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This Dell Snapdragon laptop with 16GB of RAM is crazy for just $450
Finding budget laptops that I’d actually recommend for people is becoming a struggle, what with prices going up on everything and electronics in particular. But today, Best Buy comes to the rescue with a Dell Inspiron laptop that’s almost half off its retail price. Now available for just $449.99, you...

‘Not what I wanted’: Oscar Piastri is out of form and looking over his shoulder
What looked like a cruise control finish to his first career championship over the summer is now shaping up as a potential heart-pounding grind over the final five races of the season.

Minister says teacher strikes will impact exams. Teachers disagree. What’s the deal?
Following last week’s rolling strikes, high school teachers will be walking off the job on Thursday in a mega-strike set to involve 100,000 public sector workers.

If Te Pati Maori wants to succeed, it needs to get its s... together
“If a party cannot hold itself together in Opposition, how is it expected to thrive under the white hot pressure of running the country?” says Joel Maxwell.

Mena e hiahia ana kia angitu, me kaua e tautauamoa
A, ki te kore e taea e te ropu te pupuri tahi i a ia i roto i te Atetetanga, ka pehea ratou kia tupu i raro i te pehanga wera ma o te whakahaere i te whenua?

He thought she was 14, but she was a cop. A teacher’s sexually explicit messages revealed
‘Morning beautiful, how’s school?’: How an undercover police sting exposed a teacher who groomed and sent sex videos to a person he believed was 14 years-old

Playing Battlefield 6 on a 2-inch AIO screen is a weird flex, but OK
Putting tiny screens inside your PC is dumb. That’s my take on it, anyway. But if you want to fill up the inside of your computer with a tiny Times Square of displays covering every component, more power to you (and your bank account). But one Battlefield 6 player decided...

Rangers closing in on Rohl as manager
Rangers close in on appointing Danny Rohl as their new head coach - less than a week after the German ruled himself out of the running.

Windows 11’s October update breaks keyboard and mice, Microsoft warns
Anyone who has installed the latest October update for Windows 11 should be cautious: Microsoft confirms that problems with USB keyboards and mice may occur after installing update KB5066835. Keyboard and mice fail in recovery mode After installing the latest October update, you may find that USB input devices refuse to work...

The cost-of-living crisis laid bare as seniors queue for charity kai
As inflation bites and food prices rise, Gina and Elmer Pieffer open their home - and hearts - to feed their community.

The subject about to disappear from Kiwi classrooms - and 50,000 people aren’t having it
Students, teachers and parents are rallying for a subject that gives kids skills for life, but according to those in the sector the government is pushing it aside without any consultation.

Desperate mother says she is ‘not blind enough, not poor enough’ to get help
“Losing my licence has taken away my job and robbed my independence, yet I am not blind enough [or] poor enough to qualify for support,” Michelle Alexander says.

Billed $2200 with no warning: Debt collectors put on to grandmother who refused to pay
Tauranga grandmother Sue Jayes has always prided herself on being debt-free. That changed when Public Trust fees increased without warning.

Is Labour’s big new policy plagiarism, or is it something different?
ANALYSIS: It was Labour’s first big new policy since the election - but there’s a problem: it isn’t quite as new as they think.

Your IP address reveals more than you think. VPNs are the answer
Your IP address is a lot like your home address on the internet. A lot of information can be gleaned from it. Information like your location, your ISP, and even what you like to do online. It’s no wonder you might like to keep that address secret at times, just...

Sri Lanka's Dilhari is stumped in bizarre fashion
Sri Lanka's Kavisha Dilhari is stumped by Bangladesh's Nigar Sultana Joty in the most "unfortunate" way as the ball is deflected onto the wicketkeeper's legs before it ricochets onto the stumps.