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Andrew Gwynne under investigation by parliamentary watchdog over WhatsApp group – as it happened | Politics

Andrew Gwynne under investigation by parliamentary watchdog Andrew Gwynne is alleged to have written a series of racist and sexist comments in a WhatsApp group with other local Labour party figures. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA The parliamentary commissioner for standards has launched an investigation into MP Andrew Gwynne. Gwynne was sacked as a minister and suspended…

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A $599 iPhone 16e is a cruel joke

The $599 iPhone 16e is many things, but don’t you dare call it a budget phone. I hesitate to even call it “cheap.” As a successor to the $429 iPhone SE, it’s hard not to see the 16e as a disappointment. Sure, it’s $200 less than the vanilla iPhone 16 (which I argued was a…

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The butts of these blowfly larvae mimic termite faces

In the insect world, impostors could be hiding anywhere. When lifting a stone during an expedition in the Anti-Atlas Mountains in Morocco, researchers came across an unusual sight: three blowfly larvae living inside a termite nest. “I immediately thought ‘Wow, this is something cool,’ because I’ve never seen anything like that,” says entomologist Roger Vila…

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Coinbase Says S.E.C. Will Drop Crypto Lawsuit

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to drop its lawsuit against the company, lifting a legal cloud over the global crypto industry and signaling a broader retreat by federal regulators. Coinbase, in a post on its website and in a regulatory filing, said it had reached…

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