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Meta reached a settlement with attorneys general from 47 states who had sued the company for allegedly manipulating children's attention through its algorithms. The deal could cost Meta as much as $17 billion, though the company admitted no wrongdoing, and the Wall Street Journal reported it spent over $2 billion on legal defense in a single quarter of 2026 alone.
The article traces how display resolution terminology evolved, noting that '4K' refers to roughly 4,000 horizontal pixels while related terms like Ultra HD, 2160p, and QHD (1440p) describe similar or adjacent resolutions using different naming conventions. It also clarifies older terms like HD (720p), Full HD (1080p), and the difference between interlaced and progressive scanning.
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Kalshi's bid to stop Nevada from regulating its prediction market operations, siding with the state's gambling regulators and attorney general who sued Kalshi in February for allegedly operating without a sports gambling license. The ruling adds to a patchwork of conflicting state and federal legal outcomes for Kalshi, which also faces action from Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and Arizona, even as a separate court found New Jersey lacks authority to regulate the platform.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a Nevada case that betting on sporting outcomes does not qualify as a federally regulated 'swap' under the Commodity Exchange Act, rejecting the broad interpretation that prediction-market firm Kalshi has relied on to argue states can't block its sports contracts. The decision undermines the reasoning Arizona federal judge Michael Liburdi used earlier this year to block Arizona's attorney general from prosecuting Kalshi under state gambling laws.
A unanimous three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that Nevada can enforce its gambling laws against Kalshi's sports-related event contracts, rejecting the company's claim that federal commodities law shields it from state oversight. The decision upholds a lower court order allowing Nevada's Gaming Control Board to act against Kalshi, Crypto.com and Robinhood over sports-event contracts offered on their platforms.
A federal appeals court ruled that states retain authority to regulate prediction markets under their gambling laws, rejecting arguments that federal oversight preempts state action. The decision addresses ongoing legal disputes over platforms like Kalshi that offer event-based betting contracts.
An entrepreneur who has built companies in hospitality, real estate, construction, home inspections, healthcare and digital marketing argues that success comes from recognizing recurring problem patterns rather than industry expertise. He points to a NBER study of Danish firms showing serial entrepreneurs are 39% more productive than first-time founders, crediting this edge to pattern recognition rather than diversification itself.
Shares of The Cheesecake Factory, the casual dining chain, have climbed 122% so far this year, a gain that outstrips the year-to-date performance of several Magnificent Seven tech stocks, including Nvidia. The rally highlights how a traditional restaurant business has outperformed some of the market's most closely watched technology giants.
Mark Patricof, founder of Patricof Co., is developing a business focused on channeling the growing financial influence of professional and college athletes into investment opportunities. The effort aims to help athletes leverage their earnings and public profiles beyond their playing careers.
An early-stage investor and Entrepreneur contributor describes walking away from investments that appear promising on the surface but carry hidden structural risks. He cites examples like a hydration test product with an unworkable cost structure, alongside deals involving founders he can't fully trust or markets dominated by entrenched competitors. The piece frames these quiet rejections as some of his most valuable investment decisions, even though they generate no visible outcomes.
A new Entrepreneur op-ed argues that identifying a profitable niche is only the first step for e-commerce founders, who often stall by over-researching or polishing websites before validating demand. The author outlines a practical approach: define a single customer and problem, translate that problem into a specific offer, and test it cheaply before scaling.
A UMass Lowell Center for Public Opinion dataset, highlighted by a Reddit user following Dolly Parton's death, shows Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg holds just 8 percent favorability among Democrats and 13 percent among Republicans. That places him near Vladimir Putin in overall unpopularity, despite Zuckerberg's recent efforts to align himself politically with Donald Trump.