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Eurovision Song Contest live tour 2026 postponed
The event, which had been set to debut in London, has been sheleved due to "unforseen circumstances".

Former Black Cap departing as Canterbury head coach
Peter Fulton will attempt to go out with a fourth Ford Trophy title next week.

Weather live: State of Emergency declared in Otorohanga
The State of Emergency declaration took effect at 1am on Saturday and lasts for seven days.

FROG Q4 Deep Dive: Security and AI Tailwinds Propel JFrog’s Software Supply Chain Platform

Google Docs can now AI-generate audio summaries of your documents
Google’s Notebook LM (an excellent app for students) has long had AI-generated audio summaries, but good news: that feature is now coming to Google Docs. The company just announced yesterday that Gemini in Google Docs can now read out summaries of your documents. The AI-generated audio summaries can go up to...

You too can be 'golden', Belfast-born creative tells KPop fans
The Belfast born creative is now hoping to inspire the next generation of animators to go "up, up, up" in the industry.

Steam beta lets you add your PC specs to game reviews
“This game rocks, 10/10” and “suxors, crashed every time” are both valid game reviews. But your interpretation of them might change if you knew the former was written by someone playing on an RTX 5090, and the latter was on a Surface RT tablet clinging on for dear life. Now...

What makes a good break-up song?
Break-up songs can unstick our emotions and empower us to move on from a broken romantic relationship.

Ruth Croft: On Mont Blanc ultra trail-running win, meditation and bulimia
Ruth Croft on running around Mt Blanc in 23 hours, overcoming bulimia and her zen bubble.

Stop horsing around: What to expect in the Year of the Horse
A horse year favours action over hesitation, but also carries connotations of volatility and intensity, among other things.

Love, lies, and prime-time pressure
What started as an experiment has become a global phenomenon. MAFS is a ratings powerhouse and one of the world's most argued-about shows.

Instagram chief says 16-hour daily scrolling isn’t ‘addiction’
Ask around and you’ll hear more and more people saying that social media is a bane on society. The discussion around digital screen addiction is gaining momentum again, with some countries introducing age limits for social media and others considering outright bans. The latest news is that Adam Mosseri, Head of...

Live: State of Emergency declared in Otorohanga
MetService says more heavy rain is expected to douse the North Island today..

Winter Olympics runs out of condoms as 10,000 are snapped up in three days
The “Milano-Cortina 2026” branded packets have been snapped up by athletes.

Claude looks even better as free users get more features to play with
AI company Anthropic is now upgrading the free version of its Claude chatbot with several features that were previously exclusive to paying users, reports Engadget. Free users can now create and edit files like Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs directly within Claude. In addition, free users will have...

BriefCatch buys WordRake tech to expand legal editing
BriefCatch acquires WordRake’s core tech and 12 US patents, aiming to fuse document-level and in-line legal editing in one platform.

Aurasell unveils AI-native GTM OS overlay for CRMs
Aurasell launches GTM OS, an AI-native overlay that automates go-to-market workflows across existing CRMs without risky system replacement.

This week’s free game on Epic Games Store is a sci-fi detective trip
The Epic Games Store is once again offering free games this week, but one of them stands out as a can’t-miss special. I’m talking about Nobody Wants to Die, an unusual detective game built on Unreal Engine 5 and complete with an intriguing setting and story. We’re taken forward to the...

Otorohanga Museum's precious taonga wrecked by floodwaters
Almost two dozen members of the community rallied to save what they could from the sodden Otorohanga Museum, but it won't be until today that the full extent of the damage is known.