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New Pentagon UFO file reveals glowing orbs in US Northeast

Thousands attend Tel Aviv Gay Pride after two-year hiatus

BMW Dealer's AI Chatbot Accidentally Offers Owner Thousands of Dollars Too Much on Trade-In

WTF - 2026 World Cup mascots arrest a drug dealer ??

Stranded travellers return to Wellington Airport after fire disruption
Passengers are returning to the airport to rebook flights and retrieve their luggage, while a spokesperson warns of possible "flow-on disruptions to flights".

SpaceX soars 23% in Wall Street debut and makes Elon Musk the first trillionaire
NEW YORK (AP) — SpaceX shares shot 23% higher as the rocket maker’s shares soared in their debut on Wall Street and made CEO Elon Musk the first-ever trillionaire.

‘I don’t miss Auckland’: This family ditched the city to live off-grid by the sea
Michael Andrew reveals the character-building hiccups of moving and why he has zero desire to return to the rat race.

Shifting sands: Among 100,000-year-old forest roots, this beach walker made an unusual find
On an unusually low tide, James King believes he came upon a 19th century ship’s cannon in Titahi Bay, 25km north of Wellington.

The Blues are rank outsiders, but could they do the unthinkable?
All you need to know ahead of the Super Rugby Pacific semifinal between the Hurricanes and Blues.

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 sparks cybersecurity warnings
Cybersecurity teams fear the release could speed up vulnerability hunting on both sides, forcing faster patching and tighter controls.

Microsoft tests Windows AI features on RTX GPUs, not just NPUs
An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An experimental release of the Windows App SDK on Github...

German minister says land border checks not permanent

Iran war is straining African airlines, industry body warns

Contemporary art giant David Hockney dies aged 88
Tributes poured in for the 1960s pop art pioneer who kept painting, experimenting and exhibiting right up until his death.

NRL: NZ Warriors coach Andrew Webster applauds Kane Evans 'coming out'
Former Warriors forward Kane Evans has revealed he is gay, prompting soul-searching throughout the NRL.

Most Kiwis spend 40% of their income on a mortgage. How does your area stack up?
Plus, a surprise in the numbers - why Christchurch isn’t as affordable you may think.

The ‘secret’ lake-side town they call ‘the Wanaka of the North’
It’s got international-calibre golf courses, lifestyle blocks and mid-century charmers, but no one would blame you for never having visited before.

Developer faces hefty fine or jail after protected trees axed
Jin Du faces up to two years in prison or a $300,000 fine for breaching a resource consent that required him to protect a mature pohutukawa.

SpaceX's Thesis Sounds Far-Fetched. Is There Any Way This Company Could Ever Make Money?

SpaceX stock surges in early trading, making Elon Musk a trillionaire

Rocket Lab stock surges on Nasdaq-100 index inclusion

AI productivity fads, from prompt engineering to tokenmaxxing

What Elon Musk's trillion would mean in real terms
The number “one trillion” is hard in itself for the human mind to comprehend. One trillion dollars is a thousand times greater than $1 billion.

'Taught me to be the man I am': All White playing in late father's memory
After Marko Stamenic and his family were rocked by tragedy last year, he chose to return to action with the national team.

Drata expands platform to govern enterprise AI agents
Security teams are being pushed to track unsanctioned AI agents after AI-related questions in procurement rose more than 30% in nine months.