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World Backup Day shifts focus from speed to recovery
World Backup Day now spotlights recoverability and data integrity as AI, cloud volatility and flash costs reshape corporate storage priorities.

Game devs say Nvidia’s DLSS 5 reveal blindsided them
Nvidia DLSS 5 is coming later this year, adding generative “AI” features to the performance-enhancing tech. Gamers are calling the tool an “Instagram yaas filter” and “AI slop,” among other, less kind terms. The way that it adds detail to faces and seems to hijack — or replace? — the...

Atlassian scales AI search with OpenSearch on Kubernetes
Atlassian rebuilt its search on OpenSearch and Kubernetes to power AI-ready, compliant, multi-tenant search for millions of global users.

Hurricanes hunt 10th straight victory against Highlanders
The mid-table Highlanders host Super Rugby Pacific leaders the Hurricanes at Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday night.

A flooded flat, a lost case, and the legal email telling this landlord to keep out of the news
Two Auckland landlords say they felt intimidated after a property giant advised them not to talk about a tribunal hearing they were involved in.

Head of troubled firm used investor funds to buy now-suspended shares in his brother's company
Bernard Whimp raised millions of dollars in investments before using some of the money to buy now-suspended shares in his brother Simon Henry’s company.

Smarsh unveils AI agents to speed probes & cut costs
Smarsh launches AI agents to slash legal discovery and compliance surveillance time and costs for regulated firms handling vast data.

Windows 11’s free video editor Clipchamp now requires OneDrive
Microsoft is changing how Clipchamp—the built-in free video editor for Windows 11—works. The program now requires video projects to be saved to Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage service in order to continue editing them, reports Windows Latest. Previously, users could save their project files locally on their computer. If you choose to...

Replace your Windows SSD the easy way, and save hours of setup time
If you are replacing the system drive in a computer — for example, by swapping the manufacturer’s original SSD for a larger one — you should definitely create a Windows image beforehand. This will save you from having to reinstall all your programs and manually restore your previous settings after...

Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content
Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.

Wordly to power AI translation across ANOC 2026 events
Wordly will provide real-time AI translation and captions across all ANOC events in 2026, after signing a year-long Bronze sponsorship deal.

Historic night looms for Phoenix as finals berth beckons
Teen star returns as Wellington Phoenix hunt maiden A-League Women finals ticket.

Chiefs out to spoil Super Rugby record-breaker’s milestone night
Brumbies prop James Slipper will make Super Rugby history in his 203rd match, surpassing Wyatt Crockett as the competition’s most capped player.

A tasty-looking cheese deal that proved too good to be true
From “excitement” to “frustration”, shopper says she will be more vigilant around supermarket deals.

‘Bad situation’: Missing festival ‘performers’ could be hiding in temples, consulate says
Two weeks after their visas expired, a group of Holi festival ‘performers’ remain unlawfully in New Zealand.

'Blessed' Wonder Stuff announce anniversary tour
Band members say they will be performing the hits for fans later this year.

This Chrome extension alerts you when other extensions get hijacked
Yesterday, I reported on a Chrome extension, which I’d personally been using for years, that (presumably) got sold off and started hijacking my web traffic. I lamented that Google seems particularly susceptible to this trick, where a popular extension switches ownership and is stealth-updated to bypass protections on the Chrome...

Anker’s 8-port USB-C hub for laptops: Now 28% off on Amazon
NOW 28% OFF Anker 8-in-1 USB-C Hub View Deal We love how thin and light laptops are these days, but they have a huge downside: in order to get so thin and light, we’ve had to sacrifice the versatility that came with tons of ports. Thankfully, this issue is super easy to fix...