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☆ An AI-generated rat with a giant penis highlights a growing crisis of fake science that's plaguing the publishing business
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental BiologyTo its credit, the journal quickly retracted the paper. Guo et al., 2024; Frontiers in Cell Developmental BiologyBut this rat's towering phallus is just one symptom of a crisis of fake science. Each step has holes in it that bad science could squeeze through, but the overlapping steps tend to cover each other's holes, making it difficult to squeeze all the way through the whole process. Still, bad science does make it through sometimes, and over the years more holes have opened up. The retracted paper's corresponding author, Dingjun Hao, did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Persons: —, Guo, Guo et, you've, Ivan Oransky, Peter Finch, Vox, Fred Fenter, Fenter, Dingjun Hao, Oransky, they've Organizations: Service, Cell Development, Business, Cell, Springer, IEEE, Guardian Locations: Swiss

☆ One of the top donors to a pro-Biden dark-money group is a nonprofit run by a little-known AI investor
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Casey Tolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The second-largest donation in 2022 to the non-profit arm of Future Forward, the primary Super PAC supporting Biden, came from a group run by James McClave and Emily Berger. That’s more than any group other than the George Soros-linked Open Society Policy Center, which gave $15.2 million that year. That trend is set to continue this year: Future Forward has announced plans to run the largest ever political advertising campaign by a Super PAC in 2024. A spokesperson for Future Forward did not respond to a request for comment. The pro-Biden group Future Forward has said it plans to run the largest political advertising campaign by a Super PAC this year.

Persons: Joe Biden, James McClave, Emily Berger, Jane, McClave, Berger —, George Soros, Biden, they’re, “, ”, Anna Massoglia, Berger, Massoglia, ” Anna Massoglia, Janet Protasiewicz, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, Claude, Sam Bankman, Fried, Jane Street, Julia Nikhinson, Anita Dunn, Harris, It’s, ” Biden, Biden’s, Vox Organizations: CNN, PAC, Biden, —, Policy Center, Soros, League of Conservation Voters, Fund, Hopewell Fund, Super PAC, McClave, Democratic Party, Wisconsin Supreme, Manhattan DA, Securities and Exchange Commission, New York Stock Exchange, University of California, Bloomberg, FF PAC, White House, New York Times, Super, Commission, Forward, Center for Voter, Democratic, BEMC Foundation Locations: Manhattan, McClave, Wisconsin, Anthropic, University of California Berkeley, Manassas , Virginia

☆ Crowdfunding Hollywood: How studio Legion M taps fans-turned-investors to make movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Emma Mcintyre | Getty ImagesWhen Paul Scanlan and Jeff Annison first dreamed up their production studio, Legion M, they set out to build not just a company, but a community. While crowdfunding is not a new concept, Legion M is taking it to the next level — giving ordinary moviegoers a seat at Hollywood's table. That's what sets Legion M apart. For Legion M's "My Dead Friend Zoe," the company collected funds from Legion M investors and from larger, more traditional Hollywood financiers, including Kansas City Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce. He said working with Legion M "felt very natural from the first call."

Persons: William Shatner, Emma Mcintyre, Paul Scanlan, Jeff Annison, Jay, Bob, Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Simon Pegg, Minnie Driver, Nandor Fodor, Zach Braff's, Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars, Annison, Zoe, Travis Kelce, Chris Temple, Glauber Contessoto, Zach Ingrasci, Erik Tanner, Frazer Harrison Organizations: Legion, San Diego, Theatre, Business, Amazon Prime, Kansas City Chiefs, Spring Studio, Getty, Angel Studios, Con, Paramount Theater Locations: San Diego , California, Hollywood, New York City, Austin , Texas

☆ Opinion: Shane Gillis’ turn on ‘SNL’ shows that all too often, bigotry sells
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“That’s how I got to New York.”Since losing the “SNL” gig, Gillis has only leaned into what some call “cringe humor” and others rightly slam as bigotry. Even among the cast members of “SNL,” we didn’t see any public outrage or protest over Gillis hosting. If you don’t like a comedian’s material, don’t attend their shows. In the case of Gillis, despite what he said with the joke in his opening monologue on “SNL,” he might actually want you to Google his name. Based on what we’re seeing, there’s a lucrative market for views like his in the world of bigotry.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, Shane Gillis, Gillis, “, he’d, what’s, didn’t, ”, Theo Von, Vox, ” TMZ, Dave Chappelle, Gillis’s, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Donald Trump, They’ve, don’t Organizations: CNN, Dean Obeidallah CNN, “ SNL, SNL, Los Angeles Times, YouTube, Netflix, New York Times, Blacks Locations: New York

☆ 7 strategies to recruit top job candidates who were laid off, according to a veteran tech recruiter
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jessica Hicks | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

When I was recruiting tech talent at small and midsize companies, I struggled to compete with the top tech giants. Locate and share layoff listsOf course, it's an unreasonable expectation to know of every layoff in your space. Be transparent about the company you're recruiting forFollowing a layoff, it's understandable for candidates to want to ensure it will not happen to them again. Be ready to discuss the financial climate and longevity of the company you're recruiting for. Highlight the importance of the role you're recruiting for to the success of the organization and its long-term plans.

Persons: Jessica Hicks, Hicks, —, I've, Nestlé, it's, who've, that's Organizations: Big Tech, Google, Service, Nestlé Purina, Vox Media, LinkedIn

☆ Spain's PM Sanchez Weakened by Defeat in Galicia Regional Election
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez emerged weakened from Sunday's parliamentary elections in the northwestern region of Galicia after his Socialist party (PSOE) won just nine seats in the 75-seat assembly. The conservative People's Party (PP) maintained its outright majority after winning 40 seats, while PSOE's far-left coalition ally Sumar failed to win a single seat, according to official results. A bad night for the Socialist Party," political consultancy Nitid wrote in a report. The victory bolsters PP's national leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo, who faced questions over his leadership after failing to unseat Sanchez in last year's national election. After failing to form his own coalition with the hard-right Vox party, Feijoo has consistently attacked Sanchez on plans to offer an amnesty to Catalan separatists in exchange for their support.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Sumar, Sanchez, Nitid, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Feijoo, Inti Landauro, Emma Pinedo, Charlie Devereux, Ros Russell Organizations: Spanish, Socialist, PSOE, People's Party, Nationalist Galician Bloc, Socialists, Socialist Party, Vox Locations: MADRID, Galicia

☆ TikTok is kind of bad now, right? The emphasis on shopping really bums me out.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Let's start with what deserves most of the blame: the TikTok Shop. The emphasis on Shop content has two bad effects. AdvertisementThe first is the simple fact that I'm being shown lots more low-quality videos that I'm not actually interested in. Tiktok / ScreenshotIt used to be that TikTok would try to convince me I had undiagnosed ADHD; now, it just insists I want to buy Halara brand pants. Reels is still way worse than TikTok: The content is awful and the algorithm is stupider.

Persons: Something's, I'd, I'm, TikTok, whimsy, it's, Rebecca Jennings, Vox, I've Organizations: Business, New York Times Locations: lifecycles

☆ Opinion | Are These Recipes Good, or Is the TikTok Chef Just Good-Looking?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I follow a lot of cooking accounts on TikTok and Instagram, which means that I get served ever more cooking content, and over the past few years, I’ve noticed a stylistic change. But lately, more and more of the cooking video creators appear as their full selves, and most of them are blandly attractive. I don’t know about you, but I don’t need a chef to tell me that a ham and cheese sandwich tastes good. It’s reached the point where I can’t tell: Are these recipes good, or are the people leading me through them just good-looking in a way that’s rewarded by social media algorithms? But it made me wonder whether the “beauty premium” — something that economists have observed over many years — is greater now that individuals with all different levels of expertise can get a career boost from having a robust social media presence.

Persons: I’ve, BuzzFeed’s, speck, burrata, It’s, ”, Vox’s Rebecca Jennings, “

☆ Opinion: Martha Stewart is a feminist icon in ways you may never have imagined
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Opinion Sarah Archer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The new CNN Original Series “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart” premieres Sunday, January 28 at 9pm ET/PT. CNN —It’s rare to meet someone who’s totally indifferent to Martha Stewart. For women who remember the “Martha Stewart Living” media empire at the zenith of its influence — the 1990s — she can inspire a feeling of inadequacy. American media mogul and businesswoman Martha Stewart stands in a kitchen in August 1976. Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart at a private table in the kitchen of Nice Guy in West Hollywood, Calif., Oct. 25, 2016.

Persons: Sarah Archer, ”, Martha Stewart ”, who’s, Martha Stewart, Sarah Archer Sarah Archer, she’s, Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, Martha, Martha I, steely perfectionism, homekeeping, Julia Child, doughty, “ Martha Stewart, Jadeite, Marc Morrone, Susan Wood, —, Anna Wintour, Nice Guy, Kendrick Brinson, Dobbs, they’ve Organizations: New York Times, Vox, Washington Post, Culture, CNN, Comedy Central, Sports Illustrated, Reading, Vogue Locations: Philadelphia , PA, Japan, Las Vegas, Turkey, Nice, West Hollywood, Calif, America, California

☆ News industry off to brutal 2024 start as mass layoffs devastate publishers, raising questions about future of journalism
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | Jon Passantino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The recent round of layoffs, while pronounced, are part of a much larger and unrelenting storm battering the journalism industry. Over the past 18 months, most news organizations have been forced to make difficult decisions to reduce their workforces. “I am sorry to say that I do not see turning around most legacy outlets,” Jeff Jarvis, the Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, told CNN. Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, noted some local news outlets have found financial sustainability. “There are reasons to be optimistic given the hundreds of independent local news organizations that have sprouted up in recent years,” he said.

Persons: Condé Nast, ” Jay Rosen, “, Jeff Jarvis, Craig Newmark, ” Jarvis, ” Rosen, Steve Bannon’s, Margaret Sullivan, Sullivan, ”, ” Sullivan, Jeff Bezos ’, Patrick Soon, Dan Kennedy, Shiong’s, Jeff Bezos, ” Kennedy, Rosen Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Times, Business, Condé, Forbes, The New York Daily News, Washington Post, NPR, Vice Media, Sports, Vox Media, NBC News, CNBC, Gannett, Netflix, Columbia University, Google, Meta, New York University, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, America, Guardian, The Washington Post, The New York Times, “ Democracy, Jeff Bezos ’ Washington Post, Northeastern University, “ Billionaire, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Boston Globe, Journalists Locations: Covid, Jeff Bezos ’ Washington

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 94 newsroom employees — one-fourth of its newsroom staff — starting Tuesday, a number that is substantial but less than feared, the head of the journalists union said. The announcement comes after the LA Times Guild walked off the job last Friday to protest the imminent layoffs, the first newsroom union work stoppage in the newspaper’s 143-year history. Matt Pearce, president of the Media Guild of the West, which encompasses the Times' union, called it a “dark day.” He said the layoffs represent one-fourth of the Times Guild's entire membership. “Many departments and clusters across the newsroom will be heavily hit,” Pearce said in a statement Tuesday. Pearce said the union's bargaining committee would meet with Times management on Wednesday to start discussions about the layoffs as set out by the contract.

Persons: Matt Pearce, ”, ” Pearce, Gray, Dr, Patrick Soon, Kevin Merida, Pearce Organizations: ANGELES, Los Angeles Times, LA Times Guild, Media Guild, Times, Washington Post, NPR, CNN, Vox Media, LA Times, Tribune Co Locations: Challenger

☆ Opinion | I Am Going to Miss Pitchfork, but That’s Only Half the Problem
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I’m gutted to see Condé Nast folding the online music magazine Pitchfork into GQ. I won’t try to improve on the eulogies written for the site already (Casey Newton and Eric Harvey have good ones). It’s one of the few corners of the internet I still love, no matter how often I find myself in disagreement. I’ve seen some thoughtful writing already on why Pitchfork couldn’t make it. In this case, they’re specific to Pitchfork’s editorial choices and market position.

Persons: Condé Nast, Casey Newton, Eric Harvey, HuffPost, FiveThirtyEight Organizations: Pitchfork, GQ, New York Times, Sports, BuzzFeed, Popular, U.S . News, Gawker, ABC News, Grid, ”, Vox Media, McClatchy, Los Angeles Times, Baltimore Sun, Dallas Morning News Locations: U.S

☆ What is the 'Ballerina Farm controversy?' Some viewers feel an influencer's rustic homesteading videos don't add up with her family's stratospheric wealth
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As her TikTok channel Ballerina Farm grew in popularity, controversy has also stirred. When Ballerina Farm pretends their reality is reality, those people are erased." Who is Ballerina Farm? The creator @caroclaireburkeeen has critiqued Ballerina Farm in several videos starting at the beginning of this year. Ballerina Farm did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

Persons: Hannah Neeleman, —, Hannah Neeleman —, sourdough, David Neeleman, Neeleman, Dean Martin, Farm's homemaking, Anne Helen Peterson, Meg Conley, Daniel, it's, She's, @caroclaireburkeeen, @thecopperpony, Ballerina Organizations: Juilliard grad, Service, Azul, JetBlue, Breeze Airways, Reuters, Juilliard, Vox Locations: Kamas , Utah

☆ Big M&A and Bob Iger's future: 13 media executives make their anonymous 2024 predictions
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-20 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

Executive 2: Bob Iger will, again, extend his contract as Disney CEO Earlier this year, Disney CEO Bob Iger renewed his contract through 2026. This executive predicted "fool me five times, shame on me." This executive predicted Peltz and Rasulo will win their campaign and both join the board. This person predicted Disney would purchase privately held Candle Media to acquire Moonbug Entertainment, the owner of CoComelon. This executive predicted Yaccarino would either lose patience or find her job increasingly pointless and leave the company in 2024.

Persons: Andrew Ross Sorkin, Walt Disney Company Bob Iger, Michael M, David Zaslav, Slaven Vlasic, NBCUniversal, Brian Roberts, Roberts, Donna Langley, Bob Iger, Iger, Nelson Peltz, Jay Rasulo, Marco Bello, Peltz, Rasulo, Disney's, Dana Walden, Dana Walden Jason Laveris, Disney Entertainment Dana Walden, Walden, Bob Chapek, Andrew Wilson, Wilson, Chris Licht wouldn't, McCarthy, Andrew Wilson Michael Newberg, Kevin Mayer, Mayer, Bryan van der Beek, Tom Staggs, Staggs, Jayson Tatum, Kyle Terada, NBCUniversal's Peacock, Alec Martinez, Gray, Discovery's Max, Jeff Zucker, Lady Michelle Obama's, Michelle Obamas, Cheriss, Gerry Cardinale, Jeff Shell, RedBird, Shari Redstone's, David Ellison, Byron Trott, Zucker, Mark Thompson, Linda Yaccarino, X Linda Yaccarino, Vox, Jerod Harris, Yaccarino, CNBC's Julia Boorstin, Boorstin, Elon Musk's, Jason LaVeris, Barbie, Mario, Oppenheimer, LightShed's Greenfield Organizations: Walt Disney Company, New York Times, Santiago, Getty, Jazz, Lincoln Center, Warner Bros ., Comcast, Warner Bros, Discovery, Disney, Trian Fund Management, Future Investment Initiative, Summit, Bloomberg, Filmmagic, Disney Entertainment, Electronic Arts, CNBC, Candle Media, Iger, Media, Moonbug Entertainment, Apple Boston Celtics, Golden State Warriors, USA, National Basketball Association, NBA, Apple, The College, ESPN, College, NHL, MLB, Vegas Golden Knights, Florida Panthers, Mobile, National Hockey League, Diamond Sports Group, Scripps, Gray Television, Las Vegas Golden Knights, Arizona Coyotes, Phoenix Suns, Street Journal, Netflix, Hulu, Max, Paramount, RedBird, Paramount Global, CNN Worldwide, CNN, NurPhoto, BDT, The Ritz, Carlton, FilmMagic, Mario Bros Locations: New York City, Disney, Miami , Florida, Las Vegas , Nevada, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point , California

☆ Best Podcasts of 2023: Amy Poehler, ‘Heavyweight,’ Willa Paskin
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Reggie Ugwu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

As always, consider this list not an objective ranking but a kind of tip sheet — more Michelin Guide than the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Casual and avid podcast listeners alike should come away with a clear sense of what the medium can do. ‘Decoder Ring’Willa Paskin’s deep-dive investigations into questions you never thought to ask (Is Parmesan cheese “authentic” Italian? In its fifth year, “Decoder Ring” was as unpredictable (does parking infrastructure count as “culture”? (Listen to “Decoder” Ring from Slate.)

Persons: Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer, Aretha Franklin, Willa Paskin’s, —, Mike Hixenbaugh, Antonia Hylton’s, “, Hylton Organizations: Michelin, —, Criminal, Vox, Slate, Christian, NBC News Locations: Italian, Yellowstone Park, Dallas, Hixenbaugh

☆ What is fast fashion, and why is it so controversial?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Amaya Mcdonald | Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

But while cheap chic may seem like the way to go, the fast fashion industry sees clothing pushed out on a scale that is even too large for most consumers to keep up with. Why is fast fashion so popular? Fast fashion accounts for “quick designs, quick manufacturing, quick marketing, quick retailing — it doesn’t leave the time to consider these bigger needs, like ethical considerations or rights of workers,” Osnes said. “The planet is on fire, and the truth is the fashion industry aids in a percentage of that.”Is ‘sustainable fashion,’ a viable alternative? But shop responsibly… try to use your budget to buy one good quality item,” Arya said, instead of a glut of fast fashion basics.

Persons: CNN —, Preeti Arya, Vox, Shein, Jade Gao, Beth Osnes, ” Osnes, “ It’s, ”, Aja Barber, Technology’s Preeti Arya, Richard Levine, Arya, ” Arya Organizations: CNN, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Times, Times, Shein, Getty, United Nations Environment Programme, Greenpeace, George Washington University . Apparel, University of Colorado, Fashion Institute, Technology’s, Thrift Locations: New York, United States, Paris, Zara, Singapore, China, Guangzhou, AFP, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan

☆ How climate change got sucked into the culture wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Laura Paddison | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

For an example of how climate change is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the culture wars, Germany is a good place to start. Meanwhile, Spain’s far-right Vox party vowed to defend the country against “the new climate religion.”But to understand why climate change and the culture wars have become so enmeshed globally, experts say the United States probably holds the key. It’s effective, it does scare people.”The origins of the climate culture war in the US lie in the early 1990s, when a new push for global climate action collided with big geopolitical change, McCright said. Lightning rod for right wing mediaConservative media has played an outsized role in fueling culture war narratives, according to experts. Fox has “been laying the groundwork necessary for positioning climate policies as a culture war issue for a long time,” she said.

Persons: —, stoked, ”, Miranda Schreurs, Anger, Green, Kristin Brinker, Jörg, Stephan Lewandowsky, Rishi Sunak, “, ” Sunak, Vox, Ron DeSantis, ” DeSantis, Aaron McCright, McCright, ” McCright, ’, Brandon Bell, Lewandowsky, “ you’d, ” Alec Tyson, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Sen, Ed Markey, Allison Fisher, Fisher, Fox, didn’t, Ed Matthew, Matthew said, Jennie King, ” King, Germany —, Matthew of E3G, ” Schreurs, “ it’s Organizations: CNN, Green Party, Technical University of Munich, University of Bristol, British, Justice, Florida Gov, Republican, Michigan State University, Oil, Republicans, Pew Research, Pew, Conservative, Massachusetts, Green, Deal, Fox, Media, Institute for Strategic Locations: Germany, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Europe, United States, West Texas, Florida, American, Kyoto, Soviet Union, Federal, Midland , Texas, Alexandria, Cortez of New York

Jack Guez | Afp | Getty ImagesAfter a weekend of crisis and tumult, Sam Altman has returned as the CEO of OpenAI. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBret Taylor, board chair Bret Taylor is currently a board member at the e-commerce platform Shopify . It isn't clear if Taylor's involvement with his own AI startup will cease with his appointment to lead OpenAI's board. OpenAI's board fired Altman Friday after determining he was "not consistently candid in his communications," but its members never elaborated further. Jack Guez | AFP | Getty ImagesIlya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever co-founded OpenAI and serves as its chief scientist.

Persons: Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Jack Guez, Altman, There's, Satya Nadella, Nadella, Here's, Bret Taylor, Nathan Laine, He's, Elon, Taylor, Salesforce, Larry Summers, David A, CNBC Larry Summers Larry Summers, Clinton, Summers, Jack Dorsey, Adam D'Angelo Adam D'Angelo, D'Angelo, Helen Toner, CSET, Vox, Jerod Harris, Helen Toner Helen Toner, Toner, Tasha McCauley, Carlton Laguna Nigel, Tasha McCauley Tasha McCauley, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, McCauley, Ilya Sutskever Ilya Sutskever, Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Brockman, Brockman's, Sven Hoppe Organizations: Tel Aviv University, Afp, Getty, Microsoft, CNBC, Sequoia, Tiger Global, Salesforce, Viva Technology Conference, Bloomberg, Google, Economic, Grogan, Harvard University, Obama, Economic Council, Twitter, Meta, Facebook, The Ritz, Carlton, Georgetown University's Center for Security, Emerging Technology, Philanthropy, Business Development, Ritz, Rand Corporation, GeoSim Systems, AFP, University of Toronto, Stanford, Technical University of Munich Locations: Tel Aviv, Paris, Davos, Switzerland, Washington, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point , California, Russian Israeli, Canadian

☆ Spain Police Detain Man Linked to Murder Attempt on Former Catalan Politician
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police on Tuesday detained a man linked to a murder attempt on the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia on Nov. 9, news website El Confidencial reported. The man, a Spanish national, was under police surveillance for several days before his arrest, El Confidencial reported, citing sources close to the investigation. The 78-year-old conservative politician survived the attack as the bullet passed through his jaw but he is reportedly still in hospital. Vidal-Quadras is former head of the centre-right People's Party (PP) in Catalonia and a founder of Spain's far-right Vox party. He has been a staunch ally of the Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, which blamed the Iranian regime for the attack.

Persons: El Confidencial, Alejo Vidal, Quadras, Vidal, Inti Landauro Organizations: Spanish, People's Party, Police, Vox, National Council of Resistance Locations: MADRID, Catalonia, Spanish, Salamanca, Madrid, Iran

☆ Spain police detain man linked to murder attempt on former Catalan politician
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Police work at the site where Alejo Vidal-Quadras, former head of Spain's People's Party in the Catalonia region, was shot in the face, in Madrid, Spain, November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsMADRID, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Spanish police on Tuesday detained a man linked to a murder attempt on the former head of Spain's conservative People's Party in Catalonia on Nov. 9, news website El Confidencial reported. The man, a Spanish national, was under police surveillance for several days before his arrest, El Confidencial reported, citing sources close to the investigation. The 78-year-old conservative politician survived the attack as the bullet passed through his jaw but he is reportedly still in hospital. Vidal-Quadras is former head of the centre-right People's Party (PP) in Catalonia and a founder of Spain's far-right Vox party.

Persons: Alejo Vidal, Quadras, Nacho, El Confidencial, Vidal Organizations: Spain's People's Party, REUTERS, Rights, Spanish, People's Party, Police, Vox, National Council of Resistance, Inti Landauro, Thomson Locations: Catalonia, Madrid, Spain, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Salamanca, Iran

☆ A former venture capitalist known as Silicon Valley's 'party animal' has been convicted in a $19 million fraud case
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Rothenberg became known for his rapid rise to success with his VC firm, Rothenberg Ventures. But this week he became yet another Silicon Valley star to be convicted of fraud. AdvertisementA once high-flying Silicon Valley venture capitalist, whose partying lifestyle inspired an HBO show, has been convicted of committing fraud amounting to $18.8 million. Rothenberg first rose to prominence in 2013 after raising $5 million for his venture capital management fund, Rothenberg Ventures, aged just 27. But in 2016, Rothenberg Ventures collapsed after admitting to investors it was being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Persons: Michael Rothenberg, Rothenberg, —, Chace Crawford's, Vox Organizations: Rothenberg Ventures, Service, HBO, US, Office, Northern, Northern District of California, Bloomberg, Rothenbergs Ventures, Golden State Warriors, San Francisco Giants, Golden Globes, TechCrunch, Rothenberg's, T, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Wired, River Studios, Coldplay, Valley Bank Locations: Silicon, California, Northern District, Napa Valley, Hollywood, San Francisco

☆ X, Snap and Discord CEOs subpoenaed by lawmakers to testify about child sexual exploitation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jonathan Vanian | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Lawmakers said Monday that they have issued subpoenas to the CEOs of X, Snap and Discord to compel the executives to testify on a hearing regarding online child sexual exploitation. Marshals Service to personally serve the subpoenas to Discord and X, which they characterized as "a remarkable departure from typical practice." Hearing from the CEOs of some of the world's largest social media companies will help inform the Committee's efforts to address the crisis of online child sexual exploitation." A Discord spokesperson said that, "Keeping our users safe, especially young people, is central to everything we do at Discord." "We have been actively engaging with the Committee on how we can best contribute to this important industry discussion," the Discord spokesperson said.

Persons: Linda Yaccarino, Vox, Dick Durbin, Lindsey Graham, Durbin, Graham, Wifredo Fernandez, Fernandez, Evan Spiegel, they've, Mark Zuckerberg, TikTok's Shou Zi Chew Organizations: The Ritz, Carlton, Lawmakers, U.S . Marshals Service, Big Tech, Twitter, CNBC, Committee, Meta, X Corp Locations: Laguna, Dana Point , California, Canada

☆ Biggest protest in Spain against Catalan amnesty law draws 170,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Raul Cadenas Susana Vera | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The amnesty will cover about 400 people involved in the independence bid that came to a head in 2017, including separatists but also police involved in clashes with activists. The independence referendum was declared illegal by the courts and resulted in Spain's worst political crisis for decades. The amnesty will be the largest in Spain since the 1977 blanket amnesty for crimes committed during the Francisco Franco dictatorship, and the first amnesty law approved in the European Union since 1991, according to Spain's CSIC research council. Protesters, including neo-Nazi groups, have held rowdy demonstrations outside the Socialist headquarters in Madrid for 15 nights consecutively since the deal was announced. In a survey by Metroscopia in mid-September, around 70% of respondents - 59% of them Socialist supporters – said they were against the idea of an amnesty.

Persons: Catalonia's, Pedro Sanchez, Sanchez, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Santiago Abascal, Francisco Franco, Metroscopia, –, Graham Keeley, Susana Vera, Raul Cadenas, Silvio Castellanos, Clelia Oziel, Mike Harrison Organizations: Spain's Socialists, Spain's Socialist, Authorities, People's Party, Vox, European Union, Socialist, Thomson Locations: Madrid, Spain, MADRID, Catalan, Basque, Catalonia

☆ White House joins the chorus blasting Elon Musk over antisemitic tweet
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The White House blasted Elon Musk after he endorsed an antisemitic post on X. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe White House on Friday blasted Elon Musk for the "abhorrent promotion of Antisemitic and racist hate" after the Tesla CEO replied with his approval to an antisemitic tweet. "The ADL unjustly attacks the majority of the West, despite the majority of the West supporting the Jewish people and Israel," Musk wrote. The world's richest person has a tenuous relationship with the Biden White House.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Andrew Bates, Bates, Musk, Dustin Moskovitz, Jonathan Greenblatt, Musk's, Greenblatt, Vox, Joe Biden, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Elon, Service, Twitter, New York Times, IBM, Defamation League, Biden White, EV, Florida Gov, SpaceX Locations: Israel, America, Florida

☆ Elon Musk isn't helping his CEO Linda Yaccarino's claims that X is safe for companies
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Linda Yaccarino's efforts to reassure companies about X are being undermined by Elon Musk. Yaccarino released a statement on Thursday saying X is working to combat antisemitism. However, one day before her post, Musk supported an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the platform. AdvertisementLinda Yaccarino's efforts to reassure companies that X is safe for brands are being undermined by Elon Musk's actions. The contrast between Yaccarino's statement and Musk's post was not lost on platform users.

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