Apple has added an explicit ban on using confidential information to bet on prediction markets to its insider trading policy, according to a filing with the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The policy was filed on Tuesday as an exhibit to Apple’s annual report on Form 10-K , which is also available on Apple’s Investor Relations website . The new version is marked "Updated October 2026," while an earlier version that Apple filed in 2024 doesn’t mention prediction markets at all. If you haven’t heard of them, prediction markets are basically platforms where people buy and sell contracts that pay out depending on whether a future event happens…