Twitter and the National Basketball Association announced a deal Tuesday to stream live content, but not games, to users of the social media platform.
Internet
Jul 19, 2016
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A year ago, fantasy sports was rapidly building into a multi-billion dollar US business with huge global potential. Now it's fighting to survive amid objections that the industry is essentially unregulated gambling.
Business
Jun 16, 2016
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In the hours since I first sat down to write this piece, my laptop tells me the National Basketball Association has had to deny that it threatened to cancel its 2017 All-Star Game over a new anti-LGBT law in North Carolina ...
Internet
Apr 15, 2016
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US online payment giant PayPal dropped plans Tuesday to invest millions of dollars in North Carolina, joining a growing chorus of protests by major companies against recently passed state legislation targeting transgender ...
Business
Apr 5, 2016
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Two major fantasy sports operators said Thursday they would suspend contests involving teams and athletes from universities as part of an agreement with the governing body for college athletics.
Business
Mar 31, 2016
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Behind the apparent randomness of a basketball game, a process of self-organisation is actually taking place amid the teams. The interactions between team mates and opponents are constantly influencing each other while the ...
Mathematics
Mar 30, 2016
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DraftKings, a leading player in the booming fantasy sports business, announced Monday that it raised $300 million from a group of investors that includes Fox Sports and three major sports leagues.
Business
Jul 27, 2015
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Start-up Unikrn on Tuesday announced a fresh round of funding that valued the e-sports wagering company at $40 million.
Business
Jun 30, 2015
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Fantasy sports were once just a fun way for diehard fans to express their love of the game together with other zealots, without actually getting out on the field themselves.
Business
Jun 28, 2015
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Automated cameras make it possible to broadcast even minor events, but the result often looks...well, robotic. Now scientists at Disney Research have made it possible for robotic cameras to learn from human operators how ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 7, 2015
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