Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs?
Following a Bloomberg report that the Department of Justice is investigating venture firm Andreessen Horowitz for holding board seats with rival AI companies, VCs told TechCrunch that they were baffled.
On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, Kirsten Korosec, Sean O’Kane, and I were similarly puzzled by the news. Yes, VC conflicts-of-interest are worth taking seriously, but as Kirsten wondered, “Of all the things that the DOJ would focus on in terms of level of importance, why does this one rise to the top?”
'Trainspotting' Meets 'Zodiac' in This Star Wars Actor's 10/10 Cult Classic Thriller
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Ewan McGregor's second movie might still be his darkest
Image: Gramercy Pictures via Everett CollectionThe movie that shot Ewan McGregor to stardom was, unquestionably, 1996's Trainspotting: a relentless and stylishly unhinged depiction of the depravity of heroin addiction, based on the novel by Irvine Welsh. When it came out, it seemed like a total bolt from the blue — unless you had already seen Shallow Grave.
‘Sentimental Value’ Sweeps Amanda Awards
Joachim Trier’s Oscar winner “Sentimental Value” became this year’s biggest Amanda Awards winner, taking home eight statuettes, including the top prize for best Norwegian film.
Trier was also awarded for directing, as well as his screenplay written with longtime collaborator Eskil Vogt.
Meghan Markle Reportedly Dropped From Consideration to Join Guy Ritchie’s ‘The Gentlemen’
Meghan Markle‘s reported casting in Guy Ritchie‘s The Gentlemen has been withdrawn, according to Tina Brown, who reported that the decision came after intense backlash in the U.K.
In a column published Saturday on Substack, Brown, the former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, wrote, “I learned this morning that the casting of Meghan Markle in season 3 of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentlemen has been withdrawn. The backlash in the UK was so intense, it became untenable to go forward. This does not bode well for Meghan’s acting comeback in the UK.”
America's largest association of cattle ranchers says Trump's plan to lower beef prices is 'undermining' farmers
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The Canadian band played their final concert in their hometown of Kingston, Ontario on Aug. 20, 2016 after lead singer Gord Downie announced his terminal brain cancer diagnosis
Indiana residents endure 11th day without power after storms topple power lines
Thousands of residents of north-west Indiana on Saturday were headed for their 11th day without electric power after storms swept through the state, toppling trees and power lines, earlier in August.
Israeli drone strike on ‘civilian vehicle’ injures several in Syria
Syria condemns attack in southwest as a ‘flagrant violation of sovereignty’ and a ‘blatant breach of international law’.
An Israeli drone strike in southwestern Syria has injured several people, the country’s foreign ministry says, in the latest of near-daily Israeli incursions and attacks in the area.
Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students
Omaha police recently agreed to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district.
The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after the Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s plan to give officers the “Gloves” – or “generated low output voltage emitters”. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails.
Indonesia bolsters troop numbers to combat Borneo wildfires
Fires between January and July burned more than 200,000 hectares of land, says the government.
The Indonesian government is sending 1,500 more soldiers to Borneo to help tackle wildfires that have burned through swaths of the island and created thick smog, choking some areas.