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Using 5G To Build Tomorrow’s Smart Cities, Today

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He said the regulatory environment has significantly changed, with an opening up of the citizen’s band radio spectrum (CBRS) for private LTE, along with a hierarchy of different licenses for operating within it. Cities often found that many of their residents weren’t able to get online and had no easy way to do so. Aaron said.

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Online Grocer Ocado Acquires Robotics Companies To Drive Automation

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based online grocery, is heightening its automation drive by acquiring two robotics companies. Owning Kindred Systems of San Francisco and Haddington Dynamics of Las Vegas will help Ocado tackle “one of the world’s hardest challenges in robotics, the picking and packing of groceries,” the company said in a press release on Monday (Nov.

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With Wynn’s $402M In Net Losses, Is Online Gambling The Future Of Gaming?

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The company’s Las Vegas properties closed on March 17, and authorities in Nevada have not put a date into place for when casinos can open again. However, consumers are reportedly turning to online casinos and sportsbooks, as the pandemic has closed brick-and-mortar casinos in markets such as the United States to minimize risk.

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Online Sports Betting Gets A Super Bowl Workout

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5), details emerged about the success and failure of the new online sports betting regime in the U.S. million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 A clear picture of online gambling spend, losses and trends is yet to emerge, but some general data points provide detail.

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MGM Resorts Appoints Acting Chief Executive Officer

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Amid the public health crisis in the country and the travel vertical, MGM Resorts International said in an announcement that Chief Operating Officer and President Bill Hornbuckle has been appointed to the position of acting chief executive officer and president. Hornbuckle replaces Jim Murren, the outgoing chairman and CEO.

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MGM Backs Off Acquisition Of British Gaming Platform Entain

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sports betting and online gaming venture with Entain, remains a key priority for the Company as we continue to leverage our preeminent physical gaming, entertainment and hospitality platform to expand digitally," Bill Hornbuckle , CEO of MGM Resorts International, said in a press release on Tuesday (Jan. BetMGM, our U.S.

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Trulioo On Tweaking The Odds In Favor Of Online Sports Betting

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For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. In the meantime, what should businesses that want to operate in that new world do besides sit around and wait? More about that in just a bit, though. Proactive Steps.

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