
Backrooms hits $100 million in 6 days, and A24 just made history
The horror hit crossed a massive box office line faster than most arthouse films ever do, reshaping what A24 can do in theaters.
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The horror hit crossed a massive box office line faster than most arthouse films ever do, reshaping what A24 can do in theaters.

As Netflix’s period-drama juggernaut keeps widening the market, HBO’s fan-favorite response is regaining momentum ahead of Season 4.

The 8-1 ruling keeps $104 million in FCC penalties alive and signals carriers cannot rely on jury-trial arguments to dodge regulatory fines.
The debut fund is now 96% to target, and its backers are betting that learning, wellbeing, financial access, and climate can scale with returns.

Grimes County just moved SpaceX's Terafab forward, but residents are pushing back over scale, transparency, and the project’s long-term impact.
Atlantic Music Group is using a new joint venture to turn A&R talent into a scalable label engine, and competitors should notice.

The early-access hit has a huge audience already, and the studio is now turning that feedback into its next feature set, a useful reminder that live games are operations businesses as much as creative ones.

Meta is keeping its workplace monitoring push alive, but granting 30-minute privacy breaks and exemption requests as staff push back over battery and bandwidth costs.

The telecom operator is pushing deeper into digital infrastructure by pairing capital with Shorooq’s startup muscle, a move that could reshape how regional founders access scale.

A stalled ticket drop can turn a comeback into a customer trust problem fast, especially when queues run for hours and buyers get kicked out.

A security-focused rsync update broke some incremental backups, then commit history showing Claude-assisted work turned a bug report into a broader fight over AI in critical infrastructure.
JLL says first-quarter investment transaction volumes topped $15 billion, up 5% from Q1 2025, signaling that institutional capital is pushing back into retail real estate.