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Darren Jones said his colleagues try to 'out-poor each other' because most politicians are now middle-class.

A prominent Brisbane anaesthetist sent a concerning email to a colleague before she and her eight-year-old daughter were found dead in a luxury Airbnb property.

Charlie Javice, founder of college financial-aid startup Frank, was sentenced to over seven years in prison for defrauding JPMorgan by inflating user numbers before the bank's $175 million acquisition. CNN reports: Javice, 33, was convicted in March of duping the banking giant when it bought her company, called Frank, in the summer of 2021. She made false records that made it seem like Frank had over 4 million customers when it had fewer than 300,000. Addressing the court before she was sentenced, Javice, who was in her mid-20s when she founded the company, said she was "haunted that my failure has transformed something meaningful into something infamous." Sometimes speaking through tears, she said she "made a choice that I will spend my entire life regretting." Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein largely dismissed arguments by Javice's lawyer, Ronald Sullivan, that he should be lenient because the negotiations that led to Frank's sale pitted "a 28-year-old versus 300 investment bankers from the largest bank in the world." Still, the judge criticized the bank, saying "they have a lot to blame themselves" for after failing to do adequate due diligence. He quickly added, though, that he was "punishing her conduct and not JPMorgan's stupidity." Javice was among a number of young tech executives who vaulted to fame with supposedly disruptive or transformative companies, only to see them collapse amid questions about whether they had engaged in puffery and fraud while dealing with investors.

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It's the trick that can make a woman feel heaps more confident in an instant. And now it seems that wearing bright red lipstick is more popular than ever - thanks in part to pop queen Taylor Swift .

In a speech that focused heavily on politics but was light on policy, the Prime Minister signalled there would be a fresh tax raid.

Multiple people had been injured on Universal Orlando's new 62mph rollercoaster before Kevin Rodriguez Zavala died on the ride earlier this month, it has been claimed.

Spotify founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO by year's end, transitioning to executive chairman after nearly two decades at the helm. In his place will be Gustav Soderstrom and Alex Norstrom as co-CEOs. TechCrunch reports: "Over the last few years, I've turned over a large part of the day-to-day management and strategic direction of Spotify to Alex and Gustav -- who have shaped the company from our earliest days and are now more than ready to guide our next phase," Ek said in a statement. "This change simply matches titles to how we already operate. In my role as Executive Chairman, I will focus on the long arc of the company and keep the Board and our co-CEOs deeply connected through my engagement." In a post on X, Ek also mentioned that Spotify has been profitable for over a year. Ek has served as Spotify's CEO since he founded it in 2006, so this is a big change in leadership for the streaming giant.

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It's been revealed that Liam and his brother Noel could take to the stage at the iconic venue Knebworth next year, to mark 30 years since they last played there.

A Qantas plane flying from Sydney to Johannesburg was forced to make a sudden U-turn just four hours after takeoff.

PATRICK MARMION: It was surely only a matter of time before Stephen Fry should take to the stage as one of Oscar Wilde's most colourful characters, Lady Bracknell.

Taylor Swift is a social phenomenon, a self-made master-piece of PR manipulation, the poet laureate of teenage girls everywhere.

The president said Tuesday that his administration is close to reaching a deal with the Ivy League institution, which it has targeted with a series of investigations and billions in cuts.

In its seventh year of championing breast cancer awareness, Lorraine's Change + Check campaign has announced the launch of National Check Your Boobs Day.

Cash was used for nearly half of all transactions a decade ago, before sliding to 23% in 2019, the UK Finance reports shows.

Mortgage lender Gen H is offering a part repayment, part interest-only mortgage targeted at first-time buyers with small deposits.

Amazon is replacing Android on new Fire TV hardware with its own Vega OS, debuting on the Fire TV Stick 4K Select. While major streaming apps are supported, sideloading is gone "because, well, this isn't Android anymore," notes 9to5Google. The company says "only apps from the Amazon Appstore are available for download." From the report: The company hasn't fully detailed all of the ins and outs of Vega, but Amazon hints that this is a move in the interest of performance. In a post, Amazon touches on Vega being "remarkably fast" despite the low-end hardware of its new Fire TV Stick 4K Select: "Our newest Fire TV Stick, the 4K Select, helps you maximize every pixel of your 4K TVs at an incredible value. It delivers vibrant 4K picture quality with HDR10+ support and apps that launch remarkably fast. The performance comes from our new operating system, Vega, which is responsive and highly efficient. Everything you need is right in the box -- it works with your favorite streaming services, and will soon support Xbox Gaming, Luna, and Alexa+." As pointed out by AFTVNews, the Fire TV 4K Select offers a mere 1GB of RAM, which is half as much as prior generations. So, in a way, that does speak to how lightweight this new platform is. But the bigger question is around apps. Amazon says that "your favorite streaming services" still work with Vega, and that Xbox, Luna, and Alexa+ will be coming "soon" (though they're already supported on existing Android-based Fire TV devices).

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The iconic brand recruited the duo for their Gapstudio Fall/Winter 2025 collection, a chic line with an emphasis on denim.

UMass Amherst research promises better bioelectronic communication

Scientists affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed an artificial neuron that can communicate efficiently with biological neurons, a research advance expected to accelerate the development of bioelectronic devices and interfaces.…

Last week, the Daily Mail's City Editor joined leading experts in warning he was worried that a terrible financial crash was coming. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

Rust-coded editor beta arrives with general availability promised in October

Zed Industries has released a public beta of its code editor for Windows, marking a significant milestone for the Rust-based VS Code alternative that has until now been limited to macOS and Linux users.…