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The biggest smart home fails of 2025, ranked
Sometimes the smart home doesn’t seem so smart, like when a cloud outage renders your devices useless or your smart bed starts roasting you in your sleep. We see these kinds of smart-home snafus every year, but 2025 was a tad different thanks to the arrival of generative AI assistants like Alexa+ and Google Gemini, which arrived with...

British-Egyptian dissident apologises for tweets as Tories push for UK deportation

Neurair & Hanugra to build 400MW of AI data centres
Neurair and Hanugra partner to deliver 400MW of AI-optimised, liquid-cooled data centres across Asia-Pacific, with global rollout in view.

James Bond game 007 First Light delayed to May 2026
Dexter Original Sin actor Patrick Gibson will star as the British spy when the game releases on 27 May.

New ransomware methods emerge: ClickFix & group alliances
Ransomware attacks dipped in November, but ClickFix techniques and alliances between groups like Qilin and CL0P drove fresh risks.

Charity marks 25 years working with women in Africa

British soldiers learn from Finns how to survive Arctic conditions

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The carers being a helping hand to those in need
Lizzie Scott says she kept seeing older and disabled people attending hospital appointments alone. So she came up with a solution.

Watch: ‘Amazing’ firefighters rescue dog from high-end Auckland apartment
A border terrier named Maisie sparked a rescue response in central Auckland on Monday after she got herself locked inside an apartment block.

Rainbow Six servers back online after apparent hack
Publisher Ubisoft works to claw back billions of in-game currency handed out to players.

Iraqi Sunnis divided over upcoming vote for parliament speaker

Big rush to buy fireworks in Germany as sales start ahead of NYE

Germans rush to buy fireworks as sales start ahead of New Year's Eve

Political chaos in Yemen triggers Saudi Arabia security worries

Coach labels performance as ‘comical’ after Phoenix concede five against Victory
An injury to captain Alex Rufer added to Wellington Phoenix’s misery as they slumped to an ugly 5-1 defeat to Melbourne Victory on Monday night.

ShapeShift makes Zcash default rail in V4 privacy push
ShapeShift makes Zcash its default payment rail in V4 upgrade, boosting DeFi privacy with NEAR Intents and new hardware wallet support.

SLK named Major Contender for AI app transformation
SLK named Major Contender in Everest Group 2025 AI app transformation ranking as enterprises rush to modernise legacy tech for AI at scale.

Controversial MCG pitch given ‘unsatisfactory’ grade by ICC
The MCG’s seam-friendly Boxing Day Test pitch has been assessed as “unsatisfactory” by the International Cricket Council, breaking the venue’s streak of top ratings.

18-year-old goalkeeper retained as Phoenix seek response against Roar
The Phoenix will be looking to redeem themselves after a poor showing when they face the high-flying Brisbane Roar.

Watch: Aces cricketer hits ball onto busy Wellington street
An out the gate shot from Auckland Aces batter Dale Phillips had to be collected from a busy Wellington street during his team’s Super Smash Twenty20 game at the Basin Reserve.