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Close-up look at Turner's '£50m' Rome painting on show in the city
Turner’s early 19th century painting - Rome, from Mount Aventine - will be on display in the Italian capital for the first time ahead of an auction in London in December.

Will rosier government books catch the eye of global ratings agencies?
Treasury is now forecasting a $4 billion surplus for the 2028/29 financial year - significantly higher than the $2.5 billion expected in May.

Quorum Cyber to acquire Ontinue in Microsoft security deal
The merger is set to give Microsoft customers broader AI-led threat detection, response and recovery support across North America, the UK and DACH.

eSentire acquires AI security startup for Atlas AIDR
Security teams are gaining real-time audit trails and controls as eSentire folds the stealth startup's AI monitoring module into Atlas.

What the government's $4b surplus means for the election
Analysis - A rosier than expected opening of the government books would’ve lifted the Finance Minister’s spirits after another bad poll that could see Nicola Willis not even return to Parliament.

Abbyy names Paula Sanders Chief Customer Experience Officer
The restructure aims to cut handoffs between sales, support and implementation as software buyers demand clearer ownership after purchase.

Archive360 partners Caju AI on digital message governance
Regulated firms face recordkeeping gaps as WhatsApp and Slack chats join email under one governance and discovery framework.

Check Point & NVIDIA add real-time AI agent safeguards
Firms deploying AI agents may gain extra protection as the new setup can block risky actions before they reach systems, in under 100 milliseconds.

Gisele Pelicot rape case to be told in London play
Thirty actors will take part in the documentary-style performance based on documents from the trial.

Rogue immigration system approved visas by itself
More than 55 job checks and visitor visas were auto-approved before the fault was discovered last year.

'Best thing we can do is show up and vote': Students urge peers to have their say
Alarm over low youth voter enrolment

Smarsh adds AI tools for governed communications data
Regulated firms could search and export archived messages through AI while keeping existing permissions, audit logs and chain-of-custody controls.

DrayTek & Enea partner on deeper traffic visibility
The deal will help DrayTek customers spot AI and other traffic on their networks more quickly, as security shifts deeper into hardware.

Health NZ agrees to 24 new nurses for North Shore Hospital after 'nightmare' winter
The hospital's nurses spoke out earlier about how they were struggling in an emergency department that sometimes had triple the number of patients it was staffed to deal with.

Tauranga locals wanted council boss Marty Grenfell to go, community leaders say
Tauranga City Council's chief executive Marty Grenfell has been under fire since a review found the January landslide at Mount Maunganui that killed six people was preventable.

Newfold Digital picks DigiCert for Bluehost SSL services
The switch will affect about 6 million hosting customers as shorter SSL certificate lifespans force more automation across Newfold's services.

BnB owner’s nightmare after evicted guests’ 1-star review tanks bookings
A Booking.com host was trapped in customer support limbo trying to have a negative review removed after kicking her guests out for smoking weed.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is here. This prompt stops it from wasting your usage
The latest version of Claude Sonnet—Anthropic’s workhorse AI model—has just landed, and with it comes a prompt that could help keep any AI agent from leaping into action before making a plan first. Available now on the web, the Claude desktop app, and other Claude platforms, Claude Sonnet 5.5 is Anthropic’s...