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Behind the buzz and controversy of Wētā Workshop’s first major video game

The game focuses on hobbit life, offering farming, fishing and foraging.

West Auckland game firm hits $105m revenue, leader quits

Hiring in Henderson. PLUS: Ninja Kiwi takes profit, revenue hits.

GP clinic owners form AI-focused joint venture, doctor gives her verdict on AI scribe

PLUS: A doctor's verdict on AI scribes.

Intel posts $12.9b revenue, cuts 15% of workforce for agility

The US chip maker also cans projects in Germany and Poland.

Air New Zealand inks direct partnership with OpenAI, creates AI customers

Old-school human networking gives the airline an "in" with Open AI.

Tesla’s sales fall most for a decade in another rough quarter

Shares were little changed, erasing earlier gains in extended trading.

Three, bought for $1, is worth $48m to Sky – fund manager

Analysts upgrade their share price targets – but qualify their optimism.

The hidden tricks to AI-free web searches with Google and DuckDuckGo

Google offers a hidden 'web' filter to bypass AI-generated summaries.

Substack raises $168m, betting on subscriptions but coming around to ads

New York Times: Despite previous criticism, Substack plans to get deeper into advertising.

The X Factor: Power pricing start-up secures $3m, signs first customer across the Tasman

Power industry insiders strike out on their own.

Tech Insider: Win for Wayne Brown - Government's new AI agency will be based in Auckland

The defunded Callaghan Innovation was based in Wellington and Lower Hutt.

Government’s giant broadband, internet security upgrade underway for 2500 schools as 2degrees and Palo Alto Networks surplant Spark and Fortinet

2degrees and Palo Alto Networks replace Spark and Fortinet.

'Tell your friends': Competition watchdog chairman defends advocacy of Uber rivals

John Small said his LinkedIn post was intended to show how competition works in practice.

Venture capital market hot again, Icehouse Ventures boss says, as new fund feeds on golden visas

A new seed fund raises half of its $30m target in a month.

PB Tech offers fix for Xiaomi phones as 3G shutdown looms

Thousands of devices will stop working – or fully working – later this year.

Pentagon to begin using Elon Musk's controversial Grok chatbot

Artificial intelligence start-up xAI said its models are now available to US agencies.