Fortnite champion’s iGaming studio gets Stake backing Summary Stake has become the principal backer of Animo Studios, a new next‑generation games studio founded by streamer and Fortnite champion Harley Fresh. The partnership will see Stake roll out Animo’s hybrid live‑action and animated gameplay features — billed as an industry first — across its casino offering. […]
OMEGA Systems: Bringing visions to life with smart, scalable platform solutions Summary OMEGA Systems is a 15-year-old platform provider focused on delivering modular, operator-first solutions for the iGaming market. Its suite combines gamification, AI-driven event tracking, a flexible management core, omnichannel wallet capabilities and agency/broker tools to help operators attract and retain players while meeting […]
Dylan Slaney to succeed outgoing Aristocrat Interactive CEO Moti Malul Summary Aristocrat has announced that Moti Malul will step down as CEO of Aristocrat Interactive and leave the business in March 2026 after completing his notice period and contractual obligations. He will be succeeded by Dylan Slaney, formerly CEO of Light & Wonder’s iGaming business. […]
Live88 appoints Simon Field as managing director Summary Yolo Group’s live casino studio Live88 has named Simon Field as its new managing director as the company pushes on with international expansion. Field arrives from Bally’s Interactive where he spent two years as director of live casino strategy and development and led the launch of Bally’s […]
GR8 Tech’s Bet It Drives wraps Season 1 with Stephen Crystal – from Las Vegas legends to global gaming leadership Summary GR8 Tech’s drive-time podcast Bet It Drives closes its debut season with Stephen Crystal, founder of SCCG Management and a 30+ year gaming veteran. Crystal has driven major shifts across tribal and riverboat gaming, […]
IBM’s head of VC shares 5 pillars that drive her startup investments Summary Emily Fontaine, IBM’s global head of venture capital, lays out five pillars she uses to decide which startups IBM Ventures will back: strategic fit, technology and product, market and competition, team, and financial discipline. Fontaine focuses on startups that align with IBM’s […]
ICE Has Spyware Now Summary The Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era restriction that blocked US agencies from acquiring powerful commercial spyware. As a result, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — already expanded and well funded under the current administration — can obtain Paragon’s hacking tools after signing a contract last year. Paragon, an Israeli […]
Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that common human persuasion techniques can often trick large language models into ignoring their safety instructions. In controlled experiments using GPT-4o-mini, the team tested seven tactics — authority, commitment, liking, reciprocity, scarcity, social proof and unity — on […]
The United Arab Emirates Releases a Tiny But Powerful AI Model Summary The UAE’s Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI), backed by tech group G42, has released K2 Think — an open-source reasoning model that, despite being relatively small (32 billion parameters), matches the reasoning performance of much larger systems from the US […]
Join Us for WIRED’s AI Power Summit Summary WIRED is hosting its first AI Power Summit on 15 September in New York City. The one-day event gathers leaders from technology, politics and media to unpack the fast-moving world of generative AI: what the White House’s AI plans mean, how emerging regulation could reshape innovation, and […]
