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5 ways to stop smart TV snooping by LG and others
It’s time for another round of panic about smart TV privacy, with LG taking its turn in the hot seat. The impetus is a 135-minute video from Gamers Nexus, digging into the data that LG can collect from its users. The most shocking claim is that LG’s TVs can persistently listen...

‘In bed by 8pm’: Rams impose curfew before historic Australia NFL clash
The Los Angeles Rams imposed a strict 8pm curfew to prepare players for Friday’s historic clash in Melbourne against the San Francisco 49ers.

Higher energy prices pushing German inflation to near 3%

ANTHBOT N8: A robotic lawn mower that mows, mulches, collects grass clippings, and clears leaves
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Kiwi payroll firm caught up in 'global' data breach
Information accessed included names, IRD numbers, email and physical addresses, bank account details and payment histories.

Return of key forward gives Black Ferns boost amid injury toll
A long-awaited forward boost on the bench helps offset key backline injury blows for the WXV clash in Lyon.

Call for NZ to help as Pacific neighbour declares national crisis
Fiji’s Cabinet has declared its HIV outbreak a national crisis, with experts back home urging New Zealand to do more to help.

Israel ranks third worldwide in AI commercialization as economy grows 3.2% ahead of Rosh Hashanah

‘We must be stopped’: Why Australia needs to listen to the experts on AI
An AI safety researcher emailed me this week to say human extinction is a real threat. He is no longer an outlier in his own field.

AI subscriptions are the electric bill. Your PC is the solar panel
The AI pendulum has swung back and forth throughout the last few years, from ChatGPT and Copilot in the cloud, then back to local AI and the PC’s newfound NPU, then back to independent agents like Claude. Now it’s headed the way of the PC once again, abandoning privacy arguments...

NGMN backs MRSS as baseline for 5G-to-6G migration
Operators want to avoid costly 6G roll-outs, with NGMN saying any migration path must minimise hardware changes and complexity.

Tech Mahindra unveils telco architecture for AI rollouts
AI pilots in telecoms often stall before production, as fragmented data and legacy systems hinder operators' attempts to automate core operations.

‘We were still stocking the shelves’: Lower Hutt store burgled days after opening
Owner Dennis Desai said they were still in the stages of “stocking the shelves” at the Taita Drive, Avalon, shop when it was allegedly broken into early Thursday.

India free trade deal moves step closer as Select Committee backs bill
The foreign affairs, defence, and trade committee recommended by majority to implement the India Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill, with some amendments.

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