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Adobe widens AI agents across creative & marketing tools
Adobe is trying to keep its software central as generative AI spreads, by letting customers use its tools alongside outside models and agents.

Rubrik expands AWS cyber recovery tools for cloud apps
The update is aimed at cutting recovery times after cloud attacks by helping security teams spot deletions, assess blast radius and restore AWS apps.

Datadog flags fourfold rise in cloud vulnerabilities
The report says cloud teams are exposing more systems to attack, with high or critical vulnerabilities rising from four to about 16 in nine months.

Linux Foundation launches Agent Name Service for AI
The open standard aims to let organisations verify AI agents before they are trusted to act across networks, systems and services.

Rubrik extends Google Cloud backup to BigQuery & Storage
The move gives organisations a separate recovery path for analytics and AI data, after attacks on cloud backups and identity systems have risen.

Kudosity & Sublime X bring SMS into HubSpot workflows
Businesses using HubSpot can now trigger and log personalised SMS within existing workflows, reducing manual handling across sales, marketing and service teams.

Lucidome Bio raises USD $9 million for methane vaccine
Funding will support cattle trials over the next 18 months as the Auckland-based firm pushes a pasture-friendly way to cut livestock methane.

Ten years on from Kaikoura quake, rail bosses reflect on historic recovery effort
Close to a million cubic metres of rock severed the vital coastal freight corridor, sparking a round-the-clock engineering feat that defied the odds.

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Business Hub for companies
Eligible businesses can now claim profiles and track engagement in ChatGPT, as OpenAI pushes the assistant deeper into commercial discovery.

Zendesk launches outcome AI platform with new pricing
Customers will pay for resolved issues instead of software seats as Zendesk ties AI billing to verified service outcomes and business work.

Country on show for sunny day one of Canterbury A&P
About 70,000 people were expected at the Christchurch showgrounds over the next three days, with 400 trade sites.

Dell expands headset range with AI noise-cancelling mics
The new range targets hybrid and office workers needing clearer calls, with AI mics, centralised IT controls and up to 115 hours' battery life.

Weather: Severe thunderstorm warning for parts of North Island, torrential rain and hail possible
If the stormy weather hits, parts of South Waikato, Taupo and Rotorua could be at risk of flash flooding, MetService warns.

Illumio joins WWT's AI resilience framework for containment
The move places Illumio in a vendor-neutral model that helps organisations judge how to contain breaches in increasingly connected AI systems.

Rubrik adds cyber recovery tools for GitHub & Azure
Security teams can now spot suspicious repository activity and restore only malicious changes in GitHub and Azure DevOps after identity-based attacks.

Police shooting at a man at petrol station was unjustified, lawyer tells court
Tony Ramsay sped away from the forecourt with parts of the fuel pump still connected to the Subaru, sparking a city-wide manhunt.

'Software ages quickly': Websites need to be actively protected from hackers - TUANZ
Simple things like security updates are critical, says the Technology Users Association, after a recent audit of common web infrastructure revealed a major risk.