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Lily Allen to bring break-up album to Boardmasters festival
The singer will top the bill at the event in Cornwall in August alongside Fatboy Slim and Kasabian.

Brilliant catches set Black Caps up for win over India in fourth T20I
Sharp early grabs from Devon Conway and Jacob Duffy set New Zealand up for their first win in the five-match series.

Another major champion quits LIV Golf.
Patrick Reed’s decision comes the same week five-time major champion Brooks Koepka returns to the PGA Tour.

Take $700 off this giant LG OLED ultrawide gaming monitor
$1,000 is a lot to pay for a monitor. But this one might be right up your alley, if you’re looking for a combination of OLED brilliance, massive size, and relatively manageable resolution. LG’s 45-inch UltraGear OLED gaming monitor is going for $999.99 on Amazon, an impressive $700 off the...

Pearson warns AI gains hinge on urgent workforce reskilling
Pearson says US could gain up to USD $6.6 trillion from AI by 2034, but only if employers urgently invest in reskilling and task-level redesign.

$35k lost in online car sale scam
Consumer NZ is calling for scam protection to apply to online marketplaces, after a man lost $35,000 buying a car that turned out to be stolen.

Why do we have 'meet the teacher' days and how do you get the most out of them?
A 15-minute window to meet your child's teacher may seem brief, but get it right and you'll get the school year off to a good start. Here's how to make the most of it.

WinRAR under attack by state-level hackers, according to Google
WinRAR, a tool for unpacking compressed files, is one of those pillars of everyday PC use that’s kind of faded into the background. I used to install it on every computer setup, like VLC and Irfanview. But according to a report from security researchers at Google, a long-known vulnerability in...

Doing stretches in your warm-up? Don’t.
Over the decades, we've had numerous interesting warm-up theories that no longer stand up to the research on injury prevention and sport performance.

Greens call for Civil Defence payments to be activated for storm-hit communities
The payments were activated following flooding in various parts of the country from 2022 to 2024, but are yet to be stood up for this year's weather events.

Windows 11 will soon let you pick up Android apps where you left off
In August last year, Microsoft began testing a new feature that allows you to resume Android apps on your Windows PC. The example given at the time showed Spotify, but Microsoft has now announced with a preview build that more apps will be supported and that the feature—which is being...

Family found body of man swept away by Mahurangi River
It took three days of dedicated searching by authorities but eventually it was his family who found the body of their loved one.

Netwrix warns identity will anchor future AI security
Identity systems will become the linchpin of AI-era cyber defence as misconfigured automation opens new paths to sensitive data, Netwrix warns.

Latest Windows update kills dial-up modems… intentionally
Did you know there are still people in the US who are connected to the internet via classic dial-up modems? They’re mostly older folks in remote areas without easy or affordable access to broadband, but they’re out there. And with the recent January 2026 update for Windows, Microsoft has played...

Small businesses not exempt from cyber-attacks, internet watchdog Netsafe says
It comes after a Napier law firm was targeted in January, with the attack affecting internal information about the firm as well as client documents.

Fog, speed and poor navigation caused pilot boat grounding off Bluff
The vessel had departed Bluff to transfer a pilot to an incoming ship when it made an excessive course change shortly after passing Stirling Point.