TikTok announces its first awards show in the US
The awards will include “Creator of the Year,” “Video of the Year,” “Muse of the Year,” “Breakthrough Artist of the Year,” and more.
Google takes aim at sweepstakes games, removing ‘social’ classification
Google has reclassified sweepstakes casino games from being social games, resulting in new mandatory rules. Sweepstakes casinos are no longer deemed as “social games” by the tech giant, leading to strict new
Turkish league football referee scandal sees over hundred officials suspended
Turkey’s Professional Football Disciplinary Board has issued months-long bans to more than a hundred referees and assistant referees after an internal investigation into betting by the Turkish Football Federation.
OpenAI and Amazon ink $38B cloud computing deal
OpenAI isn’t done securing the AI infrastructure it needs to rapidly scale agentic workloads. The ChatGPT-maker on Monday said it has reached a deal with Amazon to buy $38 billion in cloud computing services
Victoria Gate Casino Leeds license suspended over money laundering concerns
Victoria Gate Casino in Leeds has been shut down after the UK Gambling Commission suspended its license. Leeds’ Victoria Gate Casino was shut down on Friday (October 31), following an investigation by the Gambling
Romania’s national gambling regulator adds Polymarket to its operator blacklist
Romania’s National Gambling Office has added Polymarket to its blacklist of unauthorized gambling operator websites. The National Gambling Office (ONJN) added Polymarket to its blacklist as of October 29, meaning it
Coinbase CEO pokes fun at prediction markets, but exposes a serious issue
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has exposed a potentially serious prediction markets issue through a lighthearted side. Armstrong closed Coinbase’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday (October 30) with a quickfire list
Microsoft’s $15.2B UAE investment turns Gulf State into test case for US AI diplomacy
For the first time, the U.S. has granted Microsoft a license to export Nvidia chips to the UAE – a move that positions the country as both a proving ground for U.S. export-control diplomacy and a regional anchor of
LG founder’s grandson, production firm partner up to bring AI to filmmaking
Brian Koo’s Stock Farm Road and Utopai Studios have partnered up to form Utopai East, an AI-powered film production company.
Microsoft inks $9.7bil deal with Australia’s IREN for AI cloud capacity
The deal will give Microsoft access to compute infrastructure built with Nvidia’s GB300 GPUs, which will be deployed over phases through 2026.