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‘He asked me. And I said, yeah, why not?’ Bill Birch on a life in politics
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- July 17, 2026
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The former National minister of everything, who has died at 92, spoke to the Spinoff at length in 2025. Bill Birch’s work ethic was the stuff of legend. One time, goes the story, an official turned up at his Beehive office for a midday appointment, only to be told that the 12 o’clock meeting had […]
AI as an Enterprise Operating System
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- July 31, 2026
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I hadn’t heard of Dan Guido until a few months ago, when I came across the video of a talk he gave at [un]prompted, an AI security practitioners’ conference. Dan is the CEO and cofounder of Trail of Bits, a software security research and development firm that works with companies in tech, defense, and finance. […]
Meta’s non-invasive brain-to-text AI is closing the gap with surgical implants
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- July 1, 2026
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Meta’s FAIR AI team uses Brain2Qwerty v2 to translate brain activity into typed sentences, with no implants or surgery required. The system reads magnetic signals outside the skull and reconstructs what a person is typing. Clinical use for paralyzed patients is still a long way off, but accuracy keeps improving with every additional recording. AI […]
Former Whangārei Coin Saver owner Snehal Patel accused of blackmail and migrant exploitation
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- June 30, 2026
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Snehal Patel allegedly threatened to deport workers if they spoke up.