Monthly Archives: October 2022

Activision Blizzard’s Johanna Faries highlights the company’s emerging ‘anti-tox’ strategy

At TechCrunch Disrupt today, Activision Blizzard General Manager Johanna Faries elaborated on the company’s plans to clean up some of the worst behavior in the franchise’s community, even as new lawsuits and allegations about its own culture continue to emerge. Last month, Activision Blizzard released a formal code of conduct for the Call of Duty…

Judge conducting special master review questions Trump’s claim of privilege over White House documents: ‘Where’s the beef?’

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Mary Altaffer/AP Trump’s lawyers have claimed attorney-client or executive privilege over documents seized by FBI. A judge agreed to appoint a special master who can review documents to check for privileged info. The special master said there has been insufficient…

Iran sends drone trainers to Crimea in latest sign of deepening relations between the country and Russia

People demonstrate outside the Iranian embassy in Ukraine on October 17, 2022 in Kyiv, after the city was hit by swarms of kamikaze drones sold by Iran to Russia, leaving at least three dead. Photo by SERGEI CHUZAVKOV/AFP via Getty Images Iran sent personnel to Russia train Russian soldiers in flying Iranian drones, according to…

Why members-only club Chief, with a waitlist of 60K, hates the term ‘girl boss’

Chief co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan started the company because they had experienced first-hand being women executives without a ton of support. They created a community of female leaders that is now 20,000 strong, with 60,000 sitting on waitlists, but just don’t call these women ‘girl bosses.’ The two women appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt…