Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Movie ‘La Perra’ Boarded by Lucky Number

Paris-based company Lucky Number has boarded Dominga Sotomayor’s “La Perra” ahead of its world premiere at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight. The film is produced by RT Features, the Brazilian outfit behind Walter Salles’ Oscar-winning film “I’m Still Here,” as well as Luca Guadagnino’s “Call Me By Your Name;” and Planta, the Chilean company whose credits include Lisandro Alonso’s “Double…

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A picture of health: gene-expression maps of the human liver from living donors

Nature, Published online: 15 April 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01187-3 A high-resolution atlas of the healthy human liver has been assembled using gene-expression profiling and spatial mapping of cells in samples from living donors. The atlas reveals human-specific patterns of gene expression in different zones and uncovers spatially resolved adaptations in liver cells from individuals with the disease…

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South Korea Pilots Tokenized Deposits for Government Spending

South Korea’s Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) is preparing to test blockchain-based payments for certain government expenses under a regulatory sandbox exploring distributed ledger technology (DLT)-based financial infrastructure. The ministry said on Thursday that it selected a pilot project that will use tokenized deposits to execute government operational spending, with a full rollout targeting…

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US states can’t account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally • The Register

Many US states and local authorities are violating generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) by failing to disclose revenue lost to datacenter tax subsidy schemes, according to Good Jobs First. The accountability nonprofit has a bee in its bonnet about tax abatement programs for datacenters, which it says are costing states billions in lost revenue, yet…

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