{"id":"1793576114410-tech-segment","slug":"utah-kalshi-criminal-charges-claim-spreads","title":"Utah Kalshi criminal charges claim spreads","summary":"The iPhone Duo does lack Face ID and uses Touch ID on the power button, but Apple Vision Pro does not require an iPhone's Face ID; it uses its own Optic ID authentication and works without an iPhone.\n\nSales trackers in 2012 reported that Samsung's Galaxy S III had passed the iPhone 4S as the best-selling single smartphone model in the U.S. at that time; this is old news, not a current ranking. A sarcastic joke or reply; no factual assertion to check. An opinion insulting a startup; no checkable factual assertion.","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T23:35:14.410Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"MISLEADING","notes":"MISLEADING: The iPhone Duo does lack Face ID and uses Touch ID on the power button, but Apple Vision Pro does not require an iPhone's Face ID; it uses its own Optic ID authentication and works without an iPhone.\nSource: [phonearena.com](https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/apple-iphone-duo-vs-google-pixel-11-pro-foldid8030) NAMES: iPhone Duo = Apple's first foldable iPhone; Apple (https://x.com/GreatZack000/status/2114507066048238001)\n\nTRUE: Sales trackers in 2012 reported that Samsung's Galaxy S III had passed the iPhone 4S as the best-selling single smartphone model in the U.S. at that time; this is old news, not a current ranking. A sarcastic joke or reply; no factual assertion to check. An opinion insulting a startup; no checkable factual assertion.\nSource: Canaccord Genuity via news reports NAMES: Galaxy S III = Samsung's 2012 Android flagship; iPhone 4S = Apple's 2011 iPhone. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4uqzdijb5ndnht (https://x.com/matthewt395111/status/2116209719446778246)","claims":[{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"The iPhone Duo does lack Face ID and uses Touch ID on the power button, but Apple Vision Pro does not require an iPhone's Face ID; it uses its own Optic ID authentication and works without an iPhone.","sourceName":"[phonearena.com](https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/apple-iphone-duo-vs-google-pixel-11-pro-foldid8030) NAMES: iPhone Duo = Apple's first foldable iPhone; Apple","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/GreatZack000/status/2114507066048238001","claim":"Apparently- iPhone Duo doesn’t work with Apple Vision Pro (Duo lacks Face ID, which Vision Pro requires).","author":"CoolPiccolo🪲 (@GreatZack000)"},{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Sales trackers in 2012 reported that Samsung's Galaxy S III had passed the iPhone 4S as the best-selling single smartphone model in the U.S. at that time; this is old news, not a current ranking. A sarcastic joke or reply; no factual assertion to check. An opinion insulting a startup; no checkable factual assertion.","sourceName":"Canaccord Genuity via news reports NAMES: Galaxy S III = Samsung's 2012 Android flagship; iPhone 4S = Apple's 2011 iPhone. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4uqzdijb5ndnht","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/matthewt395111/status/2116209719446778246","claim":"Galaxy S III beats out iPhone 4S as top selling device in US #FutureTech #FANKRUBOSTMRFANBOY https://t.co/XQCUhyRi9e","author":"Matthew Thomas (@matthewt395111)"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/GreatZack000/status/2114507066048238001","name":"[phonearena.com](https://www.phonearena.com/reviews/apple-iphone-duo-vs-google-pixel-11-pro-foldid8030) NAMES: iPhone Duo = Apple's first foldable iPhone; Apple","kind":"x","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"CoolPiccolo🪲 (@GreatZack000)"},{"url":"https://x.com/matthewt395111/status/2116209719446778246","name":"Canaccord Genuity via news reports NAMES: Galaxy S III = Samsung's 2012 Android flagship; iPhone 4S = Apple's 2011 iPhone. POST bsky:at://did:plc:4uqzdijb5ndnht","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Matthew Thomas (@matthewt395111)"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793576114410-tech-segment-utah-kalshi-criminal-charges-claim-spreads","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793576114410-tech-segment-utah-kalshi-criminal-charges-claim-spreads","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793576114410-tech-segment-utah-kalshi-criminal-charges-claim-spreads and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"Startup News on Bluesky is running this headline: “Utah Files Criminal Charges Against Kalshi and Its Two Co-Founders.”"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Criminal charges? Kalshi is a federally regulated prediction market, not some offshore casino."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's the claim. And right now it's only a Startup Fortune report—no court record, no major outlet matching it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So this could be a headline running ahead of the facts."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Could be. But if Utah actually filed, this is bigger than Kalshi. It’s the fight over whether prediction markets are finance or gambling."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They're finance. Prices from people putting money behind their views—that's real information."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Or it's online betting with a nicer name. Utah could argue state gambling law doesn't care about federal status."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's exactly the problem: states piling on a federally regulated exchange because they don't like election contracts."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Regulated doesn't mean immune. You can be licensed federally and still face state charges. Daily fantasy sports already lived that fight."},{"host":"Chris","text":"But criminal charges against co-founders? That's not protecting consumers. That's intimidation."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If the report holds. Right now there's no docket, no statement, no official word."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So we treat it as smoke. Still, it says a lot that people find it believable."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It does. The battle over prediction markets isn't going away."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Some states want these markets dead, and founders are the easiest target."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Easiest target? These founders run a regulated exchange with lawyers and lobbyists."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine, not easy. But charges against individuals still have a chilling effect."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It should chill businesses that ignore state law. If a state says it's gambling, they have to fight in court—not pretend."},{"host":"Chris","text":"They already went through federal review. They're not some hidden betting parlor."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Review doesn't grant immunity. State law still applies."},{"host":"Chris","text":"So your position is states can shut down a legal prediction market just because they don't like the contract?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"My position is the report isn't confirmed, and if it is, the court will settle it—not a Bluesky post."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fair enough. We wait for the actual docket."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Until then, that headline gets a big asterisk."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Understood."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Different corner of tech: CoolPiccolo on X says the iPhone Duo won't work with Apple Vision Pro because it lacks Face ID."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's... not how the Vision Pro works."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Duo does use Touch ID on the power button, true. But the Vision Pro uses its own Optic ID, not your iPhone's face."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Right. You don't even need an iPhone to use the headset. So the entire premise is false."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The post says, quote, “Apparently- iPhone Duo doesn’t work with Apple Vision Pro.” Sometimes “apparently” is carrying too much weight."},{"host":"Chris","text":"People love inventing Apple restrictions that don't exist."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It’s a good reminder to check device requirements before you rage post."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And to not trust every tech hot take that shows up."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Speaking of hot takes—The Creative on X says Pixel and Galaxy S are the only valid Android phones."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's a narrow view. Motorola, OnePlus, Sony, Nothing—all make real flagships."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Come on, Pixel and Galaxy get the longest updates and best cameras. That's a real argument."},{"host":"Chris","text":"“Only valid” ignores the phones people actually buy and features those two don't have."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fair—Nothing's design is genuinely fresh."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And OnePlus still ships fast charging that leaves Pixel in the dust."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine, more than two valid Androids. But Pixel's still what I hand to family."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Of course you do. You're the engineer, not the impulse buyer."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm fine being right about the ones that matter."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Kalshi smoke to watch, a fake Vision Pro rule dead, and Android's bigger tent."}]}