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Binance battles to save its brand after record $6.3bn crypto hack

World’s largest crypto exchange faces fallout from angry customers, and Lula wins with WhatsApp This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here This week in tech, we’re discussing the fallout from the multibillion-dollar hack of Binance and the significance of Lula’s political mobilization on WhatsApp. And if you’ll be at Web Summit in Lisbon next week, drop me a line! I’ll be there moderating panels on open-source AI and human agency in the age of AI agents. Tell us: have you been affected by the Binance hack? Polymark

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International

Goncourt 2026 : "le prix changera ma carrière, mais certainement pas ma vie"

Philippe Jaenada a obtenu mardi 3 novembre le prestigieux prix Goncourt 2026 pour "L'Inconnue du quai de Javel", roman sur l'assassinat irrésolu d'une jeune Bretonne en 1949, au terme d'une sélection percutée par l'affaire Thélyson Orélien. Après avoir exprimé sa joie, l'écrivain de 62 ans a confié que "le prix changera ma carrière, mais pas ma vie, certainement pas". Les précisions de Noémie Roche, journaliste France 24, en direct du restaurant Drouant, où s'est déroulé la remise.

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Entertainment

They fell in love on The Simpsons and married in real life. Meet the French Homer and Marge

They have brought TV’s most famous cartoon couple to life in France for the last 38 years. Philippe Peythieu and Véronique Augereau tell all about working and living together for so long, still being lovebirds – and rarely arguing The Simpsons is the biggest cartoon comedy in the world, with suburban couple Homer and Marge at its heart. From their beginnings as high-school sweethearts to the travails of married life, they’re an unbreakable pair. Gag-heavy as it may be, it’s also a series with plenty of sentimental plots, from Homer giving up his beloved Duff beer for a month to prove his love

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Entertainment

China’s first AI-generated film is a flop. Some still see it as the future of cinema

Chinese investors placing high value on AI despite unpopularity of Sanxingdui: Future Past China’s first fully AI-generated movie has flopped, earning just 1.7m yuan (£191,000) at the box office despite costing “tens of millions” to make, according to its producer. But is it any good? The Guardian watched Sanxingdui: Future Past in a virtually empty cinema in Beijing, and found it no worse than plenty of human-centred mindless action flicks. Continue reading...

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International

Mobilisations en France : nouveaux blocages de facs et de lycées

En France, les lycéens et les étudiants comptent bien ne "rien lâcher", jugeant les mesures annoncées par le gouvernement insuffisantes. Le ministère de l'Éducation nationale a annoncé le blocage de 48 lycées et 51 établissements de l'enseignement supérieur sur 184 sont perturbés. Un des étudiants du Campus de Jussieu affirme qu'il est d'ailleurs "de plus en plus compliqué d'aller manifester". Les explications de Johan Bodin, journaliste France 24 en direct du Campus de Jussieu à Paris.

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Entertainment

True crime novel about 1949 murder of Paris life model wins France’s biggest literary prize

Philippe Jaenada wins Prix Goncourt with novel that seeks to solve 77-year-old case and rehabilitates reputation of its victim A literary true-crime investigation that tries to solve a 77-year-old cold case and ends up rehabilitating the reputation of its life model victim has won France’s most prestigious literary prize. The author Philippe Jaenada was announced on Tuesday afternoon as the winner of the Prix Goncourt, for his book L’Inconnue du quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), a recreation of the murder of a 29-year-old Breton woman named Louise Cansot. Continue reading

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