Start Up No.2675: Google engineer charged with insider prediction betting, solving maths in dreams, Nvidia PCs?, and more

Scientists have unravelled more of the mysteries of how tardigrades survive extreme temperatures. And it’s quite weird. CC-licensed photo by Philippe Garcelon on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Heatwave? No. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on Polymarket • BBC News Kali Hays: » A Google employee has been arrested for allegedly using his access to company information to successfully place lucrative bets on the prediction platform Polymarket. The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York said it had charged Michele Spagnuolo, a Google engineer, with breaking insider trading laws because of several bets he placed through the platform. Although…