A native hawk found in Wairarapa is the second case of H5 bird flu.
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Thinking Machines Launches Open-Weight ‘Inkling’ Foundation Model for Fine-Tuning
July 16, 2026 — The mission of Thinking Machines Lab is to build AI that extends…
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Researchers Estimate The Upper Limit Of Human Lifespan Determined By Somatic Mutations
The researchers developed a multistage mathematical model that allowed them to sequentially “switch on” various…
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‘They’ve delighted generations of people’: Jack Tame’s favourite New Zealand authors
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits…
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Parents of Auckland schoolboy left alone for hours in van want answers after footage corrupted
A police investigation has found 'no criminal culpability'.
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Kimi’s open model K3 nears GPT-5.6 Sol and Fable 5 while signaling the end of super cheap Chinese AI
Kimi is launching K3, a multimodal open-weight model with 2.8 trillion parameters and one million…
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AI Copilot Explained: Benefits, Types & Use Cases
Enterprise contact centers are increasingly leveraging AI across all areas of customer service. AI Agents…
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25 London-Based AI Scale-Ups You Need to Know in 2026
London has quietly become one of the deepest benches of applied AI talent outside Silicon…
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Nutanix Says Healthcare, Finance and Public Sector Face Greater AI Readiness Challenges
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2026 — Nutanix has unveiled new regulated industry data from…
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New Zealand’s media has been gripped by Paul Henry mania
The Herald carried an op-ed from Paul Henry on why he was running for parliament…