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NBA players to get greater biometric data through Orreco and Sportradar deal

The company which provides bio-analytics solutions for athletes, Orreco, will now officially integrate NBA tracking data from Sportradar. Sportradar is the official data partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and its real-time player tracking and event data will now … Continue reading

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Evoke launches strategic review exploring possible group sale or breakup after budget tax rises

Evoke Plc has begun a formal review of its future direction as pressure grows in the UK gambling industry, with newly announced tax hikes and planned store reductions by one of its major brands adding to the strain. In a … Continue reading

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Washington bans prediction markets as ‘increased interest’ in event-based contracts spikes

Washington State has banned prediction markets as interest in the platforms ramps up across the United States. The Washington State Gambling Commission has officially banned prediction markets across the state, prohibiting either offering events-based contracts or participating with online operators … Continue reading

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Committee Chair Walberg presses sports unions for answers on illegal gambling scandals

US Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg has sent letters to several sports organizations in the wake of illegal sports gambling schemes involving professional athletes. Walberg sent queries to various organizations on Tuesday (December 9), including the National Football … Continue reading

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Nvidia refutes report that China’s DeepSeek is using its banned Blackwell AI chips

The U.S. has blocked the export of Nvidia’s Blackwell chips to China in an effort to stay ahead in the AI race.

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‘Greetings, earthlings’: Nvidia-backed Starcloud trains first AI model in space as orbital data center race heats up

The company’s Starcloud-1 satellite is running Gemma, an open model from Google, marking the first time in history that an LLM has been trained in outer space.

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Former GitLab CEO raises money for Kilo to compete in crowded AI coding market

Kilo Code, which makes a vibe coding extension, was founded by former GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij.

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Porn company starts new age checks after £1m Ofcom fine

The media regulator Ofcom said AVS Group Ltd had started age checks on some of its porn websites.

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VITAS Healthcare Breach Exposes 319K Patient Records

Hackers maintained undetected access to patient systems for over a month, methodically downloading personal and medical information. The post VITAS Healthcare Breach Exposes 319K Patient Records appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Google launches managed MCP servers that let AI agents simply plug into its tools

Google is rolling out managed MCP servers to make its services “agent-ready by design,” starting with Maps and BigQuery, aiming to simplify messy integrations and help AI agents use real tools.

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