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Nintendo made a real Talking Flower and it won’t stop talking
After the apparent success of the totally unexpected Alarmo alarm clock, Nintendo seems keen to continue expanding its product range. The latest reveal? It’s called the Talking Flower, an interactive toy in the form of… you guessed it, a talking flower. Talking Flower acts as a chatty companion that randomly utters...

Canada’s AI push hinges on data centres & clean power
Canada must treat data centres as core infrastructure in 2026 to turn AI strategy into secure, low-carbon growth for communities.

Landmark ‘Milkbottle’ house on market for the first time in 50 years
The Roger Walker designed house has been described as a castle, a milk bottle, and even an “abomination”, but one word no one would use is boring.

UK bill accelerates shift to offensive cyber security
New UK cyber bill pushes critical sectors towards continuous offensive security testing as state-backed and criminal threats intensify.

Fiery Ratana rhetoric cools amid frosty Maori-Crown relations
Analysis - Rhetoric at Ratana was cooler this year, compared to the past four years of fiery exchanges.

Raspberry Pi launches a USB flash drive that won’t flake under pressure
Raspberry Pi is now launching its own USB 3.0 memory stick, the Raspberry Pi Flash Drive, which promises higher quality and more reliable performance than many cheaper alternatives on the market. It’s available in two versions: 128GB and 256GB. According to Raspberry Pi, the smaller 128GB model has a write speed...

Cyderes names Lana Knop Chief Product Officer for AI push
Cyderes appoints Lana Knop as Chief Product Officer to steer post-Lucidum product strategy and drive a new wave of AI-powered security services.

I hate PC monitor names so, so much
“The MSI MPG 271QR QD-OLED X50 shouldn’t be confused with the MSI MAG 272QP QD-OLED X50, though the two are similar.” I almost spit my morning Diet Pepsi across my keyboard when I read that in a (frankly great) PCWorld review. Of course people will confuse those monitors! The names...

7 awesome Philips Hue smart light features you’re not using
The Philips Hue app has grown in complexity over the past several years, with more and more new features and settings being tucked into the user interface. That makes it all too easy to miss the latest and greatest in Hue functionality. Besides such newer features as light alarms, “mimic presence,”...

Weeks of work ahead to clear part of SH35 on the East Cape due to 'massive' landslide
The section in Punakaru, on the way to Hicks Bay, was one of multiple hit in the ferocious storm which ripped across the North Island this week.

Vigil held for child killed in Papamoa landslide, search continues at Mt Maunganui
Two people have been confirmed dead in a landslide in Papamoa, while search and rescue continue to search for six missing people at a Mt Maunganui campsite.

Is there a 'normal' amount of sex couples should be having?
On average, couples say between one and three times a week feels good for them, but frequency isn't the only measure of a good sex life, experts say.

Ethereum blockchain beats its own speed-ups, but there's a catch

Intel stock sinks as company's Q1 outlook falls short of Wall Street expectations

Live: Six remain missing at Mt Maunganui landslide, campsite search ongoing
Rescue crews are continuing to search through debris at the campsite for the missing people, including two teenagers.

Robbie Williams breaks The Beatles' chart record
The star's latest album, Britpop, debuts at number one, giving Williams his 16th solo UK chart-topper.

Komodor bolsters leadership for AI driven SRE growth
Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.