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Crypto exchange Binance says a hack had an estimated total impact of about $6.3 billion, the biggest crypto theft on record and four times Bybit's $1.5 billion in 2025. About $3 billion has been frozen. Binance says it will cover all losses and "User funds are safe." #Binance

Final results in Israel's election show neither PM Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc (53 seats) nor ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot's bloc (48) has the 61 needed for a majority. Arab parties won a record 19 seats. Turnout was 77.9%, the highest in decades. #Israel

US food delivery giant DoorDash is buying grocery delivery rival Instacart for $17 billion. Together they account for about 77% of US delivery app spending. The deal is expected to close by mid-2028. #DoorDash #Instacart

Copper exports from Mongolia's Oyu Tolgoi, one of the world's largest copper mines, to China fell about 70% in two weeks due to slowdowns at a Chinese border crossing. Officials blame upgrades there, including facial recognition for truck drivers. #Mongolia #China

Google's parent Alphabet fell about 13% on Thursday, on course to lose nearly $500 billion in market value, its biggest one-day loss ever. Its ad revenue missed estimates and free cash flow was negative $9.1 billion as AI spending climbed. #Alphabet #Google #Stocks

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Apple's maxed-out Mac Studio, priced at $29,799, makes a Tesla seem "quite affordable." The top M5 Ultra model has 512GB of memory and 16TB of storage. The memory upgrade alone costs $15,500. #Apple #Tesla

AI company Anthropic spent $2.75 million on CEO Dario Amodei's personal security in 2025, more than four times his $654,167 salary, its IPO filing shows. Meta spent about $22.5 million protecting CEO Mark Zuckerberg. #Anthropic #AI #SuperIntelligence

Russia's President Vladimir Putin called SpaceX founder Elon Musk "a real genius" as Russia builds its own Starlink rival. Russia has launched over 30 satellites so far, while Starlink has close to 10,000. Putin said "this is just our first step." #Russia #Starlink

Flávio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, has fled to Miami with his family after losing the runoff, despite an order to hand over his passports in a money laundering probe he denies. President Lula said "This act of leaving Brazil is shameful." #Brazil

Solidigm, the US memory chip unit of South Korea's SK Hynix, is in talks over a $45B US chip plant, possibly in New York. In return, it wants approval to ship equipment to upgrade its plant in Dalian, China, saying that would help fund the US site. #Chips #AI

At least 64 people have died in Spain after a Renfe high-speed train crashed into the back of a stopped Iryo train near Urda, south of Madrid. The two Madrid to Seville trains carried 544 passengers. Over 170 were injured. #Spain

Pakistan has barred Taiwanese airlines from its airspace, citing the One China policy. Since 25 October, Taiwan's China Airlines and EVA Air flights to Europe have avoided Pakistan, many now flying over Russia. #Pakistan #Taiwan #China

Anthropic, maker of Claude, bought Mithril Medicine, a one-person company working on two rare childhood forms of muscular dystrophy. Founder Cody Tranbarger used Claude to manage work with 11 outside labs. Human trials could start as soon as late 2028, Anthropic says. #Biotech

About 42% of recent US college grads, aged 22 to 27, work jobs that typically don't require a degree. #Jobs #Economy

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen, 29, is now worth an estimated €310 million ($345 million), ranking 224th on the list of the richest Dutch people. He remains the youngest person on the list. #F1 #Verstappen #Netherlands

Not every Nordic leader backs the call. Denmark's PM Mette Frederiksen said she was "very sceptical" as it wasn't coordinated with others, likening it to ex-Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán's Moscow trip. Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson said "everyone wants peace except Putin." #Ukraine

Volkswagen may use software built with Chinese EV maker Xpeng in its European mass-market cars. It would cover about 3/4 of next-gen VW, Skoda and Cupra models and could sideline US partner Rivian despite a $5.8B deal. #Volkswagen #Germany

Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Norway's PM Jonas Gahr Støre called Russia's President Vladimir Putin, urging him to end the war in Ukraine. "Ending the war requires direct discussion," Stubb said. They said they weren't speaking for all of Europe. #Ukraine

Chinese scientists have developed a catalyst that turns carbon dioxide, over 95% of Mars' atmosphere, into methanol, a liquid fuel that future astronauts could make there. The study says it "is technically feasible to a certain extent." #Space #Mars #China