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Apple TV's new comedy series Small Prophets premiered with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, drawing praise from outlets including The Hollywood Reporter and The Verge. The show, previously licensed and aired in the UK, is now being rolled out globally alongside other Apple TV comedies like Ted Lasso and Widow's Bay.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that small companies often rely solely on the owner's memory to explain past decisions, which creates risk when the owner isn't available. The piece recommends three recordkeeping components—a regularly updated business plan, bookkeeping, and corporate records—to document a company's direction, actual financial activity, and the authorization behind key decisions.
Small Prophets, a six-episode comedy that originally premiered on the BBC, will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on October 7th. The series follows Michael Sleep, played by Pearce Quigley, a recluse who uses an alchemical recipe from his father, played by Michael Palin, to grow tiny magical beings called homunculi that can answer any question, including whether his missing girlfriend will return.
A group of smaller banking institutions has filed lawsuits aiming to prevent the issuance of national trust charters to cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase and Ripple. Recently, World Liberty Financial, a firm linked to former President Trump, was granted a conditional trust charter by federal regulators. The legal action seeks to restrict the expansion of crypto firms into traditional banking frameworks.
Researcher Dr Ning Xu's winning entry in the Nikon Small World in Motion competition, depicting lung cilia movement, is under investigation after scientists flagged inconsistencies such as structures appearing and disappearing unnaturally. A watermark check using Google Gemini reportedly detected Google's SynthID marker, suggesting AI involvement in the footage. Nikon says it is reviewing technical documentation submitted by Xu, who has acknowledged using AI for post-processing but denies violating competition rules.
An Entrepreneur contributor argues that small businesses should treat every customer touchpoint, from storefront cleanliness to website usability, as part of a cumulative experience that builds loyalty. The piece recommends auditing the full customer journey to find hidden friction points rather than assuming where problems lie, and highlights culturally relevant campaigns and consistent service as ways to earn trust.
A commentary piece examines how lending systems and investment criteria often fail women entrepreneurs, citing an example of a single mother denied a business loan due to insufficient collateral and projected returns not meeting bank standards. It calls for rethinking how financial systems are designed to support women-led businesses.
Nikon is reviewing the winning video in its Small World In Motion microscopy contest after scientists alleged it was partly AI-generated. The clip, submitted by Dr Ning Xu of Tsinghua University, purports to show cilia moving in a child's airway, but critics flagged structures appearing and vanishing oddly and a possible AI-generation watermark on the source image. Xu has denied breaking contest rules, acknowledging AI was used only to enhance grayscale images, not to generate the cilia or their motion.
Apple TV is licensing Small Prophets, a British comedy that debuted on the BBC earlier this year, for global streaming. The series, created by Mackenzie Crook and holding a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, premieres October 7 with two episodes, followed by weekly releases through November 4. UK viewers, however, won't get access until 2027.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved a construction permit for the Tennessee Valley Authority to build a GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site near Oak Ridge, Tennessee, completing its review 14 months in, four months ahead of schedule. TVA becomes the first US utility cleared to build this reactor design, though it still needs a separate operating license before loading fuel or generating power. TVA is also considering building up to four such units at the site but hasn't set a start date or final cost estimate.
Ning Xu, an optical engineer at the National University of Singapore, won Nikon's 2024 Small World in Motion competition for a video of cilia from a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Microscopy experts subsequently questioned the video on social media, saying the red, purple and blue structures shown beneath the cilia appear biologically implausible and may have been produced or altered using an AI tool. The competition's blog post on the winning entry did not describe or explain these colored structures.
A US research-university scientist wrote to Nature's advice column defending a habit of turning up late to meetings they chair in order to avoid small talk, arguing this keeps sessions efficient and lets them end early. Nature asked several other scientists to weigh in on whether this behaviour is disrespectful or simply a productivity tactic.