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Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation

Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400K on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation

A special forces soldier involved in the operation that captured Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department. His alleged crime? Making numerous bets on the prediction market Polymarket that Maduro would be removed from power, for which he is said to have made upwards of $400,000. Authorities claim Gannon Ken…

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Conservative nonprofit investigates Virginia redistricting vote after court blocks certification

Conservative nonprofit investigates Virginia redistricting vote after court blocks certification

FIRST ON FOX: A conservative policy group is launching an investigation into Virginia’s redistricting amendment vote after a court blocked certification of the results, raising new questions from critics about how the referendum was conducted and whether election procedures were properly followed. The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) is initiating a multi-part probe focused on…

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Eric Trump-backed robot startup lands $24M Pentagon deal to compete with China

Eric Trump-backed robot startup lands $24M Pentagon deal to compete with China

Foundation Future Industries founder and CEO Sankaet Pathak and Trump Organization Executive Vice President Eric Trump discuss battlefield robotics, national security risks, and China competition on ‘Mornings with Maria. The future of American defense is undergoing a high-tech revolution as the Pentagon has awarded a multimillion-dollar contract to test heavy-duty humanoid robots. Foundation Future Industries…

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Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms infrastructure to track people’s locations. The researchers say these two campaigns are likely a small snapshot of what they believe to be widespread exploitation of surveillance vendors seeking access to global phone networks. On Thursday, the Citizen Lab,…

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