You’ll Spin Out Seeing U.S. Olympic Figure Skaters Then & Now
American figure skaters, including Amber Glenn, Madison Chock, and Evan Bates, are aiming for gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, which start on February 6th.
Tuning Spin Defects with Light: A New Control Mechanism for hBN Quantum Sensors
New research reveals that controlling the excitation wavelength significantly alters the behavior of spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride, opening doors for improved quantum sensing performance.
EastEnders star says long-missing character returns with “unfinished business”
Joel Beckett is returning to Walford as Jake, a character who left nearly 20 years ago. He dramatically left in 2006 after accidentally killing his brother, Danny, and went into hiding. While viewers briefly saw him in 2024, this marks his first substantial return to the Square, where many previously thought he had died.
Austin Butler to play Lance Armstrong in film biopic from Oscar-winning director
Scott Stuber, the producer of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, has secured the rights to tell the complete life story of Neil Armstrong. The film will be directed by Edward Berger, an Academy Award winner for All Quiet on the Western Front, and the screenplay will be written by Zach Baylin, who wrote King Richard.
BBC announces licence fee increase to deliver “financial stability it needs”
The British government has approved a 3.14% rise in the licence fee, based on the current rate of inflation. This fee has been increasing with inflation since 2022, and this practice will continue until the current agreement ends in 2027.
CFTC’s Stablecoin Gambit: Trust Banks Get the Green Light
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), in a moment of regulatory audacity, announced on Feb. 6 the reissue of CFTC Staff Letter 25-40. This document, one imagines, was penned with the solemnity of a medieval courtier, revising the definition of payment stablecoins to permit national trust banks to don the mantle of “permitted issuers,” as if they had been waiting for this honor with bated breath since the dawn of fintech.
The Day of the Jackal season 2 finally gets major update as new cast members revealed
Pablo Schreiber, known for his roles in ‘Halo’ and ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ and Weruche Opia, who starred in ‘I May Destroy You,’ have been added to the cast of the spy series as main characters, according to Deadline.
The Last of Us star to lead film adaptation of another beloved video game franchise
Isabela Merced, who starred in projects like The Last of Us and Superman, will play the main character in the new movie based on the popular horror video game, The House of the Dead, according to Deadline.
12 Years Ago Today, One of the Best Animated Movies of the 21st Century Released & It Had No Right Being So Good
When Warner Bros. announced The LEGO Movie, many people doubted it would succeed. LEGO bricks are known for inspiring imagination – kids build whatever they dream up – so a fixed storyline seemed to go against the brand’s spirit. However, when the movie came out on February 7, 2014, it was a huge hit with both critics and audiences, earning over $470 million worldwide. Its success came from a clever, self-aware story and a groundbreaking animation style that brought the unique look of LEGOs to life.
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? – Issue 619
I’m finally going to finish playing SOMA this weekend. I don’t know how I missed it before, but it seems like exactly the kind of game I enjoy, so I’m glad I’m getting around to it now!