EPISODE · Sep 7, 2026 · 22 MIN
Meta's $18 Billion Settlement, LSU Hedging on Kalshi, Courts Kalsi is Gambling, Dyson's Camera Toothbrush, Camera-Free Smart Glasses Backlash
from Tech Gumbo · host Haggai Davis
News and Updates: Meta Settles for $18 Billion: Meta reached an $18 billion settlement with 48 states over child-safety claims, agreeing to a default two-hour daily time limit for under-18 users on Facebook and Instagram. Meta only pays the full amount if TikTok and YouTube also adopt one-hour daily limits and contribute roughly $5.3 billion each; the deal also adds "night mode" and "school mode" notification blocks for minors. LSU Hedges Kiffin's Bonus on Kalshi: A third-party firm, Game Point Capital, placed $3 million in prediction-market trades on LSU's football season to offset coach Lane Kiffin's playoff and championship bonus payments. Court Rules Kalshi's Sports Bets Are Gambling: A Ninth Circuit panel ruled Nevada can regulate Kalshi's sports-event contracts as gambling, rejecting the company's claim that they're federally protected "swaps." The ruling conflicts with a Third Circuit decision favoring prediction markets in New Jersey, setting up a likely Supreme Court showdown as 44 states argue these platforms are unregulated gambling. Dyson's $499 Camera Toothbrush: The Dyson CameraJet streams a live view inside your mouth to your phone and uses AI-powered "Gap Optical Targeting" to auto-floss gaps between teeth with precision water jets. Camera-Free Smart Glasses Gain Ground: Amid the "pervert glasses" backlash against camera-equipped models like Ray-Ban Meta, a growing wave of waveguide display glasses—including RayNeo, Halliday, and Even Realities—ship with no camera at all. Australia Considers Import Ban: Australian lawmakers plan to introduce a bill banning smart-glasses imports for 12 months over covert-recording concerns, as privacy advocates warn cheaper devices could "wash through society" before regulation catches up.
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