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- July 2, 2026
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The RAM price crisis is pushing hardware manufacturers to pursue deals with Chinese companies, against the wishes of the US government. Apple is one of those reportedly exploring such deals. “Apple is in negotiations to purchase chips from Chinese semiconductor makers ChangXin Memory Technologies Inc. (CMTI) and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC) to help reduce […]
The scene inside the National caucus room
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- August 12, 2026
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Possibly National MPs are in the caucus room determining things like the leadership of New Zealand. In the absence of any information emerging from that meeting, we have taken the obvious path, and made it up. Here is the latest. 9.30am There is a nervous energy in the National caucus room. Christopher Luxon has just […]
‘Such a cool piece of history’: Sophie Rogers’ most inspirational reads
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- July 22, 2026
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Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Sophie Rogers, author of historical novel Orchids & Camellias. The book I wish I’d written The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams. Set around the time of the assembling of the Oxford […]
X Square Robot Launches Embodied AI Data Collection Platform Quanxta Zero Series
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- July 11, 2026
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Insider Brief Chinese robot maker X Square Robot launched Quanxta Zero, a software-and-hardware platform designed to help collect, process and use data for embodied AI models. The Quanxta Zero Series includes three products for different data-collection needs, including the G1 headband-and-gripper system, the G0 VR-and-backpack system and the E0 first-person context device. X Square said […]