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Google adds AI & partner tools to air-gapped cloud
Defence and intelligence users can now query local text, audio and video with Gemini, without moving sensitive data outside their air-gapped perimeter.

Google launches llm-d 1.0 for distributed AI inference
The open-source stack aims to cut latency and boost accelerator use for AI workloads that now arrive in bursts and compete with interactive requests.

Northern Marianas tourism industry warns US travel suspension could deepen economic crisis
Tourism and business leaders are warning that the United States' suspension of visa-free travel for Chinese tourists could further damage the territory's struggling economy.

Google shoots itself in the foot?
Google appears to have shot itself in the foot with its switch to AI-generated search result summaries; and the cracks in the AI bubble continue to accumulate.

Tech Life
The plan for an orbiting data centre involves linking satellites around Earth.

Students' solution for bird nest fires a 'real game changer' for farmers
A group of Dunedin high school students have come up with an innovative solution for a $1 million problem facing farmers.

What a typical first-home buyer looks like now
A new report shows first-time buyers were responsible for 29.5 percent of all property purchases in the third quarter of the year.

Is there an easy fix to card surcharge problem?
While Australia has moved to ban credit card surcharges, plans have stalled on this side of the Tasman.

New Zealand First commits to introducing bill forcing Ngapuhi to sign Treaty settlement if in government
Deputy leader Shane Jones he would "deal to it in the first hundred days after the election".

Pace of government digitisation a 'real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
A report into Manage My Health's cyber breach says AI is being flagged as an emerging risk that could amplify existing vulnerabilities if governance frameworks are not strengthened now.

Scams overtake phishing as attacks grow shorter-lived
Scam detections nearly doubled to 6.4 million as criminals shifted to faster-moving fraud that can evade takedowns and hit consumers directly.

Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua ditches controversial fitness standard after 7 years
The "Yo-Yo test" has for seven years dictated the side’s selection criteria.

Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not 'morally defensible'
Anote Tong, who is the chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice, says the argument that religious affinity justifies the Pacific Islands Forum's partnership with Israel does not stack up.

Businesses 'getting on with it' despite renewed fuel price shock
ANZ said firms increasingly appeared to be accepting that a more volatile global environment may be the new normal and were pushing on with business plans.

The big climate change re-brand - and whether it matters
Almost every party wants to talk about solar energy this election. Few of them want to talk about the actual problem.

NZ facing fourth-largest increase in fuel costs
Statistics from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air show that the global oil price shock this year has added US$468 billion to the world's fuel bill.

Does a free-trade agreement affect prices you pay?
New Zealand's free-trade agreement with India has been in force for a little over a week - but will consumers notice any change in the prices they pay?

Firefighter training deficiencies report includes disputed claim of 'beasting' recruits
A Fire and Emergency report has revealed major flaws in the way firefighters are trained - including a claim that an old-school military style approach is used to belittle trainees.

Cost of living, youth drain, and marine protection dominate final Nelson debate
Last election, less than 30 votes separated National's Blair Cameron and Labour's Rachel Boyack.