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Jacinda Ardern joins boycott of top Australian arts festival
Dozens of writers have withdrawn from the Adelaide event, which has barred an Australian Palestinian author after the Bondi Beach shooting.

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry says AI is turning Big Tech into a worse business

Nikki Glaser’s best jokes from the 2026 Golden Globes
Nikki Glaser covered the Epstein files, CBS News and Leonardo DiCaprio dating women under 30 in her monologue.

‘Stop whingeing’: The proposed NRL rule change ruffling feathers
The NRL has proposed four rule changes ahead of the new season.

First look at new Welsh crime drama starring Yellowstone actor
Sky's Under Salt Marsh has already been praised by critics before its release at the end of January.

Financial support needed for communities following severe weather events, LGNZ says
"Those events are happening more and more and communities are paying for it emotionally, but mostly financially," Rehette Stoltz says.

What seizures in 2025 tell us about gun trends
When police raided several Auckland homes in April, they found four 3D printers that were being used to manufacture guns - two of them in operation at the time.

Iberdrola Group Energizes Massive Transmission Line Project in Brazil

Percona spins out OpenEverest, launches Solanica arm
Percona spins out its Everest platform as OpenEverest and forms Solanica to drive open governance and community-led database automation.

Thrifty modder salvages laptop RAM for custom desktop DIMM
Hey. Psst. Listen here. I don’t know if you’ve heard, but RAM prices are kind of insane. Bad enough that people are getting desperate to find ways to save a little money. Desperate enough, for example, to manually de-solder the memory chips off of laptop RAM and re-solder them onto...

Save $310 on this Intel i7 mini PC with 32GB RAM and triple 4K support
These days, there’s no need to get a laptop that takes up a ton of space on your desk, or a large desktop computer that towers over you like in the olden days. A mini PC can do the job just fine—and it’ll cost you a fraction of the price...

Google's market cap hits $4 trillion, cementing its status as an AI trade champion

Samsung looks to make AI unobtrusive as part 'ambient AI' push

Nvidia, Eli Lilly announce $1 billion investment in AI drug discovery lab

Have you quietly quit your marriage?
It's a new term for an old strategy - emotionally distancing yourself years before you formally separate.

Residents say solar farm fell short on native plantings
Residents are unhappy with their view of a new solar farm built across the road as they say it hasn't delivered the amount of planting that was promised.

'One Battle After Another', 'Hamnet' triumph at Golden Globes
The splashy Hollywood ceremony is a key steppingstone on the road to the Oscars in March.

Kmart needs to be held accountable for asbestos in sand, shopper says
A father of two says he has contacted Kmart on "numerous occasions" about asbestos testing of coloured sand but the lack of response is frustrating.

Wellington to host Oceania-Pacific floorball qualifying this week
The game resembles ice hockey, but is played on a non-frozen surface with a plastic ball.

UK to bring into force law this week to tackle Grok AI deepfakes
The technology secretary said it would be illegal for companies to supply the tools designed to make them.

Bay Area Jewish community hears from 2 survivors of Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel

Anti-Hamas militia leader announces killing of senior Hamas police officer in southern Gaza

German interior minister to beef up counter-extremist capabilities

??Former Ajaccio president killed at his mother’s funeral

Skillsoft pairs with edX to link academic & job skills
Skillsoft and edX team up to plug university-led courses into Percipio, tying academic learning to workforce skills shaped by AI.

The Alexa+ rollout is getting more insistent
Have you been holding off on upgrading to the newer, AI-enhanced version of Alexa? If so, heads up: Amazon has been notifying at least some Alexa users that the Alexa+ update is coming their way, like it or not. “We have exciting news,” the emails from Amazon say. “As a Prime member, you get Alexa+...