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Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao will pay a $175 million release bond and agree to return to the United States 14 days before his Feb. 23, 2024 sentencing — possibly allowing him to return to Dubai.

Investing.com-- The price of Bitcoin fell sharply on Wednesday after Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CEO of Binance, resigned from the world’s largest crypto exchange and pleaded guilty to several criminal charges from the Department of Justice. 

Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has reportedly agreed to step down as CEO of his crypto exchange as the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) prepares to announce that it has secured a $4.3 billion settlement with the company.

A federal court has released the indictments against Binance and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao filed under seal on Nov. 14, in which the United States government said it expected the cryptocurrency exchange and CZ to enter guilty pleas. 

The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance as its founder, Changpeng Zhao, pleaded guilty to a felony charge Tuesday related to his failure to prevent money laundering on his platform.

Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of Binance, has pled guilty to violating criminal U.S. anti-money laundering requirements and will forfeit his executive position at the crypto exchange.

Bittrex Global has announced to wind down most exchange operations and trading activities in the coming weeks.

Satya Nadella who was expected to deliver the keyn... moreSatya Nadella who was expected to deliver the keynote at Microsoft's annual developer event, Ignite in Seattle, mentioned that he stayed awake throughout the night to catch the World Cup match between India and New Zealand.

Mumbai | Australia defeated India to win the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, yielding a windfall for punters who had wagered against the host country’s unbeaten streak until the final.

SEATTLE, WA : In May, Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Microsoft-backed OpenAI who was fired on Friday, had stirred a hornet’s nest, commenting on India’s attempt to develop a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool like ChatGPT, terming it “hopeless", while responding to a question by Rajan Anandan, the managing director of Peak XV Partners, and a former head of Google India. Altman later clarified that his response was “…really taken out of context! (and that the)...question was about competing with us with $10 million (as opposed to $100 million), which I do think is not going to work..." That said, India does not have a semiconductor fab to build chips required to power a large language model (LLM) or LLM-powered chatbot.

In Australia, Sportsbet is offering 1.4 times the amount for bets on India winning the game, less than half the payout for an Australia win at 2.9 times, as of Friday. Betfair, based in the UK, presents a similar payout, with an India win earning speculators 1.49 times the money they wager, less than half of the payout for Australia at 3 times.

Alexa and Fire TV, explained that specific positions are being eliminated due to the discontinuation of certain initiatives. “As we continue to invent, we’re shifting some of our efforts to better align with our business priorities, and what we know matters most to customers — which includes maximizing our resources and efforts focused on generative AI," wrote Rausch. He mentioned that "several hundred" positions would be eliminated but refrained from specifying an exact number.

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in the unit that handles its popular voice assistant Alexa as it plows more resources into artificial intelligence

World Cup is winning plaudits from across walks of life and the latest individual from a non-sporting field to accept its prowess is Air India CEO Campbell Wilson. In an internal note, Wilson, who hails from New Zealand, acknowledged the superlative performance of the Indian cricket team’s performance and also admitted his nation came up short as the Indian team is riding a crest. “Good luck to Team India in this weekend’s final of the ODI Cricket World Cup! India has been the form team all tournament (as my fellow New Zealanders found out… twice ), and it would be wonderful to see India lift the trophy on home soil this Sunday.

World Cup semi-final that ended up with India's impressive 70-run victory over New Zealand. As per a report by Money Control, Nadella delivered the keynote speech at the Microsoft Ignite 2023 developer conference in Seattle, mentioning that he stayed awake throughout the night to catch the game.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that — faced with the high cost of delivering artificial intelligence services — are bringing key technologies in-house. Microsoft said it does not plan to sell the chips but instead will use them to power its own subscription software offerings and as part of its Azure cloud computing service.

(Reuters) -Amazon.com will allow Snapchat users in the U.S. to buy some products listed on the ecommerce company directly from the social media app, a spokesperson said on Monday, making it a deal similar to one recently inked with Facebook-owner Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META).

Amazon Games, in the Nov. 13 email. The company began informing employees Monday morning that their roles had been eliminated, in the second cut to the division this year.

By Greg Bensinger

Melanie Martinez has announced the North American Arena Tour dates. The Trilogy Tour is one of Martinez's most ambitious concerts which will showcase the live performance evolution of Melanie Martinez's alter ego, «Cry Baby.» Further, the tour will feature chart-bursting hits from Martinez's three groundbreaking albums including Cry Baby, K-12, and Portals. All of these tracks have garnered an impressive 14 billion streams globally. The tour will begin on May 10, 2024, at Seattle WA’s Climate Pledge Arena. Later, Martinez will move to arenas across North America through mid-June. Further, the presale tickets for the tour will go live on Tuesday, November 14, at 9 am PT/12 pm ET. On the other hand, the general ticket sales will begin on Friday, November 17, at 10:00 am local time at www.thetrilogytour.com.

By Greg Bensinger