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HPE unveils AI security tools & quantum-ready updates
HPE rolls out new AI-aware security tools from edge firewalls to cloud recovery, aiming to tighten protection as enterprise AI spreads.

KnowBe4 launches AI defence agents for risk training
KnowBe4 expands its AIDA suite with AI defence agents to automate security training, phishing simulations and human risk measurement.

RTS to Super League? Reports link Roger Tuivasa-Sheck to Wakefield Trinity
Reports out of Australia suggest the Warriors winger may be moving to the UK Super League.

Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety
The owner of Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been found liable by a court in New Mexico.

Equinix expands data centre training push in Australia
Equinix is rolling out its Pathways to Tech scheme in Australia as part of a global drive to tackle data centre skills shortages.

CrowdStrike launches Charlotte AI AgentWorks ecosystem
CrowdStrike unveils Charlotte AI AgentWorks ecosystem with Accenture, AWS and OpenAI to let security teams build custom agents without code.

EV owners complain of '50 percent' power price increases
But interest in electric cars overall is booming.

Braving wild dogs and hypothermia - athlete broke an ultra marathon record
Ioana Barbu covered 1287.48km across the Arctic, mountains, desert and jungle in a single year.

Mark Lamarr gets driving ban despite hardship plea
The comedian, 57, is banned from driving after being caught speeding in Twickenham.

OpenAI’s Sora video app is going away
Remember Sora? Developed by the powerhouse behind ChatGPT, Sora’s AI-generated videos became instant social media sensations and spawned nightmares in Hollywood. But while the Sora demo reel blew away viewers back in February 2024 (a lifetime ago in the world of AI), OpenAI’s gen-AI video platform failed to take off after...

$112k used to be comfortable, now it qualifies for support. Tell us how much you need now
$112k used to be comfortable - now it qualifies for support. How much do you need to be earning today to be comfortable in New Zealand?

Yubico, IBM & Auth0 add human checks to AI actions
Yubico, IBM and Auth0 unveil an AI security model that forces human approval for high-risk automated actions using hardware authentication.

Employee confidence rises but pessimists still outweigh optimists index shows
Employment confidence has risen to a two-year high as people's perceptions about job availability improved.

Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers
The government will interview the young people and their parents before and after they try the limits to assess their impact.

BeyondTrust warns of 467% rise in enterprise AI agents
BeyondTrust warns a surge of unsupervised AI agents is creating a hidden “shadow workforce” with admin-level access inside enterprises.

New Zealand is expensive, Reserve Bank economist says - here's what we can do about it
Construction services, household utilities and some food items are among the most expensive in the OECD, the Reserve Bank's chief economist says.

Northland braces for wind gusts, heavy rain for next two days
Business owners around the east coast are hunkering down for what promises to be a wet and wild few days.

Sumo Logic adds AI remediation tips for SOC analysts
Sumo Logic has upgraded its AI SOC Analyst Agent to suggest remediation steps, aiming to speed threat response and cut manual investigation work.

Arm finally moves into silicon
The architect of many modern smartphones and some PCs, Arm Ltd., just put on a hard hat and picked up a hammer and a nail. Arm, whose intellectual property formed the blueprints of smartphones designed by Apple, Qualcomm, and Samsung, said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered the chip market with...