Prediction market platform Polymarket has appointed a local representative in Japan as it seeks government approval to operate there. Polymarket sees Japan as a key growth opportunity and is aiming to secure regulatory permission by 2030, The Block reported, citing Bloomberg. Its website currently lists Japan as a restricted region due to regulatory requirements and compliance with international sanctions. The move comes as Polymarket’s monthly trading volume has fallen, while rival Kalshi’s has risen.

Google’s new AI model Gemini 3.5 Flash is positioned as a practical tool that supports coding, long-form reasoning, multimodal understanding and parallel task handling. The evaluation used five prompts, including building a simulator from a space debris report, designing a travel itinerary, guiding a craft task, creating a 25-minute cleaning plan and running a humorous parallel-reasoning investigation. The test highlighted context retention and switching between task types, while also raising questions about user data access needs.