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Kevin Whitelaw / Bloomberg:
The FBI attributes the $6B+ Binance hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor hacking group, which the agency also previously blamed for the ~$1.5B Bybit hack  —  The FBI said that North Korea was responsible for stealing more than $6 billion in cryptocurrencies in a brazen hacking attack on Binance.
Reuters:
Binance says it plans to resume withdrawals in phases starting Sunday, after covering 95% of the ~$6.3B in tokens stolen in the hack, including BTC and ETH  —  Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would resume withdrawals in phases after covering 95% of the $6.3 billion …
Rajveer Singh Pardesi / Reuters:
Binance says it has reserved $6.34B+ in company funds, including $5B already held in impacted token assets, to deal with the fallout from the $6.3B hack
Jyoti Mann / The Information:
Sources: Meta built a prototype humanoid robot with Chinese firm Fourier in three months and is building a second; Meta says it has no plans to sell these units  —  Meta Platforms has built a prototype humanoid with Chinese robotics company Fourier and is already working on a second version …
Washington Post:
Tests: chatbots rely on three obscure AI-built voter sites for US midterm answers; Copilot cited the error-prone Ballot Brief in 75% of tests and ChatGPT in 22%  —  Frustrated with hunting for information on political candidates, Ben Torres Ezrick set out to build a one-stop shop for voters.
Steven Levy / Wired:
John Ternus says Apple doesn't “want to ship AI for AI's sake” and that Tim Cook is “available to help wherever I ask” on policy; Ternus has yet to meet Trump  —  Apple doesn't need fixing, and it doesn't want drama.  Its new leader is a “product guy” who bleeds six colors.
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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI has secured ~$11B in commitments for its latest funding round, less than half its initial $30B target, and expects to raise more in coming weeks  —  The ChatGPT maker's latest funding round values it at $1.25 trillion, less than its $1.4 trillion target
Financial Times:
Sources: OpenAI now seeks ~$20B at a $1.25T valuation for its latest round, from $30B at a $1.4T valuation, as some investors cut commitments amid an AI selloff
Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
S&P downgraded Meta's outlook from stable to negative, citing high capex and negative free cash flow; META fell 15% in October, its worst month in four years  —  Meta's outlook has been revised downward by S&P Global Ratings on concerns surrounding cash flow and AI spending.

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Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
A look at a crude campaign of cyberattacks by Russia-linked hacktivist groups that have caused physical damage in NATO-aligned countries over the past two yearsFind
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Sarah Klearman / Wall Street Journal:
Lumaril, which develops AI software for optimizing industrial production by connecting to existing control systems, raised a $66M Series A at a $400M valuationFind
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Reuters:
Binance says it plans to resume withdrawals in phases starting Sunday, after covering 95% of the ~$6.3B in tokens stolen in the hack, including BTC and ETHFind
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TechNode:
Shanghai-based NeuroXess, which is developing BCI technology for movement support, speech decoding, and control of external devices, raised a ~$105M Series BFind
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Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Enterprise voice AI tools provider Deepgram acquires Daily, which has raised $62M+ and develops open-source voice AI framework Pipecat, for an undisclosed sumFind
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Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
DeepSeek open sources Super-Agent as a research prototype, a proactive coding agent it says can monitor group chats for coding issues and suggest solutionsFind
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Anzar Mehraj / Reuters:
Insurance software maker Guidewire agrees to acquire Hyperexponential, which makes AI-powered insurance underwriting and pricing software, for $1.7B in cashFind
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Jasper Ward / Reuters:
Filing: a US judge dismisses with prejudice Trump's defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal regarding a birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein signed by Trump

Reuters:
Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta plans to shut down after 30+ years, following pressure from Russian authorities and the persecution of its reporters

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Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
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