Casey Bloys, senior Netflix executive?

In a lengthy interview with Ben Thompson of Stratechery, Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said he and (fellow co-CEO) Ted Sarandos plan to keep “that HBO team” in tact post-acquisition. It’s a smart move considering what Bloys and co. have accomplished, and while expected by most sharps in the industry, had not previously been affirmed so definitively.

What Netflix plans to do with HBO/Max from an integration POV is still a bit unclear.

Filmmakers and actors whose careers were shaped by Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute he founded reflected on his legacy as the godfather of independent cinema at a star-studded gala Friday night during the first Sundance Film Festival since his death.

The 2026 festival — its last in Utah, before relocating to Boulder, Colorado — is a love letter to the haven Redford established in the state decades ago for stories that didn’t fit into the mainstream.

Even as the festival heads to its new home, the piece of Redford’s legacy that his daughter said meant the most to him will remain in Utah: the institute’s lab programs for writers and directors.

“When my dad could have created an empire, he created a nest,” said his daughter, Amy Redford. “The Sundance Institute was designed to support and protect and nourish and then set free.”

Rod Stewart has hit out at US President Donald Trump over his false claims about British troops in Afghanistan.

The rock star has urged UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to force Trump to apologise for his recent remarks on British troops who served in Afghanistan.

It comes after the President questioned whether Nato allies would come to America’s aid, and claimed some nations avoided serving on the front line in Afghanistan, during a Fox News interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Microsoft provided the FBI with the recovery keys to unlock encrypted data on the hard drives of three laptops as part of a federal investigation, Forbes reported on Friday.

Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called BitLocker, which is enabled by default. This type of technology should prevent anyone except the device owner from accessing the data if the computer is locked and powered off.

But, by default, BitLocker recovery keys are uploaded to Microsoft’s cloud, allowing the tech giant — and by extension law enforcement — to access them and use them to decrypt drives encrypted with BitLocker, as with the case reported by Forbes.

For the 19th year in a row, Apple has claimed the top spot on Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies list. Here are the details.

19 years on the top and counting

According to Fortune, its yearly World’s Most Admired Companies ranking is “based on a poll of some 3,000 executives, directors, and analysts,” who rate companies within their own industries across criteria such as management quality, products, social responsibility, and ability to attract talent.