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Adobe brings Photoshop, Express & Acrobat into ChatGPT
Adobe embeds Photoshop, Express and Acrobat inside ChatGPT, giving hundreds of millions free, conversational access to its creative tools.

Warming centers opening amid extreme cold temperatures

Road closed after crash on State Highway 75 in Bank's Peninsula
Police have shut the highway between Summit Road and Long Bay Road.

‘Robbed’: Kiwis star overlooked for Golden Boot award won by Australian ace
Kangaroos hooker Harry Grant has defended the judging panel which controversially awarded him international rugby league’s top individual prize.

Hamas official told Eitan Mor he would be released two weeks after abduction, ex-hostage recounts

Drug dealing dad to lose more than half a million dollars in asset seizures
Property, motorbikes and bank deposits are being stripped from a Wellington methamphetamine dealer.

‘Always a dream’: New America’s Cup team surfaces to offset departed challenger
The prospect of no US boat in the America’s Cup might have vanished with the emergence of a new challenger to replace American Magic.

Intel nears $1.6 billion deal for AI chip startup SambaNova

SpaceX sets $800 billion valuation, Bloomberg News reports

Steelers' Watt suffers partially collapsed lung after dry needle session
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker TJ Watt has surgery to repair a partially collapsed lung sustained during dry needle treatment.

End of the Worlds for Smith but Van Veen wins through
European champion Gian van Veen books his place in the second round of the PDC World Championship but 12th seed Ross Smith suffers a shock first-round exit.

Terminally ill mum gets thousands of cards for her last Christmas after plea
Clare Jones gets thousands of cards after a plea to make her last Christmas "special" goes viral.

As Trump targets Venezuela, its allies Russia and China show little signs of support
Experts say that Russian and Chinese support for Venezuela has largely dried up, with no prospect of real military or financial aid.

Young care leaver facing homelessness was 'left to own devices'
A growing number of households in England have a young care leaver facing homelessness, data shows.

‘This is where the coolest films get made’: Avatar director James Cameron's huge praise for New Zealand
Cameron, who attended the premiere with his wife Suzy Amis Cameron, was full of praise for New Zealand - specifically, Wellington, where the couple live.

Watch: Out-of-control sports car misses oncoming traffic by ‘centimetres’
Dashcam footage shows an alarming near-miss as a sports car swerves off a highway before evading oncoming traffic by “centimetres”.

Child escapes youth justice facility in Christchurch
A young person has escaped from the youth justice facility Te Puna Wai o Tahinopo in Christchurch.

Ukraine's health supplies hit in series of Russian strikes on medical warehouses

Joint Saudi-Emirati delegation arrives in south Yemen to defuse takeover by separatist group STC

Israel hands mediators list of PIJ terrorists with knowledge of Ran Gvili’s location

The House: Crimes bill adds things outside usual rules
Parliament has been pushing hard, rushing through bills and working under urgency all week, but one bill bypassed the rules, adding things not usually allowed.

Doctor’s note can’t be used to avoid a roadside drug test for cannabis, police say
Drivers will be screened for recent use of these drugs in a process similar to roadside alcohol testing, police said.

Palmer's groin problem makes no 'sense' - Maresca
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says there is "not any sense" to Cole Palmer's ongoing groin injury - and hopes it does not prove to be a season-long issue.

No plans to force drivers to report collisions with cats, government says
Nearly 11,000 people have signed a Parliamentary e-petition calling for a new law to report collisions.

'King's cancer fight boost' and 'EU freezes' Russian assets
The King's cancer treatment update leads Saturday's papers.