U.K. Plans to Fine Tech Executives for Illegal Weapon Sales Online In a bid to curb knife crime, the government would hold officials of tech companies personally liable for illicit sales on their platforms, a significant shift in internet regulation.

How FTX’s Young Executives Shattered Their Parents As their children are sentenced for fraud, the parents of FTX’s top leaders have described their disbelief at how the crypto exchange upended their lives.

Why are TV writers and executives so insistent to push prequels to great series vs sequels? Nearly every person that I talk to about this would, like me, rather see what comes NEXT when a great series ends. We want to see what these characters have coming. I don’t need to read the second chapter of a book when I already know what chapters 3 through 5 contain. Yet all we get are prequels. Game of Thrones for instance has something like …

Samsung shifts executives to six-day workweeks to ‘inject a sense of crisis’ The Korean tech giant is now expanding the previously voluntary policy to executives across its entire workforce. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeSamsung is introducing a companywide six-day workweek policy for executives as the Korean tech giant takes emergency measures to tackle ongoing business uncertainty. This new policy comes off …

Former Ubisoft executives arrested after sexual harassment investigation Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFrench newspaper Libération has reported that five ex-Ubisoft employees have been arrested in connection with a sexual harassment investigation by French police. According to the paper, in 2021, French police received complaints from the Solidaires Informatique union — a French union that serves digital, c…

Top Studio Executives Join Writers’ Strike Negotiations The stalemate is in its fifth month, and talks between the union and the Hollywood studios resumed for the first time since August.

Pinterest shares rally after executives tell Wall Street that growth is reaccelerating During its first investor day, Pinterest called for a compound annual growth rate in the mid to high teens, higher than analysts expected.

For Some Culture Executives, a Housing Perk Is Rolled Back Amid sensitivity over income inequality in their ranks as well as post-pandemic financial strains, several cultural organizations have reduced the housing benefit they provided former directors.

Wages and Hiring Weigh on Minds of Company Executives Some executives said they were not expanding their payrolls as quickly as they had, while others were more concerned about wage growth, which has remained robust.

Trump Dines With Fox News Executives After Learning of Third Indictment The Fox leaders appealed to the former president to participate in the first G.O.P. debate, which is being hosted by the network.

Disney Taps Two Former Executives to Help Sell ESPN Stake submitted by /u/hemlockfuture

FTX Leadership Seeks Return of Over $1B in Cash, Stocks From Former Executives The lawsuit alleges that fraudulent transfers of cash and shares were used to finance political donations, real estate buys, Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal defense, and even potentially an island.