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Wednesday Weekly: Hackers Steal $6.3B From Binance; Withdrawals Halted
Digest Newsletter · Nov 11, 2026
Wednesday Weekly: Hackers Steal $6.3B From Binance; Withdrawals Halted

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$6.3 billion — Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, prompting the exchange to suspend withdrawals.

Mental Health

Mental Health

EU charges TikTok with failing to protect users’ mental health · theguardian.com

Google AI in School Triggered Teen’s Mental Health Crisis, Lawsuit Says · bloomberg.com

Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health · futurism.com

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

‘Total bloodbath’: Democrats‘ sweeping wins rock Wall Street over AI fears · politico.com

Anthropic Targets Valuation of Up to $1.4 Trillion for Blockbuster I.P.O. · nytimes.com

The Jensen Huang Affair · nytimes.com

Guitar

Guitar

Del Casher, Guitarist Who Invented the Wah-Wah Pedal, Dead at 88 · rollingstone.com

“The most sought-after electric guitar pickup in music history” · musicradar.com

“This Strat has got cigarette burns… I think this is the last smoking guitar” · guitarworld.com

Travel

Travel

Top Airline Resumes Middle East Flights Despite US Warnings · travel.yahoo.com

Urgent travel alert as nationwide strike threatens widespread disruption and delays · foxnews.com

Turbulence Ahead: Air Travel Cuts Time in Range for AID Users · medscape.com

Pets

Pets

Costly Groceries Make Dinner More Complicated. That Goes for Pets Too. · nytimes.com

What Arizona pet owners need to know about traveling after screwworm cases grow · azfamily.com

States implement more rules for pets traveling from Arizona due to New World Screwworm · azfamily.com

Performing Arts

Performing Arts

Inside the Shanghai Grand Opera House, a US$590 million performing arts marvel · scmp.com

Strathmore’s balancing act: Spotlighting local arts as national acts arrive · thewash.org

Global Arts Live opens its first permanent space in Kendall Square · wbur.org

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching GCSE topics younger risks turning schools into ‘early exam factories’, Powell warns · theguardian.com

A growing number of North Dakota students 'waiting for a teacher' · inforum.com

Education

Education

Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI · nypost.com

Sen. Marsha Blackburn elected Tennessee governor. What’s next for schools? · chalkbeat.org

Feds investigating Santa Fe, Albuquerque public schools over gender identity policies · santafenewmexican.com

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