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Technology news
China halts critical exports as trade war intensifies
New York Times: Tap turned off on rare minerals and magnets used in EVs, chips, aerospace.
Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, chips in China tariff backdown
Good news for iPhone maker Apple and others who make tech products in China for the US.
Pink pineapples, cancer and farming: Liberal new genetics laws on the way for NZ
All you need to know about the Gene Technology Bill that is before Parliament.
NZ’s high school robot stars struggle to make world champs after funding denied
The previous backers have pulled out.
Microagression, tech bros, fewer promotions – women in tech still see many issues: survey
PLUS: Has the DEI backlash hit New Zealand?
Tech Insider: The NZ tech stars in the gun with Trump’s tariffs – and who could escape
PLUS: The sector that will 'escape a direct hit'.
Science news
New optimal coffee-making method according to science
Scientists have found how to make stronger coffee with the same amount of beans.
The Pulsing Brain: Advanced MRI tech by NZ researchers reveals brain micro-movements
Mātai Medical Research contributes to special issue of UK Royal Society's journal
Paying it forward: Outset Ventures
Sean Simpson and Mat Rowe made it big with LanzaTech. Now, with Outset Ventures, they are helping to foster and finance a new wave of "deep tech" startups.
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AI news
Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.
How AI's latest advancements could reshape creative professions
Updates mean AI can now replicate Studio Ghibli's anime art style convincingly.
Douglas Pharmaceuticals installs AI-driven robots, faces up to tariff threat
Four times faster than the humans.
Former Kiwi Facebook exec claims Meta misled Congress on China ties
Sarah Wynn-Williams alleged Meta collaborated with the Chinese Government on AI and more.
‘Who would hire me?’ The Generation X career meltdown
New York Times: The up-ending of business models has come at a bad time for Generation X.
OpenAI says it raised US$40b at valuation of US$300b
Biggest ever capital raise for a start-up.
More Technology news
Generation Minecraft: How a pointless video game took over the world
Times: It has retro graphics and no way to 'win' – but the Minecraft juggernaut rolls on.
Amazon makes last-minute bid for TikTok as Saturday deadline looms: Report
China's Bytedance must sell app or face ban in the US.
Borrow-against-your-provisional-tax firm Taxi wins law change, reveals numbers
The small business-focused start-up bags its first two corporate clients.
Tesla sales slump - but shares spike on report Musk leaving Doge
Analyst calls the sales figures 'a disaster on every metric'.
OpenAI says it raised US$40b at valuation of US$300b
Biggest ever capital raise for a start-up.
Failed buy-now-pay-later operator Laybuy relaunches under new owner
Laybuy went into receivership last year.
Second time lucky: Auckland DJ software firm sells in $175m deal
The Commerce Commission blocked a previous sale to Pioneer DJ.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX pleads with Trump for tariff exemptions
Securing a waiver would reduce the targeted tariff from 25% to 0%.
Tech Insider: Microsoft pulls Windows 10 support unless you pay $50 or upgrade - experts on your level of risk if you’re stranded, promising news for Ubco customers, Being AI finally finds directors
PLUS: Being AI finally finds three independent directors - and they're big names.
Watch: Test rocket explodes seconds after launch at Norwegian spaceport
Isar Aerospace gathered valuable data despite the failed test flight.
‘Tech nightmare’: Consumer NZ urges Microsoft to extend Windows 10 support
It’s feared hundreds of thousands of Kiwis’ computers will become obsolete in October.
Apple doubles kura programme to 5000 students, upgrades Maps with iwi place cards
Tech giant doubles down on its efforts to close the digital divide.
Elon Musk gets ready to enter the restaurant business
New York Times: A retro-futuristic diner is rising on Santa Monica Boulevard in LA.
Auckland Transport warns about ‘pretend’ parking site – registered with InternetNZ using fake details
Macca hacker? Name behind fake AT website is using Balmoral McDonald's address.