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One complainant withdrawn from Alan Jones trial bringing number of alleged victims to five
Court also hears from four people who say they didn’t witness alleged offence against another complainant One of Alan Jones’s accusers has had his allegation withdrawn, with one charge of assault with an act of indecency dramatically dropped from the former broadcaster’s trial. The allegation, dating from 2012 and brought by a complainant pseudonymised as F, was withdrawn by the prosecution in a Sydney court on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...
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Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI assistant, citing security and privacy concerns
Amazon blocked Meta’s new Muse personal AI agent from shopping on Amazon.com — citing security, privacy, and transparency concerns — after attempting unsuccessfully to get the Facebook parent company to exclude the e-commerce site from the experience. As of Sunday night, people using Muse to shop on Amazon see the popup, “Continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon’s Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed.” Amazon told GeekWire that it wasn’t made aware in advance that Muse would access its store, and didn’t authorize it.
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The joy of real-life connections
One thing I have learned from meeting some of you over the three years I have been writing here, via the six (SIX!) design retreats I have hosted with a total of around 80 guests, the monthly design clinics over Zoom, countless email chats, and the first reader event last Friday, is how brilliant this platform is for connecting like-minded people. India Knight always says she feels instinctively that if all her readers were to meet for drinks they would immediately be friends, and now, having hosted my own event last week, I wholeheartedly agree with her.
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Fidelity’s Durance Is Shunning Tech Bonds Feeding the AI Boom
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Tennis' Darkest Hour: The Little Peanut
Radio 5 Live,04 Sep 2026,42 mins, Available for over a year On April 30, 1993, one moment of madness changed the course of tennis history, and confronted the world of sport with an uncomfortable reality - how safe were its biggest stars? Teenage phenomenon, Monica Seles, had taken the tennis world by storm, and was one of the most famous female athletes on the planet. But on that fateful day in 1993, she became the victim of a public and violent crime - in front of thousands of onlookers, she was ambushed on court and stabbed in the back by a spectator.
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Kochi Corporation to launch drive to remove low-hanging overhead cables
The Kerala High Court has repeatedly directed the Corporation and the Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) to identify and remove dangerous, low-hanging, and untagged overhead internet and cable television wires after they were found to cause accidents, including fatalities. Such cables continue to dot many prominent roads in the city. She noted that only three companies have obtained permits from the Corporation for drawing overhead cables. However, several other players continue to draw cables through electricity poles by paying fees solely to KSEBL, Ms. Minimol added. P.M.
On the markets — Kalshi traders have been actively repricing this story in the last day.
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Singapore baby-care brand Tollyjoy to wind down after 55 years
The company was founded in Singapore in 1971. SINGAPORE: Homegrown baby-care brand Tollyjoy is winding down after 55 years, bringing to an end a name that has been familiar to generations of parents in Singapore. In a Facebook post dated Sep 15, Tollyjoy said it is "winding down the brand", although it did not specify when its products would disappear from shelves. Tollyjoy manufactures baby and mother-care essentials ranging from feeding bottles to cleaning products and pillows. Founded in 1971, the family business was later led by second-generation chief executive Tan Wee Keng.
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Tata Feud Escalates as Rival Camps Prepare Legal Showdown
Insight with Haslinda Amin, a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders spanning the worlds of business, finance, politics and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Beacon says gene therapy succeeds in key trial of rare eye disease XLRP
Hey! So, I was just reading about this gene therapy for a rare eye disease called XLRP. It's a pretty big deal because some really major companies, like J&J and Biogen, have tried this before and it didn't quite pan out.
This new therapy, from a company called Beacon Therapeutics, seems to have done well in a key trial. It's a gene therapy, which basically means they're trying to fix the underlying genetic cause of the disease. XLRP is a condition that causes progressive vision loss, and it's inherited.
What's encouraging is that this trial showed positive results. They're looking at whether the therapy can actually improve or at least slow down the vision loss. It's still early days, of course, and they'll need more data, but it's definitely a promising step forward for people with XLRP. It’s not a cure yet, but it’s a really solid sign that this approach might work where others haven't.
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Forbidden Stories' Deportation Project: exiled to Africa by the US
An Iranian woman expelled to the Central African Republic; a gay Ghanaian man sent back to his country and threatened with death. Their stories are part of a vast international investigation into the Trump administration's mass deportations.