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Binance criminal settlement could include a $4 billion fine and CEO’s guilty plea

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Binance criminal settlement could include a $4 billion fine and CEO’s guilty plea Nick Barclay / The VergeBinance owner and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has agreed to step down and plead guilty to breaking anti-money laundering laws, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal and Forbes. This comes as part of the major settlement the Department of Justice is expected to announce this afternoon, which will reportedly require…

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TikTok’s $1 billion creator fund is shutting down

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TikTok’s $1 billion creator fund is shutting down Illustration by Nick Barclay / The VergeTikTok’s $1 billion creator fund will come to an end on December 16th, 2023, the company told users today. Creators in the US, UK, Germany, and France will no longer be able to monetize their content through the original fund, TikTok spokesperson Maria Jung says. TikTokers in Italy and Spain aren’t affect…

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Google scraps $15 billion deal with lead developer of Silicon Valley campus projects

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Google scraps $15 billion deal with lead developer of Silicon Valley campus projects A render of the proposed San Jose development. | Image: GoogleGoogle has ended its agreement with Lendlease, the lead developer it had been working with on four major campus projects in Silicon Valley. In an announcement published earlier on Friday, Lendlease said both companies had agreed to end the deal after determining that “the existing agr…

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Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says

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Amazon’s secret pricing scheme made it an extra $1 billion, FTC says Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAmazon’s secret pricing algorithm, codenamed “Project Nessie,” may have generated the company more than $1 billion in extra profits, according to new details released Thursday from the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case against the e-commerce giant. In September, the FTC and more than a dozen state …

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Tesla Wipes Out $145 Billion In Value In Two Weeks

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Tesla Wipes Out $145 Billion In Value In Two Weeks Good morning! It’s Thursday, November 2, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

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