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Babylon Labs raises $15 million from a16z crypto to develop Bitcoin collateral infrastructure

WhatsApp rolls out new group chat features, including member tags

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment

The Ashes fifth Test day four recap: The cold facts behind Boland’s 282-ball bid for revenge
Joe Root successfully put a target on Scott Boland four years ago. At the SCG, Boland finally had his revenge.

Hawke's Bay Maori housing project wants to see the model rolled out nationwide
Puke Aute papakainga south of Hastings has 10 new houses built on Maori ancestral land as well as vege gardens, lambs, chickens and pigs.

Watch: We opened up Lenovo’s uber-repairable ThinkPad at CES 2026
CES 2026 is in full swing and there’s a surprising amount of cool stuff on the show floor, and it’s all pretty exciting even with high memory prices and uncertain availability throwing cold water on the party. Laptops in particular are turning heads, but there’s one trend that caught the...

Cloud security firms, Brivo & Eagle Eye, form AI security giant
Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks will merge under the Brivo name to create what they claim is the world’s largest AI cloud security platform.

Elvis Presley-themed train departs for Australian tribute festival

Warming of the North and Baltic seas continues, German figures show

Germany to recognize Niue, a Pacific island linked to New Zealand

Court extends detention of bus driver who rammed into ultra-Orthodox protesters

China Automakers Push Deeper Discounts Into 2026 Despite Regulatory Warnings

VOSS adds AI, security & DEM to workplace platform
VOSS launches v25.3 of its workplace platform, boosting AI assistant Wingman, Microsoft 365 security, Teams insights and DEM capabilities.

Chrome fixes a problematic security flaw in first update of 2026
Google has fixed a vulnerability in the new Chrome versions 143.0.7499.192/193 for Windows and macOS and 143.0.7499.192 for Linux. According to Google, this vulnerability has not yet been exploited for attacks in the wild. In the Chrome Releases blog post, Harry Souders provides scant details on the fixed vulnerability, which was...

Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner
Index Engines to demo AI-driven CyberSense at Gartner Las Vegas, pitching continuous data integrity checks to speed ransomware recovery.

Peake performance: 19-year-old prodigy smashes last-ball six to win BBL thriller
With the future of Australia’s ageing batting line-up a hot topic of discussion, the Geelong product nervelessly came to the Renegades’ rescue.

How much are tickets to the Australian Open, and what do I get for my money?
A ticket to the Australian Open, depending on how much you’re willing to pay, can get you a concert, a dining experience, or even an evening with Roger Federer. Then there’s the actual tennis.

Stench plaguing suburb likely to return this weekend
An awful stench that has long plagued residents in a Lower Hutt suburb is likely to return this weekend.

FinWhale keeps tabs on pool chlorine—and corrects it as needed
San Francisco Bay Area-based SunnyWhale brought an early version of its inaugural product to CES 2026, a new pool water quality measurement and chemical dispensing system called FinWhale. The device is named after the fin whale, the largest filter-feeding animal in the ocean, which inspired the system. FinWhale is a self-contained,...

$5.9 million fence to protect Wellington forest from pests
The forest is home to centuries-old trees, along with kiwi but is under threat from deer, pigs and goats eating its undergrowth.

Police recover IDF reservist’s car packed with military equipment

'Yeah boy': Meet Pleakley, Otorohanga Kiwi House's talking tui
While it's not unheard of for tui to mimic car alarms and the like, birds that talk are relatively rare.

I don't like my kid's friends - what should I do?
Parents should take note of any gut feelings they have when it comes to who their child hangs out with. However, a heavy-handed approach can backfire.

Mid-30s heat coming as today brings showers and possible thunderstorms
Napier is forecast to hit 35C on Sunday, while Hastings could crank it even higher to a scorching 36C.