‘Hairdryer used to trick weather sensor’ to win $34,000 bet

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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/04/23/hairdryer-used-trick-weather-sensor-34000-polymarket-bet/

French police are investigating suspicions that a hairdryer may have been used to tamper with official weather readings to make thousands of dollars in Polymarket bets.

Temperature readings at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport have…

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Diesel riot on wheels: Created slow-moving queues

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https://www.nrk.no/sorlandet/_dieselbrolet_-er-i-gang-_-saktegaende-trafikk-flere-steder-1.17827420

Google translated There have been slow-moving queues in several places in the country due to the “Diesel Roar.” Drivers across the country have taken to the roads to protest record-high diesel prices.

The campaign is a protest against the…

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