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Wednesday Weekly: Massive Binance Hack: $6.3B Stolen, Withdrawals Halted
Digest Newsletter · Nov 4, 2026
Wednesday Weekly: Massive Binance Hack: $6.3B Stolen, Withdrawals Halted

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$6.3 billion — Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance, and withdrawals were suspended afterward.

Mental Health

Mental Health

New PTSD treatment shows 68% remission rate in clinical trial · usatoday.com

Meta considered a ‘whisper strategy’ to turn academics against Jonathan Haidt · theverge.com

Study reveals concerning trends in global mental health · phys.org

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

These races matter if you care about money, Musk, and the AI boom as Democrats rack up… · businessinsider.com

AI helps Stanford scientists discover a “natural Ozempic” with a surprising advantage · sciencedaily.com

Stock futures drop as Wall Street confronts the ‘blue tsunami’ threat to the AI boom · nbcnews.com

Guitar

Guitar

Fender’s new Pokémon Stratocaster and Telecaster feature built-in effects that make your… · guitar.com

These 30th-anniversary Pokémon guitars are gorgeous and gorgeous-sounding. · theverge.com

Fender Japan unveils two Pokémon guitars for 30th anniversary · guitarplayer.com

Travel

Travel

CDC Updates Airline Rules After Ebola Outbreak · travelpulse.com

Deadly disease sparks new CDC rule for US-bound flyers as major airlines seek delay · foxnews.com

Airlines Urge US to Rethink Ebola Travel Declaration Rules · yahoo.com

Pets

Pets

Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets · arstechnica.com

Sound Transit Pilots Updated Pet Policy · seattletransitblog.com

Performing Arts

Performing Arts

Kennedy Center Honors 2026: 5 Honorees Revealed, Including Andy Garcia, David Foster & More · yahoo.com

Teaching

Teaching

San Antonio teachers are using AI. Schools are figuring out the rules. · expressnews.com

New restrictions at Texas Tech are changing what professors can teach · npr.org

NYC teachers promoting nearly 100% of students — but nearly half are not proficient in math… · nypost.com

Education

Education

'Gen Z' demonstrations across Germany demand more education funding · france24.com

How moving civil rights enforcement out of the US Department of Education threatens students’… · theconversation.com

Student Loan Borrowers File Class Action Suit Against Education Department For Denying Loan… · forbes.com

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