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- July 7, 2026
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For years, there’s been speculation that we live in a simulated reality — a concept popularized by 1999 film The Matrix. Now, researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Canada have determined this is not mathematically possible. “Based on mathematical theorems related to incompleteness and undecidability, we show that a fully consistent and […]
The cost of being: A part-time worker caring for an elderly parent
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- September 28, 2026
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As part of our series exploring how New Zealanders live and our relationship with money, a small town SESTA driver explains how they manage their money. Want to be part of The Cost of Being? Fill out the questionnaire here. Gender: Male Age: 56 Ethnicity: Euro/NZ Role: Part time SESTA (Specialised School Transport Assistance) driver who […]
Earth Sciences New Zealand Outlook: September – November 2026
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- September 1, 2026
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Rainfall totals for September – November 2026 are about equally likely to be near normal or below normal for the north and east of the South Island, and the west of the North Island.
Meta Muse Glimmer brings local AI agents to consumer GPUs
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- August 10, 2026
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Meta is releasing Muse Glimmer under an Apache 2.0 licence for local AI agents that can run on a consumer GPU. The company’s Superintelligence Labs has released the 30-billion-parameter model’s weights on Hugging Face. Meta says developers can use it for local coding, function calling, local agents, and LLM-as-a-judge evaluation. The release targets an operational […]