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Terminator-like uprising thwarted?
Has Donald Trump just saved the USA from a "Rise of the Machines" type apocalypse?

Bridgit launches AI agents for construction planning
Construction planners can now automate team building and scheduling as Bridgit adds agents and live data links amid labour shortages.

Oracle expands Google Gemini use across business apps
Oracle customers will gain more AI model choice in everyday workflows as Google's Gemini is added to Fusion Applications and NetSuite.

Intune satisfaction rises as IT teams battle manual work
Despite high satisfaction, most IT teams still spend six to 15 hours a week on manual Intune tasks, survey findings show.

Xbox tech boss says 'unacceptable' outage should not have affected disc games
The outage meant Xbox users had trouble signing into their accounts, seeing their game library and launching games

YouTube is eating TV, and Peacock is the next course
YouTube Premium will look a lot different for subscribers next year, when it absorbs all of Peacock’s programming. YouTube announced this week that all Premium subscribers will get Peacock Premium’s ad-supported movies, shows, and sports coverage starting in early 2027. This content will stream directly through the YouTube app and will...

Opposition to FIFA's World Cup private equity plan grows as Asia warns of risks and Europeans meet
The FIFA project would be underwritten by a New York investment vehicle, Thrive Eternal, created by Joshua Kushner, the brother of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

Fast-food execs keep pushing for more AI systems, but fail to see the big picture: Customers still want humans

Amazon, Walmart AI detect 'made in USA' fraud but do not flag it, study says

Should You Buy Rocket Lab Over SpaceX? Here's My Take.

Stephen Fleming replaces Brendon McCullum as England Test coach
McCullum played under Fleming in the Black Caps.

I found the perfect free web app. Then I checked what it was doing
You have a task that absolutely must be accomplished. You don’t know how to do it. You search. A result pops up: this free, web-based app can solve your problem! Should you use it? Sure. But be careful. Here’s what to look out for. Welcome to PCWorld’s Smart Mode newsletter! The...

Police crack down on drug dealing in Wairoa
So far, four men and two women have been charged with drug dealing, firearms and dishonesty offences.

Check Point launches AI Network Firewall in R82.20
It aims to close a security gap as firms grapple with prompt injection and shadow AI across existing firewall estates.

Windows has a hidden Wi-Fi diagnostic tool. Here’s how to use it
If your devices are unable to connect to Wi-Fi or data transfer suddenly slows to a crawl, the cause can often be difficult to pinpoint. The problem may be caused by out-of-date or corrupted drivers, an overloaded or incorrectly configured router, interference from neighboring wireless networks, or the device being...

Windows 11 brings fingerprint sign-in to desktop PCs
You can now start signing in using your fingerprint on your Windows 11 computer, even if it doesn’t have a built-in fingerprint reader. Microsoft has now started rolling out update KB5101684 to Windows 11 25H2 and 24H2, and one of the new features in the update is that Windows Hello...

Amazon to invest more than €300 million expanding site in SW Germany

Next-gen Ryzen could be a monster: 5 clues from AMD’s Zen 6 reveal
If history is any indication, AMD’s next-generation “Olympic Ridge” Ryzen CPUs could be absolutely baller — maybe even one of the more compelling PC upgrades this decade. I feel comfortable saying that after AMD unveiled a new generation of Epyc processors during its “Advancing AI” event in late July. AMD didn’t...

Zendaya and Tom Holland's decade-long Spider-Man romance in pictures
A look back at 10 years of Spider-Man movie premieres for the newlyweds.

Keep it Kiwi: Stephen Fleming confirmed to replace Brendon McCullum as England’s Test coach
Fleming’s first match in charge will be against South Africa in December, with Marcus Trescothick stepping up as interim head coach for the Pakistan series.