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Another major bank cuts home loan rates
The drops take effect immediately.

Principals stunned as ministry looks for new reading, maths tests
The Education Ministry has blindsided schools by going to market for a new national test.

Many Kiwis spend four or more hours online every day
Kiwis are spending more time online than ever before, new research shows, with "immediacy, convenience and the addictive nature of many mobile apps“ helping to fuel the rise.

Dell & NVIDIA enhance AI tech with new server offerings
Dell Technologies and NVIDIA have unveiled new server offerings to enhance enterprise AI capabilities, mark a key collaboration at the Dell AI Factory.

Labour's shifting position on public-private partnerships
Finance spokeperson Barbara Edmonds her speech to investors last week was about making clear Labour's "boundaries" around privatisation.

'Very much on track': Trump and Zelensky talk truce
However, Ukraine and Russia are both accusing each other of attacks on energy infrastructure as hundreds of prisoners of war are exchanged.

International conflicts see prices at petrol pump fall
Fuel prices are down 5 percent, despite earlier predictions they could top $3 a litre.

NextGen NZ Championship showdown at Hampton Downs
Sommerset GT New Zealand, Bridgestone GR86 Championship prepare for Waikato weekend.

ZZ Top add Christchurch show to NZ tour
The rockers are coming to the South Island, but will a key member be joining them?

Here's what your credit score might stop you doing
Everything you need to know about how credit scores work.

Eight steps to a more fulfilling life, according to this mindset coach
Author Sarah Grynberg offers these daily habits for living a life of greatness.

AI-driven loyalty programmes to reshape Asia-Pacific retail
Eagle Eye's latest eBook reveals how loyalty programmes will reshape retail in Asia-Pacific, with retailers adapting to meet consumer demand for personalised value.

New Zealanders spending more time online than ever
A new study by InternetNZ reveals half of New Zealanders now spend four or more hours online daily, with significant usage noted among younger adults.

A return to prosperity depends on capital - General Finance MD
Capital is the lifeblood of prosperity, but New Zealand doesn’t have enough, says the managing director of a leading private financial services provider

PCI Express 7.0’s blazing speeds are nearly here, but PCIe 6 is still vapor
PCI Express 7 is nearing completion, the PCI Special Interest Group said Tuesday, and the final specification should be released later this year. PCI Express 7, the backbone of the modern motherboard, is at the stage 0.9, which the PCI-SIG characterizes as the “final draft” of the specification. The technology was at version 0.5 a year ago, almost to the day, and originally authored in 2022. The situation remains the same, however. While modern PC motherboards are stuck on PCI Express 5.0, the specification itself moves ahead. PCI Express has doubled the data rate about every three years, from 64 gigtransfers per second in PCI Express 6.0 to the upcoming 128 gigatransfers per second in PCIe 7. (Again, it’s worth noting that PCIe 6.0 exists solely on paper.) Put another way, PCIe 7 will deliver 512GB/s in both directions, across a x16 connection. It’s worth noting that the PCI-SIG doesn’t see PCI Express 7 living inside the PC market, at least not initially. Instead, PCIe 7 is expected to be targeted at cloud computing, 800-gigabit Ethernet and, of course, artificial intelligence. It will be backwards-compatible with the previous iterations of PCI Express, the SIG said. PCIe 7 has the following goals, which remain unchanged, according to the SIG: Delivering 128 GT/s raw bit rate and up to 512 GB/s bi-directionally via x16 configuration Utilizing PAM4 (Pulse Amplitude Modulation with 4 levels) signaling Focusing on the channel parameters and reach Improving power efficiency Continuing to deliver the low-latency and high-reliability targets When can we expect PCI Express 6? PCI Express 7 might be far in the future. So when will PCI Express 6.0 debut in PCs? PCI Express 6.0 was officially approved in January 2022. But we have yet to see support for the technology, as Intel’s Arrow Lake desktop chip, for example, still supports PCIe 5.0. It all puts the PCI SIG’s announcement in some perspective: PCIe’s new advances only matter when see them in the real world, and that process can take years.