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LARGEST CRYPTO EXCHANGE BINANCE FINED $4 BILLION, CEO PLEADS GUILTY TO NOT STOPPING MONEY LAUNDERING

The U.S. government dealt a massive blow to Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, which agreed to pay a roughly $4 billion settlement Tuesday as its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to a felony related to his failure to prevent money laundering on the platform.

MUSK'S X SUES LIBERAL ADVOCACY GROUP MEDIA MATTERS OVER ITS REPORT ON ADS NEXT TO HATE GROUPS' POSTS

Elon Musk’s social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America this week, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers’ posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”

CORPORATE, GLOBAL LEADERS PEER INTO A FUTURE EXPECTED TO BE RESHAPED BY AI, FOR BETTER OR WORSE

Last week, President Joe Biden and other global leaders have spent days melding minds with Silicon Valley titans in San Francisco, their discussions frequently focusing on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse.

IN RIDLEY SCOTT'S 'NAPOLEON,' THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES BUT PLENTY OF EGO

For such a famed historical figure, Napoleon has made only fleeting appearances in movies since Abel Gance’s 1927 silent film.

UN CHIEF CALLS FOR AN "AMBITION SUPERNOVA" AS NATIONS MAKE MINOR PROGRESS ON CLIMATE ACTION

Countries' climate action plans are still far behind what's needed to curb human-caused warming and limit the devastating effects of extreme heat, storms and droughts, but some nations have taken marginal steps toward slashing emissions, a United Nations analysis of national plans found this week.

HOW TO TALK TO OLDER PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE ABOUT SCAMS

This summer, Daniel Goldstein's 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn't spent the money it mentioned, so she called a help number on the email. The person on the other end of the line asked for her bank account information and made her believe she would get her money back. Instead, she lost $600 to a scammer.

MANY PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHEN KIDS ARE BEHIND IN SCHOOL. ARE REPORT CARDS TELLING ENOUGH?

Nearly nine out of 10 parents believe their child is performing at grade level despite standardized tests showing far fewer students are on track, according to a poll released this week by Gallup and the nonprofit Learning Heroes.

ESPN BET, A REBRANDED SPORTS GAMBLING APP FROM PENN ENTERTAINMENT, IS HERE

ESPN Bet, a sports-gambling service rebranded with the name of the Disney-owned sports channel, launched Tuesday in 17 U.S. states.

HOLLYWOOD ACTORS UNION BOARD APPROVES STRIKE-ENDING DEAL AS LEADERS TOUT MONEY GAINS AND AI RIGHTS

Board members from Hollywood's actors union voted to approve the deal with studios that ended their strike after nearly four months, with the union's leadership touting the gains made in weeks of methodical negotiations.

BUFFETT'S FIRM SELLS OFF SEVERAL SMALLER INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING GM AND UPS

Warren Buffett's company unloaded a number of the smaller investments from its portfolio in the third quarter including General Motors, Mondelez and Johnson & Johnson.

GOOGLE CEO SUNDAR PICHAI RETURNS TO COURT TO DEFEND INTERNET COMPANY FOR SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build.

JEZEBEL, AN INCISIVE FEMINIST VOICE SINCE THE HEIGHT OF THE BLOGOSPHERE ERA, IS SHUTTING DOWN

Jezebel, the sharp-edged feminist website that found an impassioned and devoted following at the height of the blogosphere era but ended up struggling with its business model, is shutting down after 16 years, its parent company announced.

'A NOISY ROCK 'N' ROLL': HOW GROWING INTEREST IN FORMULA ONE IS FELT ACROSS THE MUSIC WORLD

Beyond the engineering, the athleticism, the speed, the luxury-fans love the sound of Formula One.

AFTER FIRE KILLS 3, NYC OFFICIALS SAY RETAILERS, DELIVERY APPS MUST DO MORE TO ENSURE E-BIKE SAFETY

New York City officials say retailers and food delivery companies must do more to halt the proliferation of unsafe e-bike and e-scooter batteries, after a fire blamed on an electric scooter's lithium ion battery killed three people over the weekend.

Next Vision

PROJECT ALASKA TO BRING SPATIAL COMPUTING TO THE OPEN WORLD

ENERGY DEPARTMENT TRIES TO BOOST US BATTERY INDUSTRY WITH ANOTHER $3.5 BILLION IN FUNDING

The Energy Department is making a push to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain, announcing up to $3.5 billion for companies that produce batteries and the critical minerals that go into them.

YOUTUBE CREATORS WILL SOON HAVE TO DISCLOSE USE OF GEN AI IN VIDEOS OR RISK SUSPENSION

YouTube is rolling out new rules for Al content, including a requirement that creators reveal whether they've used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos.

APPLE TO PAY $25 MILLION TO SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF DISCRIMINATORY HIRING PRACTICES IN 2018, 2019

Apple has agreed to pay $25 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a pattern of discriminatory hiring practices when filling some of its jobs during 2018 and 2019.

THE HUNGER GAMES RETURN IN 'THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS AND SNAKES.' WITH THE ODDS IN ITS FAVOR

Two hours and 37 minutes is pretty long for a \"ballad,\" but you can't call it \"The Hunger Games: The Three-Cycle Opera of Songbirds and Snakes\" now, can you?

CHINA'S XI URGES COUNTRIES UNITE IN TACKLING AI CHALLENGES BUT MAKES NO MENTION OF INTERNET CONTROLS

Chinese President Xi Jinping said this week that potential risks associated with artificial intelligence are challenges that countries should deal with together, remarks that come against the backdrop of China's rigid control of free speech on the internet.

THERE'S TOO MUCH GUESSWORK IN RENTING AN AIRBNB. THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL GIANT IS TRYING TO FIX THAT

Airbnb will highlight rental listings that have received top scores from guests, information that the company's CEO says will help bring hotel-like reliability to booking a house or room on the site.

WEWORK SEEKS BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION IN STUNNING FALL FOR A FIRM ONCE VALUED AT CLOSE TO $50 BILLION

WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world.

IN DAVID FINCHER'S 'THE KILLER,' AN ASSASSIN HIDES IN PLAIN SIGHT

It's a noir staple to open with a bit of narration, but once the nameless hit-man protagonist of David Fincher's \"The Killer\" starts gabbing, he doesn't stop.

OLDEST BLACK HOLE DISCOVERED DATING BACK TO 470 MILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG

Scientists have discovered the oldest black hole yet, a cosmic beast formed a mere 470 million years after the Big Bang.

GALLAUDET HAS A HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION WITH WIDE APPLICATIONS. THE LATEST IS A HELMET

Shelby Bean could not help but feel a bit jealous.

MIND-ALTERING KETAMINE BECOMES NEW PAIN TREATMENT, DESPITE LITTLE RESEARCH OR REGULATION

As U.S. doctors scale back their use of opioid painkillers, a new option for hard-to-treat pain is taking root: ketamine, the decades-old surgical drug that is now a trendy psychedelic therapy.

A META ENGINEER SAW HIS OWN CHILD FACE HARASSMENT ON INSTAGRAM. NOW, HE'S TESTIFYING BEFORE CONGRESS

On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, a former engineering director at the social media giant who had rejoined the company as a consultant sent an alarming email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic.

HUMANOID ROBOTS ARE HERE, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE AWKWARD. DO WE REALLY NEED THEM?

Building a robot that's both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction.

BANKMAN-FRIED'S TRIAL EXPOSED CRYPTO FRAUD BUT CONGRESS HAS NOT BEEN EAGER TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY

The conviction of former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried for stealing at least $10 billion from customers and investors is the latest black mark for the cryptocurrency industry, but in Washington, there seems to be little to no interest in pushing through regulation.

iPad Overhaul

2024 SET TO BE A GREAT YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE TABLET RANGE