Start Up No.2691: how Polymarket faked big wins, HR consultant wins case with AI, the holes in vibe coding, and more

The icons in the forthcoming version of macOS have been subtly tweaked to retreat from last year’s “Liquid Glass” appearance. CC-licensed photo by Yeray Hdez Guerra 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 10 links for you. Gleaming. I’m @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: charles_arthur. On Mastodon: https://newsie.social/@charlesarthur. On Bluesky: @charlesarthur.bsky.social. Observations and links welcome. Polymarket’s viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake • Ars Technica Jon Brodkin: » Polymarket paid dozens of social media users to film themselves making fake bets for a promotion that aimed to convince people they can strike it rich on the prediction market, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation published on Saturday. “In its push to draw users to its unregulated platform, Polymarket has flooded social media with videos like [George]…