IT World
February 09, 2026
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UK Gambling Commission wagering requirements chart a course for 2026

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has introduced new changes that will affect online casinos, sportsbooks, bingo operators, and land-based casinos nationwide across 2026. The initial raft of changes took effect in January 2026 and applies to licensed gambling operators in Great Britain, but will have a wider impact on customers and account holders, marketing partners, […]

IT World
February 08, 2026
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Moltbook was peak AI theater

“Despite some of the hype, Moltbook is not the Facebook for AI agents, nor is it a place where humans are excluded,” says Cobus Greyling at Kore.ai, a firm developing agent-based systems for business customers. “Humans are involved at every step of the process. From setup to prompting to publishing, nothing happens without explicit human […]

IT World
February 07, 2026
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‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now

HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” has delivered one of its most compelling storylines yet this season: a hunt to expose a fraudulent fintech company called Tender. The show follows Harper Stern, who’s leading her newly launched investment firm and looking for a company to short — essentially, betting that its stock will crash. After a […]

IT World
February 06, 2026
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Best iPhone 17 Cases of 2026

MagSafe support Most but not all iPhone 17 Series cases have MagSafe support (the metal ring built into the case). I generally encourage people to make sure they get a MagSafe-enabled case because of the number of MagSafe accessories on the market, some of them quite useful. In the past, you could save $5 to […]

IT World
February 05, 2026
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Beyond Pilot Purgatory – O’Reilly

The hard truth about AI scaling is that for most organizations, it isn’t happening. Despite billions in investment, a 2025 report from the MIT NANDA initiative reveals that 95% of enterprise generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable business impact. This isn’t a technology problem; it’s an organizational design problem. The reason for this systemic […]

IT World
February 04, 2026
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AI for Particle Physics: Searching for Anomalies

In 1930, a young physicist named Carl D. Anderson was tasked by his mentor with measuring the energies of cosmic rays—particles arriving at high speed from outer space. Anderson built an improved version of a cloud chamber, a device that visually records the trajectories of particles. In 1932, he saw evidence that confusingly combined the […]

IT World
February 03, 2026
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Epstein Files Reveal Peter Thiel’s Elaborate Dietary Restrictions

Peter Thiel—the billionaire venture capitalist, PayPal and Palantir cofounder, and outspoken commentator on all matters relating to the “Antichrist”—appears at least 2,200 times in the latest batch of files released by the Department of Justice related to convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The tranche of records demonstrate how Epstein managed to cultivate […]

IT World
February 02, 2026
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What Trump’s foreign policy means for China, Russia, and the Western Hemisphere.

It’s no secret that President Donald Trump has global aspirations — despite his promises of focusing on “America First.” The past few weeks have seen US action in Venezuela; threats to Greenland, Europe, and Iran; and Trump’s open solicitation of a Nobel Peace Prize. The president’s latest global push: the Board of Peace. With its […]

IT World
January 31, 2026
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Inside the marketplace powering bespoke AI deepfakes of real women

Civitai automatically tags bounties requesting deepfakes and lists a way for the person featured in the content to manually request its takedown. This system means that Civitai has a reasonably successful way of knowing which bounties are for deepfakes, but it’s still leaving moderation to the general public rather than carrying it out proactively.  A […]