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November 1, 2026, 6:00 AM
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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 ETH  —  Binance, the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange, said it would resume withdrawals in phases after covering 95% of the $6.3 billion …
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.
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
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.
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 …
Gunjan Banerji / Wall Street Journal:
Solve: the cost of insuring against debt defaults at hyperscalers Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle has hit its highest level since 2021  —  With trillions riding on the artificial-intelligence trade, investors, traders and tech executives alike are hunting for high-stakes protection
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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From Mediagazer

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

Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Amy Chozick, who wrote a profile of Elizabeth Holmes, talks about ghosting Nathan Fielder after tentatively agreeing to be filmed for You Can See Everything

More News

The Commanding Heights:
As AI models commoditize, lasting wealth will accrue to those controlling chokepoints like distribution, payment rails, and a stablecoin dollar, not to the labs
Andrew E. Freedman / Tom's Hardware:
When talking about local inference, Sam Altman says supply-constrained DRAM is better used in data centers than sitting in PCs and “being used 5% of the time”

Earlier Picks

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
Felix Rieseberg / @felixrieseberg:
Anthropic says a malicious actor used access to Cursor's marketplace to publish a “tampered” copy of the Claude Code extension, which it didn't build or publish
Tim Fernholz / TechCrunch:
Google says its Suncatcher prototype data center satellite is online after an October 1 launch, with Gemma 4 generating a haiku about being in space
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