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With an Intel recovery underway, all eyes turn to its foundry business

Intel added $20 billion to its balance sheet in Q3 but didn’t offer many details on the progress of its floundering foundry business.

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Applied Materials lays off 4% of workforce

The move comes amid “automation, digitalization and geographic shifts,” the company said.

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Meta Layoffs Included Employees Who Monitored Risks to User Privacy

While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk auditors with more automated systems.

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Ford isn’t going to make more F-150 Lightnings for a while

Ford is prioritizing its gas and hybrid F-150 trucks instead.

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UK Parliament debates gambling addiction reform and sentencing treatment requirement

The United Kingdom’s Parliament recently debated the link between gambling addiction and sentencing, considering a new clause that would introduce a “gambling treatment requirement” for offenders. As part of a community order, the proposal states that courts could require offenders … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board levies $72,000 in fines

The Pennsylvania Gambling and Control Board (The Board) has announced fines of $72,000 have been issued as a result of three incident reports. The enforcement action involves two casino locations in the Keystone State and one video gaming terminal (VGT) … Continue reading

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NBA’s Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups, and Damon Jones arrested by FBI in illegal gambling probe

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, and former NBA star Damon Jones are three of thirty-one people charged on Thursday for allegedly turning professional basketball into what authorities describe as a criminal gambling operation that … Continue reading

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New bill is put forward to regulate online sports betting in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Representative Kalan Haywood has proposed a new bill to regulate online sports betting. The bill, LRB-4723/1, would bring the Badger State in line with the thirty-eight other states that have some form of legislation in place to license and … Continue reading

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Trump’s Investment in Intel Is Paying Off

The chipmaker reported higher than expected revenue on Thursday, and its stock price has risen over 90 percent since August.

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Microsoft AI chief says company won’t build chatbots for erotica

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman said the software company won’t build erotica AI services, the latest break with rival-partner OpenAI.

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