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Dream small: How an actress embraced slow living
Jessica Henwick says her latest role led her on a path to focusing on herself, as well as her career.

Pop music's bias towards English is fading, says Spotify
Songs in 16 languages featured in the global chart last year, as genres like Brazilian Funk explode.

Christchurch Lotto punter bags $700,000 as Powerball jackpot grows again
$15 million will be up for grabs with Lotto on Saturday.

Tricentis unveils agentic AI Workspace for safer releases
Tricentis launches AI Workspace, an agentic quality platform to speed enterprise releases while tightening governance and risk controls.

Rising fuel prices increase interest in electric cars in Germany

Tech Mahindra & Rubrik launch AI cyber recovery service
Tech Mahindra and Rubrik unveil AI-powered cyber recovery service to speed post-ransomware restoration and cut operational downtime.

Industry drives net-zero push with electrification focus
Industry leaders are ramping up electrification, flexibility and digital tools to hit net-zero goals, but warn policy uncertainty risks delays.

Salience Labs debuts all-optical switch for AI hubs
Salience Labs unveils a 32-port all-optical switch for AI data centres, promising big latency and power cuts as rack densities surge.

Perion debuts Outmax AI agent to optimise TikTok ads
Perion launches Outmax AI agent for TikTok, promising brands up to 25% better ad performance via its cross-channel optimisation engine.

Greenpeace calls for government to drastically cut legal limit of nitrates in drinking water
It comes after the Danish government significantly cut its legal limit.

'Everyone wants to know my true Kinky Boots story'
"It's not my story anymore it's a Northampton story - it belongs to us all now," says Steve Pateman.

I replaced Netflix with Blu-rays for a week. It was liberating!
Did we abandon physical media too soon? Were we deceived by the allure of easy-to-access streaming services? I’m starting to think so… I recently stumbled across my old collection of DVDs and Blu-rays amassed over the years, and I set out to rediscover the joys of watching physical media. I stepped...

Meningococcal case confirmed at University of Otago: What symptoms students need to look for
A case of meningococcal disease has been confirmed within the University of Otago student community.

Person arrested after armed police descend on Kapiti Coast property
The public is asked to avoid the area.

Many Germans maintain travel plans despite Middle East conflict

Arrests, accusations and arguments - the Mugabe family after losing power

Israeli air force strikes Iranian drone operatives ahead of planned attack on Israel

Iran war cost will be passed to consumers, shipping giant boss tells BBC

Qevlar AI raises USD $30m to expand autonomous AI SOC
Qevlar AI secures USD $30m led by Partech and Forgepoint to grow its autonomous AI SOC and shift from alert triage to insight-driven defence.

Equinix names Olivier Leonetti as new Chief Financial Officer
Equinix taps seasoned data centre finance leader Olivier Leonetti as CFO from March, ahead of veteran Keith Taylor's planned 2026 retirement.

Thrive unveils governed AI workspace & adoption model
Thrive launches a governed AI workspace and phased adoption model to tame shadow AI, uniting access to 50-plus major language models.

Entrust launches cloud cryptographic security platform
Entrust unveils cloud-based cryptographic security platform to centralise key, certificate and secrets management across hybrid IT estates.

Meningococcal disease case confirmed at Otago University
The university was working with public health to contain the infection.