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McSkimming fallout: Firearms Safety Authority head Angela Brazier cleared of misconduct
Angela Brazier says the investigation was "another waste of taxpayers' money" and wants police to publicly clear her name.

An AI-rendered Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in a new film
NEW YORK (AP) — A year after the actor's death, a generative AI version of Val Kilmer will co-star in an independent film, in one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in moviemaking.

This $550 HP laptop comes with a touchscreen, Core i7, and 16GB of RAM
Just $550 until Sunday HP touchscreen laptop with 16GB of RAM and Core i5 processor View Deal I’ve been hunting for affordable laptops for the last few months, specifically because they’re really hard to find. I’ve been leaning a lot on eBay’s certified refurbished program, because it has some of the best deals...

Health NZ warned financial control 'one of the thorniest' aspects of decentralisation
The government blamed loss of financial control when it sacked the central agency's board two years ago.

Firefox is rolling out its free VPN and split-screen mode soon
Mozilla announced via blog post that it’ll be launching Firefox 149 next week, and with this update the company will begin rolling out a number of features it has been talking about for quite some time now. First up is the browser’s new built-in free “VPN” service, which we’ve been hearing...

Island unveils SASE to cut proxy backhaul for AI era
Island has rolled out a SASE design that shifts inspection to the endpoint, cutting proxy backhaul and avoiding default SSL/TLS break-and-inspect.

'Buyers know they have the power': Property market off to slow start, Cotality data shows
Cotality sales volumes in February were 6.8 percent lower than a year ago, after a 7.8 percent fall in January.

Amazon’s Echo Spot speaker gets its first discount this year: 38% off
NOW 38% OFF Amazon Echo Spot Smart Speaker View Deal We’re days away from Amazon’s Big Spring Sale event and we’re already seeing some impressive discounts, especially for the company’s own Echo line. For instance, the Echo Spot is down to $50 (was $80). That’s the first time it’s gone on sale this...

Sony removes 135,000 'deepfakes' of its artists' music
The company says the proliferation of AI has enabled people to upload fake songs to streaming sites.

Exclusive: AI cybersecurity startup RunSybil, founded by OpenAI’s first security hire, raises $40 million led by Khosla Ventures

From robotics to AI agents, Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote was full of signals that startups can’t afford to ignore

Sequen snags $16M to bring TikTok-style personalization tech to any consumer company

Island unveils Enterprise Platform for unified work
Island launches Enterprise Platform to extend its governed workspace from a secure browser to consumer browsers, desktops and networks.

'Startled' pilot accidentally accelerated plane before runway steering failure
Investigators traced the mechanical fault to a titanium pipe damaged in transit 11 years ago.

Orange launches trusted AI, anti-drone & cloud tools
Orange unveils anti-drone service, trusted AI agents and sovereign cloud collaboration tools to bolster secure, resilient enterprise tech.

Novids, super-dodgers: The people who have never had Covid
Despite the ninth wave of Covid pushing up hospitalisations and deaths, some people say they have never had the virus.

Immigration adviser struck off register after selling two scam jobs to migrant
Heidi Castelucci, also known as Qian Yu, was caught selling a fake job at her husband's company in taped phone conversations.

Windows PowerToys update brings 3 big changes and improvements
The March update for Windows PowerToys is now available. Microsoft has begun rolling out PowerToys 0.98, which includes improvements and new features for the Command Palette as well as a new look for the editing menu in Keyboard Manager. Microsoft The big news in this update is the new Command Palette Dock...

Make stupid rules, win stupid prizes
Stupid Rules is the new book, written by a Kiwi professor, that aims to throw out the rule book

Foxtel & PubMatic debut programmatic live sport ads
Foxtel Media and PubMatic unveil a managed programmatic tool to sell time-targeted ad slots around live NRL and AFL streams on Kayo.