The Berlin Film Festival has unveiled the 35 feature films projects selected for its 23rd Berlinale Co-Production Market, running February 14–17. The main selection, focused on partially financed projects, includes Lotus Feet by Malaysian director Amanda Nell Eu, whose debut film Tiger Stripes won the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize in 2023 and was then … Read more
Elon Musk’s X has partially restricted access to Grok’s image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok’s image editing tools remain readily available for any X … Read more
The first video I saw of the Minneapolis shooting was bad enough. Shortly after I saw it, I had the terrible realization that there were multiple people in the clip holding their phones up — another angle was bound to surface. Within minutes, a second video was all over social media, and it was even … Read more
Public companies and crypto-focused treasury firms are increasingly turning to staking as a source of passive income. Sharplink Gaming, the world’s second-largest corporate Ether (ETH) holder, generated 10,657 Ether ($33 million) in passive yield on its staking operations during the past seven months, according to the company’s dashboard. Staking allows investors to earn passive income … Read more
Andreessen Horowitz just announced the firm has just raised a little more than $15 billion in new funding. The haul represents over 18% of all venture capital dollars allocated in the United States in 2025, according to firm co-founder Ben Horowitz, but even more jaw-dropping is that it brings the organization to more than $90 … Read more
Good afternoon Insiders, it’s a new year and it’s rather chilly, but never fear, your favorite weekly roundup of the biggest entertainment biz news is here. We hope you all had a lovely break. Do read on, and sign up here. Box Office Optimism 20th Century Studios Tentpoles and indie still got it: Gower Street … Read more
The ex-spy chief on the risks of Trump’s operation in Venezuela, what the US gets wrong about regime change — and why Putin badly misjudged Ukraine
Rain, a US stablecoin infrastructure provider and a principal member of the Visa payment network, has secured major funding to expand its global presence. The platform raised $250 million in a Series C funding round led by the global investment firm Iconiq, according to an announcement on Friday. The round values Rain at $1.95 billion, … Read more
Daniel Escale/Netflix Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Friday: Romance novel “People We … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world This winter, an essay by an Australian investor called Craig Tindale, with the ugly title “The Return of Matter: Western Democracies’ material impairment”, has caused a frisson in some financial circles — and … Read more