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The businesses near TD Garden are hoping for extended playoff runs from the Celtics and Bruins to maximize economic productivity, while police are cautioning fans to watch out for counterfeit tickets.

Netflix gained another 9.3 million subscribers at the beginning of the year. Its developing expansion into advertising also contributed to exceeding financial expectations.

Google has terminated 28 employees following protests over the company providing technology to the Israeli government during the Gaza war. This has intensified tensions surrounding this controversial deal.

In the coming days or even hours, the individuals who generate bitcoins through complex mathematical processes will experience a 50% reduction in rewards, effectively cutting the creation of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half. This could have various implications, affecting the asset's price and the daily operations of bitcoin miners. The future of bitcoin is difficult to predict, given its well-known volatility and its relatively young age as a digital asset. This upcoming halving will only be the fourth since the currency's launch in 2009.

Sometime in the next few days or even hours, the “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are going to take a 50% pay cut — effectively slicing new production of the world’s largest cryptocurrency in half. That could have a lot of implications, from the price of the asset to the day-to-day operations of bitcoin miners themselves. And, as with everything in the cryptoverse, the future is hard to predict. Beyond its infamous volatility, bitcoin is still a relatively young asset. This next halving will be only the fourth to take place since the digital currency’s 2009 launch.

Trader Joe’s is pulling back organic basil that was sold in 29 states. The grocery chain’s Infinite Herbs brand organic basil was sold in 2.5-ounce clamshell packages between Feb. 1 and April 6 in stores across 29 states and Washington, D.C. It has since been taken off shelves,…