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Lima Police arrest four and disrupt illegal drug and gambling operation

In a Facebook livestream by the City of Lima government in Ohio, a multi-agency law-enforcement update announced that police arrested four people as part of what officials are calling “Operation New Beginnings,” targeting illegal drug and gambling activity. The arrests … Continue reading

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Ukraine blocks Polymarket in wider online gambling crackdown

Ukraine’s National Commission for the State Regulation of Electronic Communications, Radio Frequency Spectrum, and Postal Services (NCEC) has restricted access to Polymarket. The prediction market has come under fire nationwide as domestic service providers have now blocked access to the … Continue reading

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AI now powers nearly half of all bets, new report finds

A new report looking at sports betting trends, from Kambi, shows that a massive 48% represent bets traded by AI on the company’s network in 2025. This marks a stark rise from the 4% in 2022, followed by 18% in … Continue reading

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Michael Dugher steps down as Betting and Gaming Council chair

Michael Dugher is stepping down as Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) after six years with the industry body, according to a statement from the BGC. The BGC said Dugher, who was its founding chief executive before taking … Continue reading

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Coalition for Prediction Markets adds big names to leadership board, including former Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney

The bipartisan Coalition for Prediction Markets (CPM) has announced that former US Representative and Ambassador Sean Patrick Maloney will serve as its CEO and President, with former US Representative and Chairman Patrick McHenry joining as a senior advisor. The group … Continue reading

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2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.

If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

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Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?

Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.

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Bandcamp takes a stand against AI music, banning it from the platform

“We want musicians to keep making music, and for fans to have confidence that the music they find on Bandcamp was created by humans,” the company said.

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Musk says Tesla is moving Full Self-Driving to a monthly subscription

Tesla is lagging Waymo in autonomous mobility as the Alphabet-owned driverless car service topped 450,000 paid weekly rides in December.

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Amazon’s New Retail Strategy Takes Aim at Walmart

Amazon is planning a massive new big-box store near Chicago to blend online convenience with physical retail, escalating its rivalry with Walmart. The post Amazon’s New Retail Strategy Takes Aim at Walmart appeared first on TechRepublic.

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