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Nvidia and Microsoft want to kill PC gaming’s shader-stutter nightmare
PC gaming’s shader-stutter nightmare might finally be heading to the grave. Nvidia’s new GeForce 621.01 driver adds support for Microsoft’s Advanced Shader Delivery technology, starting with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day. That might just sound like a bullet point buried in another Game Ready driver...

'We've been really generous': Opportunity's Qiulae Wong on bottom lines
The Opportunity leader says she would walk away from government rather than support a policy through to first reading that her party doesn’t believe in.

Business confidence subdued as firms grapple with uncertainty
Fewer than half of New Zealand business leaders are feeling positive about their business performance, with expectations for improvement falling to a record low.

Testlio launches AI copilot for software testing teams
The new tool aims to cut manual coordination in quality assurance, while keeping human approval in place for every AI-generated change.

Glastonbury coach tickets oversold in admin error
Bookings will automatically be converted into a general admission ticket and coach fare refunded.

Allen reveals mental health clinic stay before return
Mark Allen says he is working to "turn things around" and reveals he spent time in a mental health clinic before returning to snooker.

Kildunne drops to bench as England ring changes
Star full-back Ellie Kildunne is dropped to the bench as England shake up selection in response to a first defeat in four years.

Third time this century - how Australia's stark collapse unfolded
Australia are forced to follow-on for only the third time in the past 38 years after being dismissed for 99 by South Africa on day four of the second Test in Gqeberha.

F1 races to return to standard distance in 2028
Formula 1 grands prix will return to their standard distance in 2028 after the maximum length was shortened for next season.

Don’t use Gemini Nano in Chrome? Delete this file, reclaim up to 4GB
You may have come across the “weights.bin” file while scanning your system with a disk space analyzer like WizTree. That file can be up to 4GB in size, located at this path: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\OptGuideOnDeviceModel\[version number] That [version number] might look like 2025.8.8.1141, and it refers to the version number of Google’s Gemini...

Christopher Luxon fronts up to Bay of Plenty residents
The National leader, alongside senior candidates and East Coast candidate Dana Kirkpatrick, toured the region's rural heartland, stopping into Pongakawa, Edgecombe and Whakatane.

All you need to know ahead of the Black Caps’ blockbuster summer of cricket
The Black Caps have actually got a home summer of cricket this year - and it’s a good one.

Workers bypass IT support as survey exposes hidden gaps
Many employees are solving workplace IT problems themselves, leaving support dashboards blind to issues that still delay deadlines and eat into personal time.

AMD just gave your old Radeon GPU a new lease on life
AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling technology was a revelation when it debuted last year, delivering the sort of crisp, clean visuals that finally let Radeon go toe-to-toe with Nvidia’s vaunted DLSS. The problem? It only worked on shiny new Radeon RX 9000-series graphics cards, and those are expensive in this RAM-crunched...

Why has Lord's dug up its pitch and what comes next?
After years of comment, Lord's has dug up one of its pitches for the first time in more than 25 years. Why the drastic action and what next?