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As Robinhood rolls out smart contract derivatives around the election, a look at how smart markets have seemed to have their mainstream breakthrough this year. TikTok now has a Fediverse, open-source competitor. AI now has an opensource definition, or something? And Meta opensourced their own AI podcast making tool. Here’s what you missed today in the world of tech.

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• Robinhood jumps into election trading, giving users chance to buy Harris or Trump contracts (CNBC)
• Billions in election bets raise the stakes of the presidential race (Washington Post)
• Apple Blocked From Selling iPhone 16 Models in Indonesia (Bloomberg)
• The fediverse is getting its own TikTok competitor called Loops (TechCrunch)
• We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI (TechCrunch)
• Even With Venture Slowdown, Megadeals Grow (CrunchBase)
• Netflix Adds ‘Moments’ Feature Allowing Users to Easily Share Favorite Scenes (EXCLUSIVE) (Variety)
• Meta Releases NotebookLlama, An Open-Source Podcast Generator (Techopedia)

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