How a transatlantic team of insurance brokers, underwriters and meteorologists devised a workaround to save Bad Bunny from bad weather https://t.co/BSfnjVOw7z
Bad Bunny had a problem. Rains threatened to turn sold-out concerts into multimillion-dollar losses. A team of brokers, underwriters & meteorologists hit on a solution: build a temporary weather station at the open-air stadium. Story wjth @joewertz:
https://t.co/oyf45BwcZM
From global temperatures to snowfall in New York, people are betting on the weather. But can markets like Kalshi and Polymarket actually improve forecasts?
Read how traders are predicting the weather while climate experts are debating the results here: https://t.co/5qEOPLRBj7
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From New York snowfall to global temperatures, people are betting on the weather. But can markets like Kalshi and Polymarket actually improve forecasts? https://t.co/k6Nj7jtuTe
Weather bets on prediction markets like @Polymarket & @Kalshi are booming and attracting all kinds of bettors: normies, weather nerds, AI tech firms. But as the money flows, a debate is growing. Is this crowdsourcing making better weather forecasts or is it just gambling on the atmosphere? 🧵
Weather prediction markets are booming, drawing in casual participants, data buffs, weather experts, and AI weather-tech firms alike. Will they improve weather forecasts? With Eric Roston & @joewertz. Gift link:
https://t.co/X1FqsByw48
India is set to bake this summer with a higher number of heat wave days expected, raising the risks of power shortages as the Iran war curtails crucial energy supplies from the Middle East, writes @maryhui and @parija_pratik https://t.co/qcgIq2CvgP
Japan is tightening the rules around its weather industry on mounting concerns about erroneous forecasts, particularly from overseas platforms, writes @maryhui. https://t.co/ghpngyNCyr
On counting up versus counting down – a portrait of three figures in Hong Kong who believe in the power of the individual to shape something greater than themselves. Story with @frostyhk: https://t.co/7mpFFJqwTB
It's often easier to do nothing than to do something. This is the story of individuals who continue to explore the boundaries of what is permissible in Hong Kong, even as the city's once vibrant civil society has come under immense strain. W/ @frostyhk:
https://t.co/J4nLOpJIyW
China is mapping out a suite of industry standards for its emerging low-altitude economy. Among them: tapping the national meteorological bureau to provide better weather forecasts for drones and flying taxis: https://t.co/gX9BQkyBrn
I've been laid off from the Post today, along with too many of my incredible colleagues, after eight incredible years, most of them in Hong Kong and covering China's expansion, a story that will define our generation.
THE WALL DANCERS: Searching for Freedom and Connection on the Chinese Internet, is out today!!
It's about the Chinese internet and how it transformed Chinese society over the last three decades. It's also about queer communities and entrepreneurs, underground music and migrant labor, solidarity and censorship.
Along the way, I try to make sense of what it means to live with dignity and hope within the technological systems that shape all our our lives.
https://t.co/3Vq8TmEvBq
The rare double-hit is driven by large, slow-moving dips in the jet stream, regions of high pressure and a disrupted polar vortex, writes @joewertz and @maryhui https://t.co/2XkaMt12DF
A blast of frigid Arctic air is set to sweep across Asia next week, threatening to increase gas demand 🥶 ⚠️
🇨🇳 Temperatures in Beijing and Shanghai could plunge by 20C through Wednesday
📈 This could become the coldest January since 2021 and boost competition for LNG
China’s push to be a weather superpower has seen authorities accelerate efforts to end reliance on a European dataset, promoting a homegrown alternative for the era of artificial intelligence-fueled forecasting. https://t.co/Fqn0Osp67x