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Egypt’s Renewable Energy Buildout Continues as First Utility-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage Facility Comes Online

India’s Largest Coal-Fired Plant Also Part of Country’s Energy Transition

AI-generated images misrepresented as Hong Kong's preparation for Super Typhoon Ragasa

IDF Oct. 7 probe finds military acted professionally, appropriately to defend Kibbutz Nir Am

Black Caps batting first in opening Chappell-Hadlee T20 against Australia
Follow live coverage of the first Twenty20 between the Black Caps and Australia from Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

Optimism to acceptance: Nigel Latta’s last days in palliative care
The broadcaster and psychologist died, aged 58, after battling stomach cancer.

Commvault launches Clumio for Iceberg on AWS to boost AI data security
Commvault unveils Clumio for Apache Iceberg on AWS, offering air-gapped, Iceberg-aware backups to strengthen AI and analytics data lakehouse security.

Hack The Box unveils Threat Range to boost SOC team resilience
Hack The Box launches Threat Range, a team-focused cyber incident simulation platform to enhance SOC resilience against AI-driven cyber threats and complex attacks.

Liquibase launches Secure platform & unveils AI changelog tool
Liquibase has launched Secure, a new enterprise platform, and unveiled Liquibase 5.0, featuring AI tools and separate community and secure product paths.

RecordPoint launches free tool to tackle shadow AI at work
RecordPoint has launched RexCommand, a free tool to help organisations manage and govern AI use, tackling risks from unauthorised 'shadow AI' at work.

Thames Hospital nurses picket over understaffing, workload
Nurses say they continue to face under resourcing within the wards, ED and among the district nursing team.

ANZ cuts interest rates to match rival BNZ
The country's biggest bank has moved to match BNZ with a one-year home loan rate below 4.5 percent.

Rising data breaches highlight AI privacy & compliance concerns
Perforce's report shows 60% of firms faced data breaches in AI and dev environments, raising privacy and compliance concerns as AI adoption accelerates.

White Ferns' World Cup campaign starts with free hit against old foe
The White Ferns begin their Cricket World Cup campaign on Wednesday against defending champions Australia in Indore.

Germany approves €2.46m in arms exports to Israel after partial halt

Pinterest boss says he thinks about Molly Russell every day
Addressing the case publicly for the first time, Bill Ready says the tragedy "guides" the firm's work.

Trump is still announcing tariffs. Are they hitting our wallets yet?
US tariffs have not made goods more expensive in New Zealand, economists say.

Detour Dog exploits DNS to target 30,000 sites with covert malware
Threat group Detour Dog has exploited DNS to covertly infect over 30,000 websites since 2020, shifting from scam redirects to malware delivery via server-side attacks.

Agentic AI adopters expect quantum to shape marketing soon
A study reveals 31% of marketers using agentic AI expect quantum computing to impact marketing within two years, signalling rapid tech adoption.

Testlio partners with Bugcrowd & InnoWave on global QA hub
Testlio, Bugcrowd and InnoWave launch Testlio Apex Partner Programme, uniting global experts to enhance software quality assurance in fintech and tech sectors.

Black Kite Bridge surpasses 100,000 shared items in first year
Black Kite Bridge has shared over 100,000 cyber risk intelligence items in its first year, boosting supply chain security through rapid, collaborative responses.

Cricket live updates: Black Caps v Australia
Follow all the T20 international Chappell-Hadlee Trophy action from Bay Oval, Tauranga.

Emily Blunt among Hollywood stars outraged over 'AI actor' Tilly Norwood
The AI actress is apparently in talks with Hollywood talent agencies to represent her on the big screen.

Biggest bank cuts interest rates
The country's biggest bank has moved to match BNZ with a one-year home loan rate below 4.5 percent.