This week, Ebaster has selected the top shows to watch on all the popular streaming services—like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Apple TV, and Peacock. Their picks include five series from Paramount+, featuring both original Showtime programs, beloved classic dramas, and popular comedies.
Instead of just showing content made for American audiences, Netflix has successfully introduced viewers to shows from all over the world. This benefits both Netflix, by expanding its offerings, and its viewers, who get to enjoy a wider variety of stories.
We’re now fully in the age of artificial intelligence. AI chatbots are appearing more and more in everyday apps, from social media to work programs, and AI-created videos are becoming hugely popular online, racking up billions of views on platforms like YouTube.
Following his denial of the accusations, Neil Gaiman shared a link to an anonymous Substack publication that defends him. TechnoPathology, the author of the Substack, began writing in April 2025, identifying as a veteran of online journalism from the 2010s. They started covering Gaiman’s case in July, asserting his innocence. TechnoPathology clarifies this isn’t just about legal guilt, but a firm belief that Gaiman is not a sexual predator. They point out that the original podcast making the allegations, Tortoise, has connections to the TERF movement in the U.K., and that Gaiman is a vocal supporter of trans rights. The Substack includes links to a related sub-Reddit and a way for readers to donate to the project.
In the world of books created by Michael Connelly, detectives Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller are established as half-brothers. However, because Harry Bosch now has his own show on Amazon and Mickey Haller’s series is on Netflix, the two characters can’t appear together on screen, even though they’re related in the books.
“The market’s caprices are of no consequence,” Mr. Webley declared, “for I am guided by the wisdom of the ages.” His company, once a humble purveyor of web design, now stands as a beacon of Bitcoin fervor, though its stock has since descended into the abyss. The shareholders, who had once hoped for a prosperous future, now find themselves in a most precarious position, their hopes dashed by the cruel arithmetic of a 33% decline.
The latest trailer for Avengers: Doomsday gave fans a fresh look at the X-Men, starting with Professor X, played by Patrick Stewart, in his classic silver wheelchair. This version of the chair is different from the yellow, hovering chair seen in X-Men: The Animated Series and more recently depicted in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
Ah, the newly unveiled emails from the U.S. Department of Justice-a treasure trove of irony and despair. They reveal that Jeffrey Epstein, the man whose name has become synonymous with the basest of human vices, invested $3 million in Coinbase back in December 2014. A financier by trade, a predator by nature, Epstein’s tentacles reached far into the worlds of politics and technology, leaving a trail of ruin in their wake.
Markiplier’s movie, Iron Lung, which he funded himself and based on the 2022 horror game, surprised everyone by becoming the top movie in the US when it was released on January 30, 2026.
A recent post by Alex Perez from My Cosmic Circus explains that the X-Men appearing in Avengers: Doomsday won’t be the same characters we’ve seen in the Fox films. Instead, they’ll be alternate versions from a different reality. Perez says this reality experienced events similar to those in the original X-Men trilogy and Days of Future Past.