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Company tackles e-waste mountain
Greenbox's Wayne Angus tells us how the company will confront a huge computer dumping problem. Video / Sylvie Whinray

Struggling with errors, Doge deletes billions more from list of savings
NYT: Musk's agency deletes five of the seven largest items from its 'wall of receipts'.

Trump crypto rally fizzles amid skepticism on his reserve plan
Plan to include lesser-known tokens viewed with skepticism in the industry.

Peter Thiel now the richest New Zealander after double-whammy wealth surge
The Kiwi passport holder has had several big scores in the past few months.

Rocket Lab reveals role in Firefly’s moon landing, investment banker rates it against Elon Musk’s SpaceX
The mission software and solar panels were supplied by the Kiwi-American company.

Tech Insider: A cheap home EV charger that’s made in NZ, AWS’s local financials revealed
Keeping it Kiwi – with the help of some Aussie capital.

Auckland Uni aims to host All Blacks at $320m sports centre
The state-of-the-art complex features Olympic gym gear and an indoor arena.

Facebook down: Users experiencing global outage
Users have reported receiving an error message when trying to access on desktop.

Elon Musk’s business empire is built on US$38b in government funding
DOGE driver's firms are one of the greatest beneficiaries of the taxpayers’ coffers.

Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley
New York Times: When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

Yamaha buys Tauranga’s Robotics Plus, unveils big plans
Another tech firm sold offshore, but new owners says it'll add to its 130 staff.

‘Last days of Rome’: Analysts have sport with Spark earnings but say shares over-sold
Some are rating the beaten-down stock a buy.

Tough economy hits Chorus result
Post-fibre build restructure sees 30 layoffs, likely more to come.

A cook in his own kitchen: Shane Reti talks science’s big reset and gene tech bill
The new Science, Innovation and Technology Minister has some giant decisions to make.

Watch: Rowan Simpson’s Three ways to be wrong
Budding entrepreneurs: Here's what not to do. Simpson also shares his own biggest blunder.

Apocalypse now: Doomsday bunker secretly installed in NZ
Underground shelter clients sought the ‘beauty, isolation, security’ of NZ.

Rowan Simpson's top 3 tips for entrepreneurs - and 3 ways to be wrong
The author of "How To Be Wrong: A crash course in startup success" offers insider tips. Video / Alyse Wright

$1 billion wiped off Spark's value as profit crashes amid 'longest and deepest recessionary period in recent history'
Telco reveals its first-half numbers - and it's ugly.

DeepSeek, WeChat, other apps banned from MPs’ phones
Read the Beehive directive. Expert says NZ should go further.

Netsafe’s tech ties spark calls for independent regulator
Online safety campaigners say Netsafe is too close to the big tech.

Spark and Microsoft ink NZ’s ‘largest-ever Microsoft public cloud partnership’
Around half of the telco's staff will get Microsoft's gen AI.

Apple confirms low-cost, souped-up iPhone 16e: NZ pricing and availability
The rumours were true. AI-capable phone is cheap - but not as cheap as its predecessor.

The demographic most likely to be taken in by a scam (it’s not who you think)
Gangland expert turns his attention to cybercriminals.

Elon Musk ridiculed a blind person on X. Then a mob went to work
DOGE head uses his social media platform to target critics – and their families.

Tech Insider: Google follows Microsoft in raising prices as it bundles AI
Don't want it? Google will add it to its suite and raise the price anyway.

Auckland startup Polymath, with its contrarian take on AI, raises money from a heavy-hitter
"Our goal is to be the household name for screen time that parents can feel good about."

Google’s AI has been breaching NZ court name suppressions
The former Act Party president was named by the AI before his suppression lapsed.

Tech Insider: A big move ahead of Spark’s earnings, more Callaghan chaos
PLUS: Who is New Zealand's DOGE-master?

Demons of speed battle in the Red Bull Trolley Grand Prix
Imagination, engineering skills and steely nerves was all competitors needed.