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Meta ends fact-checking; whistleblower warns NZ lawmakers
Facebook is ending third-party fact-checking, moving to user-driven Community Notes.

‘Life-saver’: Women praise Kmart’s budget-friendly duplicate of $170 item
The cheap gadget is quickly becoming a must-have for those dealing with period pain.

Tech billionaires take centre stage at Trump inauguration
Tech tycoons have spent time since the election ingratiating themselves with Trump.

From 3G shutdown to AI slop: Tech red flags and green flags for 2025
The good stuff and bad stuff to watch out for in the year ahead.

Meta to lay off 3600 employees in performance-based cuts
Sackerberg? Those identified as low performers will be fired.

'Real buggers': Woman scammed by fake Facebook meat business
Aroha Hicks lost $250 to the scam which is operating through social media marketplaces.

Meta’s ‘free speech’ overhaul sparks advertisers’ concern; Zuckerberg calls for more ‘masculine energy’
Financial Times: Zuckerberg escalates push to curry favour with Trump.

Opinion: Facebook, fact-checking and the global debate over free speech and misinformation
OPINION: Meta’s decision is no principled defence of free expression.

Editorial: Why Zuckerberg’s move will fuel more misinformation
The Facebook founder ushered in changes ahead of Trump’s inauguration.

‘Keep track of your kids’: Multiple assaults in Wānaka mass disorder involving 300 drunk youths
Holidaying teens have been involved in violent altercations and excessive drinking.

'I don’t have any empathy': Notorious NZ catfisher addresses impact on her victims
Natalia Burgess was originally exposed for her crimes in 2011.

‘Drongos like you’: Mayor hits back at trolls in Christmas video
'You're a bit of a d***, mate.'

Microsoft acquires twice as many Nvidia AI chips as tech rivals
Financial Times: Race on as demand outstrips supply of Nvidia’s most advanced units.

'Weren't even in the country!': Couple overseas woken by NZ police alleging bad driving
Overseas at the time, they've praised keen NZ police work and the power of social media.

Coromandel shooting: Name suppression for man charged with murder, attempted murder
Man appears in court after fatal shooting in remote rural location.

'Very disappointed': Govt puts digital news bill on hold, may follow hardline new Oz law
The Government has signalled a potentially harder line – but it will be delayed.

'One in a billion': A Christmas miracle in New Zealand’s puzzle community
It's a tale of two puzzles. One had an extra piece. The other had a missing piece.

TikTok fails to halt law that could lead to US ban
Financial Times: App targeted over security concerns but politics may complicate matters.

Arrest warrant issued for rapper who parked his Lamborghini in a disabled space
A Napier rapper who collaborated with Snoop Dogg fails to show up in court.

Man who found smooth Mars bar gets $4 compensation
Company admitted a slip-up in production, saying the chocolate swirl ‘isn’t going away’.

'Sharp change' in temperatures coming, some places plunging by as much as 15C
Niwa said a “brief but sharp change” was predicted for Friday.