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Netflix’s New 8-Episode Provocative Series Based On Popular Book Debuts To Stellar Rotten Tomatoes Score

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I just finished watching Vladimir, and it’s a fascinating, if unsettling, film. It’s based on the Julia May Jonas novel, and stars the incredibly talented Rachel Weisz alongside Leo Woodall, who you might recognize from The White Lotus and One Day. The movie centers on a professor who’s both brilliant and a bit of a mess, and her life really starts to spin out of control when she becomes completely captivated by a new colleague. It’s a story about passion, obsession, and watching someone’s carefully constructed world come undone.

Can AI Teams Do Science?

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The Multi-Agent Coordination and Communication (MACC) framework enables agents to iteratively refine their models and submissions, recorded on a shared Incentive-Driven Blackboard, whereupon institutional parameters govern evaluation and the subsequent allocation of rewards, fostering a provably convergent system of collaborative intelligence.

A new competition testbed explores how to design institutions that foster collaborative scientific discovery with artificial intelligence.

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is an excellent finale that refuses to play it safe

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At the beginning of The Immortal Man, it’s been about seven years since the end of season six. Tommy Shelby is a broken man, existing in a strange in-between state and literally tormented by the memories of those he’s lost. He’s changed – as he tells Ada (Sophie Rundle) – and seems content to let his son, Duke (Barry Keoghan), take over as the head of the Peaky Blinders, even if Duke causes trouble.

Billionaire Chamath: Why Bitcoin Can’t Be a Central Bank Asset

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In a recent discussion with Nikhil Kamath, Chamath Palihapitiya explained that for Bitcoin to truly become widely used, it needs to appeal to central banks as a reserve asset, not just attract individual investors or demand from ETFs. He believes Bitcoin currently fails to meet those requirements.

Daniel Radcliffe Has Found His Freedom

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The play Every Brilliant Thing is a deeply personal and uplifting story about a person who deals with their mother’s struggles with suicide by making a list of all the wonderful things in life. Since its successful debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014, the play – created by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe – has been performed in 66 countries, featuring actors like Minnie Driver and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Recently, audiences in New York City have braved the winter weather to see the show – and maybe even become part of it. In the days leading up to its official opening, videos are circulating on TikTok and Instagram showing the lead actor connecting with fans before and after performances.

Crypto Exchanges: A Masquerade of Trust and Transparency

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Recent rankings, those modern-day oracles, have laid bare the chasm between exchanges that embrace transparency with the fervor of a true believer and those that cloak themselves in opacity, like a priest hiding sins behind a veil. The difference, my dear reader, is as stark as the Siberian winter and as unforgiving as its winds.