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Samsung’s 40-inch 4K 180Hz ultrawide monitor is $500 off right now
40-inch Samsung Odyssey G7 (G75F) Monitor View Deal The 40-inch Samsung Odyssey G7 (G75F) is currently down to just $700 at Amazon, a whopping $500 discount off its original $1,200 MSRP. The deal is live now—and if you jump on it, not only will you score 42% off, you’ll also get a...

John Beckenridge killed himself and stepson in 2015, coroner rules
John Beckenridge was angry, self-righteous and vengeful when he drove his car off a cliff in the Catlins with his 11-year-old stepson, a coroner has found.

3 games, 9 days: How the high-flying Phoenix women can win the club’s first A-League trophy
Three games in the space of nine days will decide the Phoenix’s fate.

All Whites striker wants to repay coach's faith amid fairytale FA Cup run
The 24-year-old striker is at the centre of an epic FA Cup run, having scored the winners in three of third-tier club Port Vale's five ties to date

How a WhatsApp joke helped a Scotsman become All Blacks assistant coach
A WhatsApp joke helped the most capped Scotland halfback become All Blacks assistant coach.

Inside Australia’s most romantic hinterland escape
Travel journalist Brook Sabin checks into one of Australia’s most romantic escapes, Verandah House Country Estate, tucked away in the Gold Coast hinterland on Tamborine Mountain.

‘Ghosted, rejected, depressing’: 13 months unemployed, 60 job applications, not one interview
Graduate Benjamin Mason has a bleak view of younger Kiwis’ prospects: “There’s nothing for us.”

‘Desperate and irrational’: Father likely drove himself and stepson off Southland cliff
The theory that John Beckenridge staged a fatal cliff top plunge was ‘implausible’, a coroner has concluded.

TMR keyboards work nothing like the one you’re typing on
TMR switches, short for Tunnel Magnetoresistance, are regarded as one of the most exciting developments in mechanical keyboards. They do not operate via conventional contact points, nor do they use traditional Hall-effect sensors. Instead, they measure changes in magnetic resistance, doing so with significantly greater precision. This results in a more...

Logitech’s low-profile G515 gaming keyboard is 56% off today
NOW $90 OFF Logitech G515 Wireless Gaming Keyboard View Deal Logitech gaming keyboards aren’t known for being particularly affordable. As a matter of fact, the latest version of its G515 wireless, low-profile design goes for a whopping $160 at retail. But if you’re okay with a version that’s got a bit of game...

Tanium adds AI tools across security & endpoint management
Tanium rolls out AI-driven tools to tighten endpoint governance, speed incident response and unify security, exposure and device management.

Claude controlled my Mac for half an hour. It was a wild, worrisome ride
So there I was, sitting in front of my Mac mini with the Claude app on my screen, waiting to do my bidding. With a fair amount of trepidation, I’d granted Claude permission to take control of my Mac using its just-launched ‘computer use’ feature, but I was having a...

Super Rugby power rankings: Rinse and repeat for sagging Highlanders
Where does your team rate six rounds into the season?

Council barking mad to log trees in off-leash dog park, owners say
Dog-walkers in Cromwell are upset at plans to log a pine plantation where they are allowed to walk dogs.

Heading to Wellington Hospital’s ED? There’s about a 50% chance you’ll be waiting over six hours
New health targets also confirm Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley continues to have some of the worst-performing emergency departments in the country.

The columnist who died on the way to hospital as his final words were published
Max Christoffersen, a Waikato Times and Stuff columnist, died in an ambulance on the side of the Kopu-Hikuai Road.

Struck-off ex-lawyer bankrupted after couple’s $500,000 went missing
Judge said it was in the public interest that Aaron Nicholls was made bankrupt.