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This fast-charging USB-C wall plug for three devices is 47% off
Charging your devices doesn’t have to take forever, at least if you have one of these Anker wall plugs. Down to $40 from its $75 MSRP on Amazon, this three-port Anker USB-C power adapter is a great solution for keeping your phone, laptop, and something else fully juiced. This wall plug uses GaN II technology, which means it’s not only more efficient at charging your devices than typical power bricks, but also much smaller in size. It also has improved heat dissipation, so it won’t get unbearably hot and accidentally burn your hand. You’ll find three ports on this device: two fast-charging USB-C for your phone and laptop, plus a USB-A for other devices. The USB-C ports are capable of 100W output when used alone, but you can also use all three at the same time and hit 45W, 30W, and 18W max, respectively. (Don’t worry. That’s still plenty fast.) The cherry on top is that the prongs on this wall plug are foldable, so you can tuck them and pack it away in a bag without concern for damage or it getting snagged on other stuff you have in there. If you’re tired of slow-charging devices, this is a great opportunity to step things up. Snag this 100W Anker USB-C wall plug for $40! Save 47% and charge three USB devices at once in a blinkBuy now at Amazon

Super Rugby Pacific is back ... this weekend!
The small Canterbury settlement of Kirwee will host the Blues and Crusaders in front of 3000 people on Friday.

Takina up for international architecture award
Wellington’s convention and exhibition centre, Takina, has been named as a finalist for the World Architects’ building of the year award.

The ‘nerve wracking’ cycleway that cars accidentally drive down
A cyclist who said she sees it happen often believed drivers were mistaking the cycleway for a left-turning lane.

‘I’m over this’: Homeowners in limbo two years on from Auckland’s wettest day
Houses deemed too risky to live in are being removed across the region, but residents left behind in changing neighbourhoods say they are stressed about what happens next.

AMD’s FSR 4 could be a day-one upgrade for FSR 3.1 games
New AMD graphics cards are on the way, arriving sometime in the next couple of months, and they’ll be packing an upgrade to the company’s FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling tech. But what if you’re still running a relatively recent Radeon card? Well, according to some new but unverified info, any game that supports FSR 3.1 should also work with FSR 4.0. The info comes from “Kepler_L2,” a Twitter leaker with a strong history of accurate info on AMD. VideoCardz.com reports that despite AMD’s paucity of information shared on the upgraded, machine learning-enabled system, the new settings will be enabled by DLL file that “should” be compatible with titles that support the existing FSR 3.1 standard. It’s possible — but absolutely not confirmed — that AMD could essentially make all 40+ official FSR 3.1-compatible games work with FSR 4.0 on the day of release. These include popular titles like Ark, Ghost of Tsushima, and Marvel Rivals. VideoCardz pins this capability down to the newly separated super resolution and frame generation libraries. AMD’s upscaling tech is generally agreed upon to be far behind Nvidia’s, and the latter remains dominant in the GPU space to the point of virtual monopoly. But consumers are definitely noticing that Nvidia’s cards aren’t getting any cheaper, even if the latest ones aren’t as astronomically expensive as some believed they would be. Making its newest upscaling system compatible with older AMD graphics cards — as old as the Radeon RX 5700 from 2019 — might be one way to catch much-needed attention from cash-starved PC gamers. We’ll have to wait for more info on FSR 4 before we can make the call.

Recruitment agencies say more Americans wanting to move to New Zealand
There’s been a big spike in people eyeing up a move to the other side of the world since President Donald Trump’s inauguration and the LA wildfires.