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Gambling black market is booming in Europe
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Gambling black market is booming in Europe

In Europe, each country sets its own rules for gambling, leading to a mix of regulations across the continent. Some nations have strict laws, while others are more relaxed, reflecting their unique cultures and government priorities.Most European countries manage gambling through a licensing system, where operators must get official approval and pay a fee to run their services legally. However, some countries, like Norway and Finland, have a state monopoly, meaning the government controls all gambling activities. Unfortunately, in both countries, the monopoly has led to a significant black market, with unauthorized online gambling making up more than half of the country’s online gambling revenue.Regardless of the type of regulation in place and despite the efforts to block illegal betting s...
ForHumanity Europe launches AI Policy Accelerator with ABBYY as the First AI Participant
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ForHumanity Europe launches AI Policy Accelerator with ABBYY as the First AI Participant

AMIENS, France - Feb. 6, 2025 - PRLog -- ForHumanity Europe launches its European Risk Management AI Policy Accelerator (https://forhumanity.center/ai-policy-accelerator/), one of nine planned AI Policy Accelerator modules that will develop, document, and evaluate corporate compliance against the legal obligations of the EU AI Act (EU) 2024/1689 and developing standards from CEN/CENELEC JTC 21. The AI Policy Accelerator is designed to help companies required to comply with the EU AI Act or Deployers that embedded AI into their own high-risk AI Systems.  ABBYY is the first AI company to submit its market-leading Process AI (https://www.abbyy.com/timeline/) and Document AI (https://www.abbyy.com/vantage/), into the Risk Management module for assessment and evaluation to prove the company's s...
European AI startups raised $8 billion in 2024
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European AI startups raised $8 billion in 2024

In just a few days, France will host the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit, with heads of state flocking to Paris to meet global tech leaders. They’ll most likely announce some big investments and diplomatic agreements focused on safety or the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. Ahead of the summit, early-stage VC firm Galion.exe, growth investment firm Revaia, and advisory firm Chausson Partners teamed up to create the French AI Report, which looks at the current trends in the tech ecosystem. While all eyes are currently on the U.S. and China with OpenAI looking to raise tens of billions of dollars and DeepSeek capturing everyone’s attention, there has been a boom in AI startups in Europe, too. In 2024 alone, AI companies represented around 20% of all VC funding i...
Enphase Energy 2024 revenues fall despite Q4 uptick
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Enphase Energy 2024 revenues fall despite Q4 uptick

Latest Enphase Energy saw its revenues fall by almost US$1 billion compared with 2023. Image: Enphase Energy US-based microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy saw a substantial decline in yearly revenues and share price between 2023 and 2024 as the wider inverter market faces challenges. In 2024, Enphase saw its revenues fall by almost US$1 billion compared with 2023 – down from US$2.29 billion to US$1.33 billion. Net income also fell to US$102,658 from over US$430,000 in 2023. Concurrently, the company’s basic earnings per share fell from US$3.22 to US$0.76.This article requires Premium SubscriptionBasic (FREE) Subscription Unlock unlimited access for 12 whole months of distinctive global analysis Photovoltaics International is now included. Regula...
Hybridisation and storage co-location key to strengthening revenue in European solar
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Hybridisation and storage co-location key to strengthening revenue in European solar

“If we’re doing merchant, we’ll do a more diverse portfolio,” said McDermott. “We’re seeing two things in the market. Some parties are putting the blinkers on and [using] the same tactics. But others are smarter; they’re working on their business case, they’re working on stabilising that revenue line and one method is hybridisation and co-location.” Investing in more diverse projects can help minimise some of the merchant risk involved in these projects, according to panellist Ricardo Folgado, managing partner for the UK at TagEnergy. “We can take some merchant risk, so it’s not something we’re afraid of, as it gives us a lot of flexibility,” said Folgado. “The reason we’re comfortable with merchant is because we take a lot of everything … we have the flexibility to take investment d...
Tesla Paid Robotaxi in Austin in June, 10K Teslabots in 2025 and Robotrucks 2026
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Tesla Paid Robotaxi in Austin in June, 10K Teslabots in 2025 and Robotrucks 2026

Tesla has actually revealed they will have paid robotaxi without human chauffeurs in Austin in June 2025 and they will thousands and possibly 10 thousand Optimus teslabots this year. 3rd megapack factory is currently being constructed however they did not state where. Tesla will likewise release robotaxi to California and other places in the USA by the end of this year. It will be the Tesla internal fleet this year for robotaxi and after that next year (2026) they will let Tesla consumers include vehicles to the robotaxi network. Tesla will have Tesla semi in production in 2025. Theorizing Tesla FSD trucks, I, Brian Wang, put the pieces of Tesla Semi and FSD for trucks togther to conclude that Tesla will include without supervision FSD for Semi for Robotrucks in 2026. Teslabot production ...
Lion’s hair: 6 things F&B makers require to understand
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Lion’s hair: 6 things F&B makers require to understand

Lion's hair (Hericium erinaceus), is rapidly ending up being a significant gamer in practical foods and drinks, with growing understanding of its numerous health advantages, causing a rise in item sales and a market price of $27.81 m, according to Technavio.Here are the leading 6 things food and drink makers require to understand about this practical mushroom.1: What is lion's hair?Lion's hair (Hericium erinaceus) is a types of tooth fungi or mushroom. This edible range is belonging to Asia, Europe, and North America, and tends to grow in a single clump with dangling spinal columns longer than 1 centimetre (1⁄2 inch).It gets the name 'lion's hair' from its big, white, shaggy look, which looks like ... yes you thought it, a lion's hair.2: Multiple health advantages Research study has actual...
PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison in the United States
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PS5 vs PS4 Sales Comparison in the United States

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The Atlantic: Elon Musk Making It IMPOSSIBLE to Conduct Free and Fair Elections ANYWHERE
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The Atlantic: Elon Musk Making It IMPOSSIBLE to Conduct Free and Fair Elections ANYWHERE

As Twitchy reported previously, Elon Musk not just did a "Nazi salute" after President Donald Trump's inauguration speech (Sen. Chris Murphy and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still aren't over it) ... he Zoomed into a rally of the "reactionary" Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) Party. The celebration is thought about reactionary since it opposes unconfined prohibited migration into Germany. Musk even-- gasp!-- informed celebration members to be pleased with being German. Sounds quite Nazi-like. The Atlantic has a bug up its butt about Musk meddling in Europe's elections. He's made it difficult to perform complimentary and reasonable elections anywhere. How, precisely? By supplying contributions? George Soros controls elections all the time, and Joe Biden simply granted him with...
Countless European Heat Deaths Projected As World Warms
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Countless European Heat Deaths Projected As World Warms

Severe temperature levels-- mainly heat-- are predicted to eliminate as numerous as 2.3 million individuals in Europe by the end of the century unless nations improve at lowering carbon contamination and adjusting to hotter conditions, a brand-new research study states.Presently, cold temperature levels eliminate more individuals in Europe than heat by big margins.A group from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine utilized environment simulations of various circumstances and looked at death rates in 854 cities.They discovered as it warms cold deaths decrease gradually, however heat deaths skyrocket quickly.With couple of decreases in emissions of greenhouse gases and little adjustment like cooling and cooling centers, Italy, southern Spain and Greece need to see huge boosts in...