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Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks
GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last.

Motueka farmer describes the harrowing moment his wife got swept away in floodwaters
Jamie Huvinton watched his wife get picked up by floodwaters: "There was nothing I could do".

Commerce Commission takes Foodstuffs North Island to court over alleged 'cartel conduct'
The Commerce Commission said the supermarket chain did not deal with the supplier in good faith.

Tauranga netball set for Baypark move, plans for new courts under way
The new facility will include a new building plus 14 asphalt and nine cushioned courts.

Motueka farmer describes the moment his wife was swept away in floodwaters
The couple were trying to move their horses to higher ground.

Is it worth using a real estate agent?
Agents seem to sell properties more quickly and effectively, says property data firm Cotality.

Herald Hat-trick am sports quiz – Tuesday July 15
Can you get a hat-trick?

The Open Championship 2025: Rory McIlroy confident of handling emotional British Open on home turf of Royal Portrush
Rory McIlroy aims to stay focused at Royal Portrush despite emotional ties.

Slip hits Porirua houses like 'freight train through lounge'
Two townhouses in a block of eight have been deemed unsafe to live in for now after a section of the hillside came down in heavy rain.

Microsoft tests new Windows tech to lengthen laptop battery life
At some point, you’ve felt the twinge of anxiety as your laptop’s battery slowly winds down, out of range of a power outlet. Microsoft is testing a new technology to give you a bit more juice — both when you need it and when you think you don’t. Last week, Microsoft debuted a new “self-healing” PC technology as part of its Windows 11 Release Preview Channel. That technology also is available to test within the far more experimental Canary Channel, which includes another new piece of tech: an adaptive energy saver, noticed by The Verge. Think of the adaptive energy saver this way: Normally, when your laptop is almost out of power, you’ll notice the screen dim. That’s the emergency warning, so to speak, to find a power outlet pronto. But there are other power-saving methods that Windows is also implementing, such as halting synchronized files, and so on. The adaptive energy saver can turn on these features whenever Windows thinks that your laptop is sitting idle, or working in a mode that doesn’t require a lot of CPU power. AndroidInfoTech found a small summary of what’s going on, including turning off transparency effects, pausing non-critical updates, and limiting some background applications. What it doesn’t do is dim your screen, so you’ll be able to work longer without the need to squint. Adaptive energy saver is still far away from debuting in your PC. But even then, you might not be aware of it: It’s opt-in by default, which means that you’ll have to be aware of it and manually toggle it on. One of the features that adaptive energy saver turns off is background syncing to OneDrive, so Microsoft probably believes that saving data in the cloud takes priority over saving a few minutes of laptop power. Somewhat ironically, today’s latest laptop CPUs from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors to Intel’s Core Ultra Series 2 chips (Lunar Lake) all provide power for the better part of a day, so this technology might not be as critical as it once was. But who’s going to turn down extra battery life?

Illegal boarding house tenants told to hide from housing inspectors
"We're too scared to lose houses because the scarcity of the housing here in Queenstown is really hard to get. So that time we don't have any choice [but] to follow his orders because we don't have [a] house to live when he kick us out," he said.

Chrishan Raju murder trial: Defence witness says homicide victim previously cut him with knife
The witness admitted he has a history of dishonesty, but 'not this time', he insisted.

Auckland's public hospitals at the 'upper limit' of capacity - Health NZ
Ambulances were delayed off-loading patients at two hospitals on Monday, with all four of the city's public hospitals under pressure.

Tempers flare as England win thrilling test against India at Lord’s
Their five-match series became spiky in the third test as England barely won by 22 runs.

Our Changing World: A New Zealand approach to nuclear fusion
The race to produce clean energy from nuclear fusion is on, and one New Zealand company is in the running.

Vaccine hesitancy growing in at-risk communities, providers blame social media misinformation
A health provider says they're up against anti-vaccination misinformation on social media.

Herald morning quiz: July 15
Test your brains with the Herald's morning quiz.

New Zealands National AI Strategy big on ‘economic opportunity’, short on managing ethical and social risk: Opinion
OPINION: The National AI Strategy aims to invite AI use with a 'light touch' approach.