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Illinois Lottery Launches New CASH POP Draw Game
The Illinois Lottery has launched CASH POP, a high-frequency draw game where matching a single number can win a cash prize.
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Gen Z Trusts Elections, But Not Washington
For younger voters, election-related corruption is less of a concern than for older generations. Four percent of Gen Zers say they’re worried about election fraud and cheating ahead of the midterms, compared with 14 percent of millennials, 21 percent of Gen Xers and 23 percent of baby boomers, per a
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FBI and US Secret Service working with Binance after $6.3 billion hack, source says
LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Binance is working with law enforcement around the world, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Secret Service (USSS), after hackers stole a record $6.3 billion from the platform, a person familiar with the situation told Reuters. The FB
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Explainer-Binance’s $6.3 billion hack: How crypto insurance works
By Noor Zainab Hussain and Manya Saini Oct 30 (Reuters) – Hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance in the world’s biggest crypto heist, putting a spotlight on how cryptocurrency exchanges insure their digital assets against theft and cyberattacks. But insurance protection is far from uniform. Coverag
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Binance does not need to sell SpaceX shares to cover losses, co-founder says
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Binance does not need to sell its SpaceX shares because its annual revenue is enough to cover losses after hackers stole $6.3 billion from the crypto platform, co-founder Yi He said in a post on X on Friday. Binance founder Changpeng Zhao had written on X in an earlier reply to Sp
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SoftBank-backed OPay raises $304 million in US IPO
Oct 30 (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed fintech OPay said on Friday it has raised $304 million in its US initial public offering, tapping public markets to position itself to benefit from expanding digital finance sector across emerging economies. The Nigeria-focused firm sold 16 million American deposit
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Long-distance flights can interfere with the internal clocks of seabirds
By Marta Serafinko Oct 30 (Reuters) – People who travel across many time zones, like a trip from London to Tokyo, may experience jet lag, with the body’s internal 24-hour clock — the circadian rhythm — thrown out of sync with the local time at the arrival location. A new study shows that birds that
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Foxconn working on a new tie-up with OpenAI, says there is no AI bubble
By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer, on Friday flagged that a collaboration with leading US artificial intelligence developer OpenAI was in the works, though details were scant. Foxconn Chairman Young Liu told reporters at the comp
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Cursor says up to 5,000 users affected by tampered Claude Code extension
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Cursor, the coding-tool company owned by SpaceX, said on Friday that a maliciously modified version of Anthropic’s Claude Code extension was available on its Cursor VS Code extension marketplace on Thursday, affecting up to 5,000 users. Here are some details: • Cursor said the ext
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Capgemini raises 2026 guidance as AI push brings work to IT consultants
Oct 30 (Reuters) – French IT consulting firm Capgemini raised its 2026 guidance for the second time this year after its third-quarter revenue grew 12%, in the strongest signal yet that the rush to deploy AI is turning into contracts for Europe’s established consultancies. Capgemini CEO Aiman Ezzat s
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Toyota, Waymo to test autonomous bZ4Xs in Japan in 2027, eye overseas expansion
(Corrects Toyota CTO’s name to Hiroki Nakajima, not Hiroaki Nakajima, in the third bullet) TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor and Alphabet’s Waymo will begin testing autonomous electric vehicles in Japan in 2027, the companies said on Friday, with deployment in Britain and potentially other mark
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Turkish opposition backs voters to reject government ‘coercion’
By Huseyin Hayatsever IZMIR, Turkey, Oct 30 (Reuters) – When Turkey’s opposition made big gains in local elections in March 2024, its leaders believed they had finally found a way to defeat long-serving President Tayyip Erdogan. More than two years later, the opposition’s leading presidential challe
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Spotify targets 2027 launch for AI remix service, FT reports
Oct 30 (Reuters) – Spotify aims to launch an AI-powered music remix service in the first quarter of 2027, targeting a potential unveiling around the Grammy Awards in February, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the plans. The Swedish audio-streaming giant is consider
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Exclusive-Pentagon tells Europeans to cool their rhetoric on Russia, sources say
By Antoni Slodkowski, Gram Slattery and Andrius Sytas Oct 30 (Reuters) – Pentagon officials have in recent weeks asked several NATO countries to tone down their rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia, arguing that some statements by European leaders and officials have undermined continental s
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Free Online Tool Offers Illinois Residents Help With Consumer Debt
Legal advocates are pointing Illinois consumers to a free website for help understanding their rights and avoiding debt-relief scams as U.S. credit card debt tops $1.2 trillion.
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Blockchain analysis firm TRM says North Korea behind Binance crypto theft
SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – North Korean hackers were behind a $6.3 billion raid on cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to US blockchain analysis firm TRM Labs. “An attacker moved approximately $6.36 billion out of Binance wallets on ten blockchains, most of it in about 20 minutes,” TRM Lab
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Factbox-Where Binance’s $6.3 billion breach ranks in crypto’s biggest hacks and heists
SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – A security breach at Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact, the biggest crypto heist ever. Binance said it had worked with partners to freeze the affected assets, with about $3 billion located so far. It g
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US plans to ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The United States plans to soon ban Chinese telecom firms from direct access to US phone numbers on national security grounds — a measure designed to prevent scam-related robocalls. The US Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday that it w
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Analysts react as Binance freezes assets after $6.3 billion security breach
SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, said a security breach had resulted in an estimated $6.3 billion impact that analysts said could amount to the biggest crypto heist ever. Binance said it had worked with partners to freeze the affected assets, with a
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Bhutan glacial lake outburst triggers flood, no injuries reported
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, Oct 30 (Reuters) – A flood caused by the Shintaphu glacial lake bursting its banks has washed away infrastructure at the Gasa Tshachu natural hot springs in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, media reports said on Friday. No injuries or loss of life have been reported, state
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Yen gains after BOJ; AI jitters dent dollar
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The yen headed for a third daily gain on Friday after the Bank of Japan held rates but revised up its inflation forecast, while a fresh wave of selling in AI shares triggered demand for safe havens that bypassed the dollar, with falling Treasury yields add
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Nvidia in talks to give credit support for Nscale’s deal with Anthropic, The Information reports
Oct 29 (Reuters) – Nvidia is in talks to offer AI cloud provider Nscale billions of dollars in credit guarantees to support debt funding for a data center earmarked for Anthropic, The Information reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the talks. • The credit support would help fund po
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Bitcoin, cryptocurrency prices fall after Binance reports security issue
SINGAPORE, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency prices fell on Friday after Binance reported a potential security issue and said more than $2.5 billion in assets had been frozen. Bitcoin dropped to a six-week low of $77,646, ether fell to a two-month low of $2,238.76 and BNB, a token originally launche
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Tokyo core inflation exceeds BOJ target in October
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Annual core inflation in Japan’s capital well exceeded the central bank’s 2% target in October, data showed on Friday, highlighting mounting price pressure and cementing the case for further interest rate hikes. The data came ahead of the Bank of Japan’s pol
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The Media Line: Israeli Businessman Found Dead in Addis Ababa Restaurant, Poisoning Suspected
Israeli Businessman Found Dead in Addis Ababa Restaurant, Poisoning Suspected By The Media Line Staff Ethiopian authorities are investigating the death of a 48-year-old Israeli businessman who was found inside a restaurant restroom stall in Addis Ababa, with possible poisoning among the main lines o
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The Media Line: Arab League Calls for End to Foreign Interference, Sudanese-Led Dialogue
Arab League Calls for End to Foreign Interference, Sudanese-Led Dialogue By The Media Line Staff Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Fahmy completed a diplomatic visit to Khartoum as the organization pressed for an end to foreign interference in Sudan’s war and called for an inclusive political proc
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Advocates Deliver 10,000+ Comments Opposing Peoples Gas $144M Rate Hike
Consumer and environmental groups marched through downtown Chicago on Oct. 29 to deliver more than 10,000 public comments urging regulators to reject Peoples Gas' proposed $144 million rate hike.
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Kim Jong Un urges drone dominance as North Korea fires missiles, rockets
SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for his country to seize “absolute superiority” in drone technology, speaking at an unmanned aeronautical technology exhibition and weapons demonstration, state media KCNA reported on Friday. A firepower demonstration following the exh
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Amazon slides on light fourth-quarter sales estimates, high cash burn
By Deborah Mary Sophia and Greg Bensinger Oct 29 (Reuters) – Amazon.com on Thursday reported a massive cash burn in the third quarter and forecast holiday-quarter revenue largely below Wall Street estimates, sending shares lower. Investors soured on the company, driving shares down nearly 7% in exte
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Coinbase snaps losing streak with third-quarter profit on lower expenses
Oct 29 (Reuters) – Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global reported a quarterly profit on Thursday, snapping a three-quarter-long streak of losses, driven by lower operating expenses. Total operating expenses in the third quarter fell about 17% to $1.15 billion, compared with $1.39 billion for the s
