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Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?
More companies are tying career progression to AI use: is that fair?

TeamViewer adds approved AI fixes to remote support
The new feature lets technicians approve AI-led repairs in live support sessions, aiming to speed fixes while keeping an audit trail.

TVNZ ordered to hand over secret employment report after court rejects suppression bid
The Employment Court has ordered TVNZ to disclose the full report into the presenter's recruitment and rejected its bid to suppress staff names.

Pacific beauty queens: A look at this year's winners so far
Three Pacific women are celebrating major beauty pageant wins after being crowned over the weekend.

Tuned Global boosts music ingestion tenfold with AWS
Onboarding large catalogues now takes days rather than weeks, as the platform can ingest up to 20 million tracks a day after its AWS overhaul.

Stuff executive Joanna Norris hired to lead TVNZ newsroom
Joanna Norris has been appointed the new executive editor of news, replacing Phil O'Sullivan who left earlier this year.

OpenAI & UNSW Sydney launch ChatGPT Edu for 80,000
The deal gives 80,000 students and staff access to ChatGPT Edu as universities race to embed artificial intelligence in teaching and research.

Canopy says hardware losses cost Australia AUD $430 million
Australian firms could be losing value and facing security risks as idle decommissioned devices wipe away recovery value and add labour costs.

I’m trying to lose weight. Will exercising make me hungrier and eat more?
While many people report that exercise makes them hungry, the science is more nuanced.

How New Zealand's largest lightsaber group 'forged a village'
As passersby became curious about the glow and swish of lightsabers at night, word spread and membership grew.

Corporate travel is built for the traveller. Finance inherits the mess
Month-end chaos and FBT risk persist when travel data is scattered across booking, card and expense systems, leaving finance to reconstruct trips.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday hits 999 flaws with two exploited
Patch management teams face a record burden as Microsoft's latest monthly release spans 999 flaws, including two under active attack.

Man charged after victim struck in face and vehicle stolen
A 32-year-old man is due in court as police search for a second offender following an overnight robbery in Papatoetoe.

Auckland mayor Wayne Brown rejects he put council in disrepute with 'terrorist' comment aimed at RNZ employee
An independent investigation found the comments Wayne Brown made breached the council's code of conduct, but he does not accept the finding.

Men charged after hours-long stand-off with armed police in Nelson
One of the men is facing charges of threatening to kill, possessing cannabis and failing to comply with a computer search.

How safe are digital driver's licences?
The technology is close to military grade in a bid to foil hackers, an expert says.

Stars in limbo as LIV Golf files for bankruptcy protection
LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with more than $500 million in debt, part of its goal to revive the league without Saudi funding.

Avalara study finds 322% ROI & payback under six months
Businesses using manual tax processes could cut compliance costs sharply, with a Forrester study putting Avalara's payback at under six months.

What overseas brands or stores do you want to see in NZ?
Do you crave an In-N-Out burger, or wonder why Canberra has an Apple Store but New Zealand doesn’t?

Labour policy on breaking up supermarket duopoly to come, Vanushi Walters says
It comes as the Greens announce it would establish a publicly-owned supermarket if elected into power.