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Adobe unveils AI platform to personalise & control brand assets
Adobe launches Brand Concierge, an AI platform to centralise creative assets and deliver personalised, brand-compliant content across customer journeys.

Meta, Microsoft respond to government’s rebooted news tax
The tech giants have reacted to the push for them to hand over millions of dollars from their domestic revenue to local media companies, or pay a higher amount in financial penalties.

Emirates Flight Catering transforms data management for efficiency
Emirates Flight Catering adopts Informatica’s cloud-based data platform to boost efficiency, supplier collaboration and sustainability in its meal production.

Fijian 'Bus' Josua Tuisova ready for 'home' clash against French Top 14 teammates
Flying Fijians hitman Josua Tuisova says playing against the Les Bleus will be "tough", but he is looking forward to clashing with his French Top14 teammates on Sunday.

‘People voting with their feet’: Labour seizes on exodus of over 72,000 Kiwis from NZ
New Zealand’s net migration gain in the year to September was the lowest it has been since 2013.

An AI startup powering Meta and OpenAI cut thousands of workers — then offered them a similar project for less money

Cisco Shares Surge After AI-Fueled Outlook Exceeds Estimates

Coinbase says it will leave Delaware, following Elon Musk to Texas

French relief as Algeria frees jailed novelist at centre of diplomatic crisis

Arctic League’s “Big Book” opens for 2025 Christmas campaign

Fact Check: Video Of Floating Plastic Waste Is NOT In Asia -- Garbage Is On Guatemala's Caribbean Shore

Question Time directs rare query to non-ministerial MP
Question Time is usually all about ministers, but on Thursday it had an extra question directed at an MP who is not a minister.

US advances offshore mineral plans in American Samoa, Northern Marianas
The United States Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has taken major steps toward offshore critical minerals exploration in the Pacific.

Xero boosts profit, predicts future growth
Accounting software company Xero has had a significant increase in profit on the back of increased users and revenue.

AI & ransomware reshape cyber threat landscape, report finds
Rapid7's report reveals cyber threats evolving with AI-powered phishing, rising ransomware alliances, and faster exploitation of vulnerabilities worldwide.

Qantas says no to ransom. 96 per cent of Australian businesses say yes
Despite the government warning against paying ransoms, businesses are increasingly making the call that paying up is the easiest way out.

Rockwell Automation launches SecureOT to boost industrial cybersecurity
Rockwell Automation launches SecureOT, a cybersecurity suite enhancing industrial safety by boosting asset visibility and compliance for operational technology systems.

Fluent Commerce unveils server to boost AI in retail queries
Fluent Commerce launches MCP Server to link AI agents with retail backend systems, speeding up order queries and boosting customer service efficiency.

Police Commissioner Richard Chambers pulled over for speeding at 112km/h
Richard Chambers says he was "away with the fairies" when he was pulled over speeding last week.

Will supermarkets follow Kmart in charging a trolley bond?
Rotorua supermarkets have ruled out adopting Kmart’s anti-theft, coin-release trolley system.

Hospital staffer who took cannabis cake to work gets home detention
Cake with cannabis in it was taken to shared lunch at hospital.

EU aims to accelerate crackdown on cheap Chinese parcels, FT reports

Father and his two sons serve in Vietnam at the same time

France wary of enemy that never went away, 10 years after Bataclan attacks

Canterbury highway blocked after crash
Police said initial reports suggest there are critical injuries.

No quick fix for soaring child obesity in Polynesia - Pacific health leader
The most obese 5-19-year-olds globally live in three Pacific Island nations, a UNICEF report found.

PAK'nSAVE's digital price check marks two years of savings
PAK'nSAVE celebrates two years of its Top 50 Price Check campaign using dynamic digital ads to showcase weekly grocery savings versus Woolworths stores.