- + Credit card fees: ComCom says move will save shoppers $260m a year, Visa and Mastercard push back—Visa and Mastercard push back.
- + Orion Health sells to Canada’s Healwell AI in $200m deal - but founder Ian McCrae reveals a twist—What the deal means for 520 staff.
- + Orion Health sells to Canada’s Healwell in $200m deal - but founder Ian McCrae reveals a twist—What the deal means for 520 staff.
- + Microsoft global exec on Judith Collins’ AI strategy, security turnaround—Tech giant recalibrated after two serious breaches.
- + Auckland City Hospital’s ‘ghastly’ new IT system frustrates staff, leads to delays —'Teething issues' to be expected with any large-scale IT overhaul, hospital says.
- + The event that triggered NZ’s busiest day on the internet—Plus: Our most data-hungry districts.
- + The three things behind NZ’s busiest ever day on the internet—Plus: Our most data-hungry districts.
- + The Silicon Valley billionaires steering Donald Trump’s transition—New York Times: Potentially one of the most conflict-ridden transitions in modern history.
- + ComCom cap Chorus revenue at $4.1 billion, claims move will help consumers save $250m—Cap will be a constraint on pricing, watchdog says.
- + Apple Intelligence launches in New Zealand today – why experts say it has a privacy advantage over rivals—A smarter Siri and new AI tools are sprinkled through photos, email and more.
- + Apple Intelligence launches in NZ today - why experts say it has a privacy advantage over rivals—A smarter Siri and new AI tools sprinkled through photos, email and more.
- + Sharks hunting prey photo wins top award—The Royal Society Publishing Photographic Awards celebrates the beauty of science
- + Spark sells remaining stake in celltower firm Connexa for $314m—The telco is on a quest to raise $1 billion.
- + Microsoft opens giant data centre in NZ: Where it is and what it cost—PLUS: The tech giant raises its pricing.
- + Another analyst upgrades Spark – but also sees 2degrees making more gains—The good news and the bad news.
- + National Cyber Security Centre reports jump in incidents but fall in financial losses to scams—Other surveys suggest under-reporting, while there are job losses at Cert NZ.
- + Study suggests moth species uses plants’ ultrasonic distress sounds to choose egg-laying spots—NY Times: Insects rely on plant sounds to guide important reproductive choices.
- + Auckland: ‘World-first’ hydrofoiling electric boat joins Fullers ferry fleet—100-passenger commuter version in the works.
- + Auckland: ‘World-first’ hydrofoiling electric boat joins Fullers fleet—100-passenger commuter version in the works.
- + SolarZero collapse: Can the industry survive?—PLUS: Simeon Brown floats rooftop solar reforms. Willis has more questions.
- + SolarZero collapse: What next for the industry?—PLUS: Simeon Brown floats rooftop solar reforms. Willis has more questions.
- + SolarZero collapse: Willis’ three questions for NZGIF, the ‘green bank’ takes a dig at BlackRock —A fact-finding session has only thrown up more questions from ministers.
- + SolarZero collapse: Willis’s three questions for NZGIF, the ‘green bank’ takes a dig at BlackRock —A fact-finding session has only thrown up more questions from ministers.
- + SolarZero collapse: Willis demands more answers from NZGIF, Crown agency says BlackRock caught it on the hop—A fact-finding session has only thrown up more questions from ministers.
- + EV, total new car sales stalled badly in November—Annus horribilis continues.
- + Wellington AI software firm Montoux in liquidation after ‘David and Goliath’ legal threat—30 staff lose jobs as larger US firm is accused of bullying.
- + SolarZero collapse: Angry tradies want to rip solar panels off roofs—First liquidators' report finds $40m owing, but also a ray of hope with buyer interest.
- + AI security start-up Watchful, founded by ex-policeman Joshua Parsons, raises $4.6 million—The former cop sees an increasing role for AI to assist stretched security agents.
- + SolarZero collapse: Liquidators’ first report reveals more than $40 million owed—There are 700 creditors including staff.
- + Meta introduces anti-scam ad measure in Australia, where a A$50 million fine is threatened, but not NZ—PLUS: Bayly nudges telcos, social media firms with new open letters.
- + Revealed: The size of Microsoft’s colossal Auckland data centre spend—PLUS: The tech giant raises its pricing.
- + Driverless cars are here, so why is New Zealand stuck in first gear?—You jump in a robotaxi in San Francisco or LA. What's holding driverless cars back here?
- + SolarZero collapse: Government on the hook for $115m, Nicola Willis seeks urgent advice—A staff protest is planned this afternoon.
- + New + Improved Ventures, a ‘company that starts companies’, raises $6m—N + I
- + 2degrees reports narrowed net loss, operating earnings jump; CEO addresses telco war in space—2degrees is lining up its own satellite-to-mobile phone service to compete with One NZ.
- + SolarZero insider’s shock: ‘No holiday pay, signs of trouble’, BlackRock breaks silence—Staff protest understood to be planned for outside SolarZero’s Auckland office.
- + Rakon culls 22% of staff, moves ‘high-priority’ production from NZ to India—The ongoing telco slump has resulted in the firm swinging to a loss.
- + Rakon culls 22% of staff, moves ‘high priority’ production from NZ to India—Ongoing telco slump sees firm swing to loss.
- + SolarZero insider’s shock: ‘No holiday pay, signs of trouble’ and expert’s doubts about firm’s model—Staff protest understood to be planned for outside SolarZero’s Auckland office.
- + ‘$30m’ - three-year incentive scheme could make Gentrack CEO Gary Miles NZ’s highest-paid CEO - NZSA—Shareholders Association says incentive scheme hurdles "too low".
- + Rocket Lab nabs Biden funding, launches twice in 24 hours, stock hits high—Sir Peter Beck's wealth tops $2b amid launches from two pads in different hemispheres.
- + Looming 3G shutdown in NZ weighs on Eroad result - but full-year guidance on track—Firm sees potential in new AI products, expansion of road user charges to petrol vehicles.
- + My Waymo robotaxi ride: Five things that struck me—Living in the future - where there's less driver chatter.
- + My Waymo robotaxi ride: Five things that struck me —Living in the future - where there's less driver chatter.
- + How tech created a ‘recipe for loneliness’—New York Times: Our are devices distancing us from real connections?
- + One NZ gears up for Starlink's Direct to Cell - what to expect—Direct to Cell communication would be a 'game-changer'.
- + Mitre 10′s ‘horrific’ software system upgrade costs co-op dearly, insider says: AGM looms—Auditors PwC: Cited disruptions to operations from that IT upgrade.
- + Watch: Mk-II Aurora becomes first Kiwi-made aircraft to go supersonic—First civilian aircraft to go supersonic since the Concorde.
- + Andrew Bayly appointed lead anti-scam minister, reveals big meet-up—The minister has revealed a three-pronged push and is eyeing Aussie mega-fines.
- + Kiwis lose $2.3b to digital scams, Government readies three big moves—New type of scam emerges as the biggest threat.
- + Big bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy—The pair share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history.
- + EU fines Meta $1.4b for ‘abusive practices’ on Facebook Marketplace—Tech giant says it will appeal.
- + Advertisers set to return to X as they seek favour with Elon Musk and Donald Trump—Financial Times: Musk’s support for Trump is set to boost X’s flagging business.
- + Infratil reports underlying profit up 25%, sees gains for One NZ, Trump uncertainty for Longroad Energy—Infratil shares have risen off the back of its result.
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