of your smartphone is littered with arcane symbols that are mostly undecipherable. We all know what 4G and 5G are, so what is H+?

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The president’s announcement on Election Day, which he said was part of an agreement reached months ago, was a sign of how quickly the politics surrounding Israel have shifted.

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After spending years as a major WWE superstar, a former 5-time WWE champion has definitively confirmed their retirement from wrestling.

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In Kherson city, usually seething with Russian drones, friends met at cafes, families were out together and shoppers stocked up. "The city seems alive," said one resident, "just like it used to be."

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Now you see it, now you don't.

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“Looks expensive and feels comfortable on the wrist.”

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‘Police Squad!’ was canceled after just six episodes by ABC. But now it lives on in the world of streaming. Continue reading…

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Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Doncic has been on an absolute tear lately, making his case to be the early NBA MVP favorite. In his last five games, Doncic is averaging 43.4 points on super efficient shooting splits. His latest performance was in the Lakers’ win over the Miami Heat when he finished with 42 […]