Trilith Institute Opens Residency Applications for Georgia Filmmakers

As today’s filmmaking production struggles to find a place to land anywhere in the United States, the Trilith Institute is encouraging emerging filmmakers already based in Georgia to make their movies and TV stories there. And with funding, a stipend, and mentorship to boot. The nonprofit Trilith Institute announced today that applications for its 2026…

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Volatility Creeps Higher as Seasonal Strength Kicks In

Bitcoin’s BTC$113,244.11 implied volatility (IV) gauge has climbed to a 2.5-month high, consistent with the seasonal trends. Volmex’s bitcoin implied volatility index, BVIV, which represents the annualized expected price turbulence over four weeks, has topped 42%, the highest since late August, according to data source TradingView. IV measures the market’s expectations for future price swings…

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While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday tweeted a video of his company’s first deployed massive AI system — or AI “factory” as Nvidia likes to call them. He promised this is the “first of many” such Nvidia AI factories that will be deployed across Microsoft Azure’s global data centers to run OpenAI workloads. Each system…

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Keira Knightley Does Ruth Ware

You’ll have to suspend disbelief early on in Simon Stone’s “The Woman in Cabin 10,” a chilly, silly adaptation of Ruth Ware’s bestselling thriller novel of the same name. Consider this: Keira Knightley stars as hard-hitting journalist Laura “Lo” Blacklock, back in London after a particularly rough assignment (some lady died), and eager to hide…

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Ripple Expands Into Bahrain Through Partnership

Ripple is expanding its Middle East footprint through a new partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay, the Kingdom’s main fintech incubator and ecosystem platform, as part of its push to integrate blockchain and stablecoin infrastructure into regulated financial markets. The move builds on Ripple’s Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) license obtained earlier this year and underscores…

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