Video Games
League of Legends Worlds quarterfinals are set as Hanwha Life goes out
The Swiss stage of the 2026 League of Legends World Championship finished Saturday in Allen, Texas, with Karmine Corp, LYON and Bilibili Gaming winning their deciding matches to take the last three knockout spots. Their wins knocked out Movistar KOI, LOS and Korea's Hanwha Life Esports. The quarterfinals run November 3 to 8, pairing Gen.G with LYON, Dplus KIA with Bilibili Gaming, T1 with Karmine Corp, and Top Esports with Invictus Gaming, ahead of the November 14 final at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
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Technology
Binance reopens withdrawals after a record $6.3 billion hack
Binance began reopening crypto withdrawals on Sunday, starting with bitcoin, three days after hackers took an estimated $6.3 billion from its hot wallets, the largest crypto theft on record. The exchange says it has replaced about 95% of the stolen assets with its own funds and will not pass losses on to users, while about $3 billion, mostly stablecoins, has been frozen. Blockchain analysts and the FBI link the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.
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World News
Iran and the US test diplomacy over Hormuz as threats escalate
After two days of Qatari-mediated talks, Iran says it could partly reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days instead of seven, but wants the US to lift its naval blockade, waive oil sanctions and unfreeze Iranian assets first. Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered immediate responses to any threat, and President Trump has suggested a strike could follow Tuesday's midterm elections. At least four tankers were reported hit in the Gulf on Friday and Saturday.
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Movies
You Can See Everything edges Clayface in a quiet Halloween weekend
You Can See Everything is on track to top the box office for the Halloween weekend with an estimated $11 million, just ahead of Clayface at about $10.5 million after a 55% drop. Wildwood is third with around $7.5 million. With Halloween on a Saturday pulling younger audiences away from theaters, the weekend is running well below last year's $57.4 million Halloween total.
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