October 30, 2026

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Binance pauses withdrawals as hackers suspected of stealing billions in crypto: Some estimates say hackers stole billions in crypto from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, during a cyberattack on Thursday. Read More

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Morning Must-Reads

DoorDash said it's only received 'several hundred' orders from AI agents: DoorDash said that it is open to working with third-party agent makers Read More

North Korean hackers blamed for stealing record $6.3B in Binance breach: Hackers working for North Korea are suspected of hacking a Binance employee's laptop, which allowed the theft of billions in crypto. Read More

Andy Jassy says Prime Video is on track to earn 'tens of billions of dollars': The success of blockbuster hits like "Project Hail Mary" and "Verity" is only part of the story, Amazon's CEO says. Read More

AWS will be a $1T business, Jassy says — but first, it will spend big: Amazon wants to be the king of AI cloud computing and become the first $1 trillion revenue business. But to do that it will have to continue on its capex spending spree, its CEO said Thursday. Read More

Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out: Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale. Read More

Last but Not Least

Fan-fiction site Archive of Our Own (AO3) could be offline for up to 4 weeks after security incident: The site has such a passionate user base that, within two hours of the announcement, its status page's posts had garnered millions of views (and much panicked commentary) across social media. Read More

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