Disney Sets Pay For New CEO Josh D’Amaro, Creative Chief Dana Walden

Disney’s incoming chief executive Josh D’Amaro will start at an annual base salary of $2.5 million (payable weekly) with an annual target incentive bonus of 250% of the base salary at the end of each fiscal year. According to filings with the SEC on Tuesday, D’Amaro will receive a long-term stock incentive of $26.25 million … Read more

These Metrics Suggest $100 Was the Local Bottom

Solana (SOL) price has possibly formed a bottom around $100 on multiple time frames, a setup that could help SOL price recover toward $260 in the long term. Key takeaways: SOL must break several resistances before $260 SOL’s price action has led to the appearance of a possible V-shaped recovery pattern on the four-hour chart. … Read more

China bans all retractable car door handles, starting next year

The locking mechanism must be designed so that, in a crash that results in airbags deploying or a battery fire, doors on the non-impact side can be opened without tools. Chinese regulators are just as concerned that a vehicle’s occupants don’t get confused about how to open a door from the inside in an emergency. … Read more

Walmart’s market value hits $1tn

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Walmart’s market capitalisation has surpassed $1tn, putting the largest US retail chain in an exclusive club dominated by tech groups. The Arkansas-based company reached the milestone on Tuesday, capping a rally in which its shares … Read more

How Anthropic trained its AI models on millions of books

When ChatGPT launched, in November of 2022, it started a race that almost immediately consumed the tech industry. OpenAI didn’t invent the concept of AI, but most of the state-of-the-art technology was confined to research labs at companies and institutions around the world. Then, suddenly, it was everywhere. And better than anyone expected. So many … Read more

Rails Launches Stellar Vaults for Institutional Perps

Institutional crypto derivatives provider Rails announced the launch of “Institutional-Grade Vaults” on the Stellar network on Tuesday, allowing brokerages, fintechs and other intermediaries to plug into crypto perpetuals via a single backend. The company aims for options trading in Q2 2026.  Satraj Bambra, CEO of Rails, told Cointelegraph that the core idea was to separate … Read more

Chloé Zhao, Pamela Anderson, Ethan Hawke To Attend Berlinale

Chloé Zhao, Pamela Anderson, Ethan Hawke, Sophie Okonedo, Bella Ramsey, Callum Turner, Sean Baker, and John Turturro are among the names confirmed to be attending this year’s Berlin Film Festival, which runs February 12-22. Baker will be traveling to Berlin to give an honorary speech for Michelle Yeoh, who is set to receive the festival’s … Read more