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Waymo begins offering freeway robotaxi rides in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix

The Google sister company has been testing robotaxi freeway rides with employees for more than a year.

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Radio streamer TuneIn acquired for $175M

Radio streamer TuneIn sold for $175M, down from its earlier valuation of $500M.

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Holiday Fraud Trends 2025: The Top Cyber Threats to Watch This Season

Holiday fraud in 2025 is evolving faster than ever, as attackers use AI, automation, and stolen data to launch large-scale campaigns. The post Holiday Fraud Trends 2025: The Top Cyber Threats to Watch This Season appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Data centers now attract more investment than than finding new oil supplies

In a shift, the world will spend $40 billion more on new data centers this year than it will on finding new sources of oil.

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Andrew Tate appears to be promoting Ossi Ketola’s online casino platform Duel

Former kickboxer turned controversial figure, Andrew Tate, looks to be promoting online casino platform Duel. Duel is owned by poker player Ossi Ketola and Tate himself shared a link on X that takes you straight to the casino’s home page. … Continue reading

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Brazil’s regulated betting market to inject $5B into the economy

Brazil’s fixed-odds betting market, which has been regulated for nearly a year, could be the major boost that the economy needs, according to several gambling bodies. A recent survey titled ‘Overview of the Fixed Odds Betting Market’, which was carried … Continue reading

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Norwegian study identifies link between computer gaming and increase in gambling among adolescents

A recent study in Norway has identified a correlation between adolescents who play a lot of computer games with a higher risk of developing gambling problems. Games which rely on players buying things such as loot boxes and skins, while … Continue reading

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Did anyone win the Mega Millions? Lottery soars to $965M, 8th-largest in game’s history

The Mega Millions jackpot is closing in on the $1 billion mark again, something that has only happened eight times in the game’s history. No one matched all six numbers in Tuesday night’s (November 11) drawing. What were the Mega … Continue reading

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UK government gambling tax proposal could ‘wipe $110M from racing income’

The government gambling tax proposal put forward by UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves could cause major funding losses in horse racing. Reeves has put forward that the General Betting Duty will rise from 15% to 30% in the Autumn budget later … Continue reading

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Anthropic to spend $50 billion on U.S. AI infrastructure, starting with Texas, New York data centers

Anthropic rival OpenAI has secured more than $1.4 trillion worth of deals with Nvidia, Broadcom, Oracle, and the major cloud providers.

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