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…
In a peaceful patch of North Sydney, Adam Liaw is unpacking his conflicted opinion of TikTok recipe videos. Specifically, the trend of recipes from amateur cooks going viral on social media; of who gets to position themselves as the expert on a dish, and what that robs us of. “You’ve got millions of people who…
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…
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…
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…
French far-right leader cancels US speech after ex Trump aide Bannon appeared to make ‘Nazi gesture’ French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has cancelled his speech at the US Conservative Political Action Conference conference after former Trump aide Steve Bannon appeared to make a Nazi salute at the end of his speech last night, French media…