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Early Bowie music available to stream for first time
Previously unheard material from the start of the artist's career has been released for the first time.

Infantino's opponents at FIFA call for $17.5M payments to federations from post-World Cup reserves
UEFA and CONCACAF want to remove Infantino — either before or at the FIFA presidential election next March — after leading a global backlash in July against his World Cup sell-off plan to investors led by Joshua Kushner.

Harry Potter and the goblet of no booze
The proposal to allow alcohol and music at the event sparks concerns among people living nearby.

Mission unaccomplished: How the Warriors went from historic win to biggest loss in turbulent NRLW season
The Warriors believed they were capable of making the NRLW top six, but a run of heavy defeats left them one spot outside the finals.

He was promised nothing when he first came to the Warriors. Now he’s an NRL star
A call from former Warrior Michael Witt - he of “put the ball down son!” fame - helped convince Andrew Webster to give the young Kiwi a go in his first pre-season in charge.

The selection conundrums for All Blacks coach ahead of World Cup
Unearthing a five-star halfback to deputise for Cam Roigard is one of the key tasks for Dave Rennie ahead of the World Cup.

‘Mystical shaman’ hosts ‘dangerous’ retreats where people say they hallucinated
Safety concerns have been raised about retreats hosted by Christof Melchizedek - who was previously the subject of a Stuff investigation related to his investment fund.

Nvidia backs AI power efficiency push with new deals
Electricity is becoming the main bottleneck for AI data centres as new Nvidia partnerships aim to raise output per megawatt.

CMOs & CIOs split over AI decision-making at firms
Shared AI projects are stalling as marketers and technologists dispute control, with most CIOs claiming the final say on CMS and DXP choices.

What 14m people, Kim Kardashian and three Kiwi friends have in common
A group of Kiwis you probably haven’t heard of are quietly dominating the entertainment industry worldwide.

Google Cloud launches M4N instances for Oracle workloads
Enterprise Oracle users could cut licensing and infrastructure costs as Google Cloud adds high-memory M4N instances tuned for heavy I/O workloads.

Harry Styles funds free coffee at two London cafes
The singer funded free coffees for customers at Kaffeine's two central London cafes on Saturday.

Google Cloud unveils AI framework for telecoms networks
Operators could use the new framework to spot faults faster, test changes safely and automate telecoms network decisions as complexity rises.

'It's been a struggle': Black Ferns coach opens up on alarming dearth of No 10s
Ruahei Demant’s rare absence has forced Whitney Hansen to confront one of their glaring issues that was damaging in last year’s World Cup failure.

Her Tourette’s can leave her unable to walk, but there’s no funded support
Tourette Syndrome sufferers have launched a petition for it to be recognised as a government-funded disability

Convicted killer inflicts ‘audio torture’ on visitors at remote bay
Mark Pakenham has been annoying visitors with his music taste at Lane Cove, Whangaroa Harbour.

OpenSSL names keynote speakers & sponsors for Prague
Growing scrutiny of cryptographic supply chains is pushing maintainers, researchers and regulators into the same room in Prague this year.

Nvidia touts AI data centre software to boost output
Utilities and cloud operators could squeeze more AI work from fixed power budgets as Nvidia's DSX software lifts throughput and cuts demand.

Google Cloud issues six-step guide for outage response
Customers can use the six-step workflow to tell whether an outage stems from Google, their own systems or a third-party service.