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President Donald Trump put himself fully behind Elon Musk's demand that federal employees write a five-point email about what they did last week, with those who don't respond facing firings.

The message from the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) comes amid an outcry from farmers about tax changes announced at Rachel Reeves 's Budget.

"Elizabeth Holmes' fraud conviction has been upheld by a federal appellate panel," writes Slashdot reader ClickOnThis. MSNBC reports: A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed the convictions, sentences and nine-figure restitution ordered against both Holmes and Theranos president, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani. [...] Theranos was supposedly going to revolutionize medical laboratory testing with the ability to run fast, accurate and affordable tests with just a drop of blood from a finger prick. "But the vision sold by Holmes and Balwani was nothing more than a mirage," 9th Circuit Judge Jacqueline H. Nguyen wrote (PDF) for the panel, adding that the "grandiose achievements touted by Holmes and Balwani were half-truths and outright lies." Holmes was convicted of crimes related to fraud against investors while the jury acquitted her or hung on other counts. Balwani was convicted on all counts at his trial. The federal panel rejected a slew of arguments from both defendants, including that their trials featured improper testimony from Theranos employees. While the ruling is a major setback for the defendants, they can further appeal to a fuller panel of 9th Circuit judges and the Supreme Court, which generally has broad discretion over whether to accept cases for review.

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Damon Albarn and his daughter Missy put on a stylish display as they stepped out at the Burberry fashion show during London Fashion Week on Monday.

The British brand's new collection is inspired by inspired by classic British film and television themes, country house interiors, and Londoners who leave the city for a weekend away.

Speaking for the first time since the solicitor's watchdog said it would look into complaints against him, Jonathan Reynolds said he was sorry if people had 'misunderstood'.

Everyone knew texted OTPs were a dud back in 2016

Google has confirmed it will phase out the use of SMS text messages for multi-factor authentication in favor of more secure technologies.…

Parkrun UK works with a number of GP surgeries to help family doctors 'socially prescribe' these events for their patients.

The survey by the trade union for Whitehall mandarins found that three-quarters of respondents believe the mandatory attendance requirement has been a failure.

The National Literacy Trust found the proportion enjoying audio texts surpassed those enjoying traditional books last year.

Routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing is not currently offered on the NHS, but patients may be offered a PSA test if a GP suspects they have prostate cancer.

X account BuzzingPop notified fans of the singer's newest fan on Monday, posting to the platform: 'The Academy has followed LISA on Instagram.'

Sorry, that should read: Boost US manufacturing and R&D, believe in the American people, etc etc

As computer makers grapple with Trump's tariffs, Apple is doubling down on US manufacturing and research-and-development investments, announcing plans to spend $500 billion and hire 20,000 people over the next four years in America to support these efforts.…

Melbourne couple Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were on a Qatar Airways flight from Melbourne to Venice when the woman suddenly collapsed in the aisle beside their row.

At least two of Donald Trump's top 2024 aides are planning to sue Michael Wolff over his forthcoming book about the president's campaign.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Cloud communications software firm Bird, one of the Netherlands' most prominent tech startups, plans to move most of its operations out of Europe, its CEO said, citing restrictive regulations and difficulties hiring skilled technology workers. "We are mostly leaving Europe as it lacks the environment we need to innovate in an AI-first era of technology," CEO Robert Vis told Reuters on Monday. "We foresee that regulations in Europe will block true innovation in a global economy moving extremely fast to AI," he said in a text message response to Reuters queries. Bird's operations in future will be mostly split between New York, Singapore and Dubai, he said. Vis first announced the move abroad in a LinkedIn post over the weekend. Bird, formerly known as Message Bird, was founded in Amsterdam in 2011. It is a competitor of U.S.-based Twilio in the market for helping companies manage their communications with consumers across digital mediums such as messaging, email and video apps. It says it has developed an AI-powered platform that automates and streamlines business operations across entire organizations including tech leaders.

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Grishall Disner, 23, an up-and-coming Mexican bodybuilder was found dead from two gunshot wounds in the bathroom of a Mexico City bar.

The couple, who tied the knot in 2014, looked loved up on Sunday night at the SAG Awards where they were caught exchanging some flirtatious banter in a clip posted online.

Daily Mail's Welcome to MAGAland hosts on their adventurous trip to CPAC, including being told off by Steve Bannon, plus could this Republican be Trump's heir? Listen now.

Newly sworn-in FBI director Kash Patel is weighing releasing the complete Jefferey Epstein flight logs, after promising to release them if confirmed by the Senate to the position.