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Acer’s gorgeous 4K webcam is a stunning 40% off on Amazon now
If you spend countless hours in Zoom meetings, Discord video chats, or even streaming your face online to an audience of viewers, you should start using a 4K webcam. It doesn’t have to be a wallet-busting expense, though! This Acer 4K webcam is only $60 right now on Amazon with...

Weather live updates: Tropical storm batters North Island, communities cut off by slips and flooding
Widespread flooding has cut off towns and submerged homes.

Asus ROG Ally update lets AI haters ditch ‘Gaming Copilot’
Microsoft’s Copilot “AI” system isn’t exactly a smash hit among its users. While the company has rebranded at least some of the features as enhancements for gaming, PC gamers don’t seem to be taking to it any better. The latest software update for Asus’ ROG Ally series of handhelds— notably...

'Untapped resource of car nuts': Sustainable future tipped for Supercars in South
Last year’s Bathurst 1000 winner tips Ruapuna to be a fan-friendly round that will also provide more opportunities for the next generation of Kiwi racers.

Auckland woman frustrated after man smashes her car and police don’t arrive
Hope Tamihna was parked at a petrol station when a man allegedly came over demanding money, before destroying the windshield.

Maybe Luxon can just say the dog ate our economy?
In this economy of quietly returning things to the shelves, going late to the polls is the Prime Minister’s only hope.

Who is Labour’s (soon to be) new list MP Georgie Dansey?
Labour’s Adrian Rurawhe has quit and will leave after Waitangi Day. It means Hamilton-based Georgie Dansey will become a new MP. So who is she?

Windows 11’s first update of the year is breaking all kinds of stuff
Microsoft has really stepped in it with the first Windows 11 update of 2026. Reports from annoyed Windows users are cropping up regarding various errors caused by the KB5074109 update. According to said reports, Windows 11 PCs that installed the KB5074109 update on Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday for January 2026 are experiencing...

Nobody wants this: Netflix and Disney+ eyeing vertical videos
Everywhere I look I see people, their heads bent over their phones, scrolling through one vertical video after another. They’re in coffee shops, on the subway, in my house, even right next to me in bed. Scroll, scroll, scroll. Now vertical videos are jumping out of the TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook apps and heading for the living room....

What’s a browser-in-browser attack? The key traits to know
Recently, a new way of stealing Facebook login info came to light—hackers using fake windows within your browser to imitate legitimate pop-up windows for sign-in. Called browser-in-browser (BitB) attacks, this form of phishing puts a novel spin on a long-standing hack. First documented by security expert mr.d0x in 2022, this style...

You definitely haven’t done these things in New Zealand yet
Here’s a region-by-region look at what’s new — and what’s worth planning a trip around.

‘Tough titties’: The rent shock that could shut an artist’s heritage gallery
An artist and gallery owner may close after being told her rent would quadruple.

Patient had to fast for nine days while waiting for surgery
Van Muollo was admitted to hospital “with stabbing pain” in his stomach but had to wait 10 days for surgery.

Dear Chris Bishop, this is not the kind of future we should fast-track
We may not always agree on methods, but I am confident we share the same underlying objective: making decisions today that genuinely serve New Zealand’s long-term interests.

Tera pea, ka taea e Luxon te ki noa iho, i kainga te ohanga e te kuri?
I tenei ohanga o te whakahoki muna i nga taonga ki nga whata, ko te potitanga tureiti anake te tumanako o te Pirimia.

Prue Leith leaves The Great British Bake Off
She has been a judge on Channel 4's baking competition alongside Paul Hollywood since 2017.