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South African view: ‘Punch-drunk’ Boks need to rediscover right blend after humbling by All Blacks
OPINION: After a chastening 33-16 defeat to the All Blacks at Ellis Park, which snapped the Springboks’ 12-match winning streak, Rassie Erasmus will have a high-level plan in place.

Google launches Gemini Enterprise for financial services
Banks can now use Google's new AI tools for regulated research and risk work, with audit trails and controlled data access in preview.

I voted National. I didn’t vote for David Seymour to have this much power
Something is happening in New Zealand politics that should concern all of us, regardless of which party we vote for.

‘Time bomb in your chest’: Cancer screening plan that could save 25 lives a week sits on Health Minister’s desk
Sue Sharp had no symptoms when a CT scan detected her lung cancer. She wants other Kiwis at risk to have the same opportunity.

They called him the ‘Mitre 10 of Bamyan’, a crucial part of the Kiwi effort. So why did we leave him behind?
Hashim Mosawi was described as critical to New Zealand’s mission in Afghanistan, supplying materials to build and protect bases. He fears the Taliban, but was rejected for resettlement.

Amazon EC2 marks 20 years of cloud computing growth
The service now spans more than 1,200 instance types in 39 regions, underpinning much of AWS's compute stack and AI workloads.

Amazon just hiked prices up to 60% on Echo, Fire TV, Kindle, and eero devices
Without so much as a peep, Amazon has hiked the prices of its various devices, including the Amazon Echo, Fire TV, eero, and Kindle lines. Fortune caught the hikes, which came silently and overnight. Amazon confirmed the increases in a statement given to Fortune, saying that the consumer electronics industry is...

EA, Ubisoft & Embark back NVIDIA's RTX Spark games
Support for NVIDIA's new RTX Spark platform is widening, with EA, Ubisoft and Embark adding mainstream titles ahead of its launch later this year.

Cisco expands Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA support
Rising demand for validated AI infrastructure is driving Cisco and NVIDIA to add rack-scale support for larger enterprise deployments.

Certinia study finds integration key to AI success
Organisations with fully integrated systems were far more likely to see AI deliver profits, expansion and better forecasts, a global study found.

Why Chris Wood has a battle on his hands as he chases 100 Premier League goals
ANALYSIS: Nottingham Forest are bringing in an expensive striker. That could spell bad news for the All Whites captain.

The three words she uses to describe her ‘treehouse’ home: ‘Different, quirky, peaceful’
Gina Robertson loves things that are just a little bit different and out of the ordinary.

Disqualified drink-driver, 30, died after barrel-rolling ute in 120kph crash
A disqualified driver who had been drinking and had taken anti-anxiety medication died after barrel-rolling his ute at speeds up to 120kph on a Christchurch road.

Google Cloud unveils Gemini Enterprise for legal teams
Law firms and in-house legal teams gain a preview tool for contract review, research and redaction, with client data kept private.

Google Cloud & Anyscale launch Ray sandboxing tool
The experimental setup lets AI teams run untrusted model code in isolated Ray clusters on Google Kubernetes Engine without exposing host containers.

Rupert Grint to return to Harry Potter in Broadway play
Grint, now 38, will play his character as an adult in the Harry Potter spin-off play in New York.

Maura Higgins to fill Cilla Black's shoes as host of Blind Date reboot
The Love Island and Traitors US TV personality will host a reboot of the popular dating show.

Kimi.ai picks TiDB for AI app data at massive scale
The move could cut costs and delays for millions of AI-built apps by giving each one an isolated database in about a second.