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How working so hard he went blind led ad man to a vision of e-bike security
The founder of Locky Docks on how ADHD burnout sparked a bold business idea.
Why is buying concert tickets so complicated?
Buying tickets is now a fragmented, gamified and frequently broken experience.
Peter Griffin: The AI approach NZ should steal from Oz
New Zealand is an ideal location AI workloads, but new capacity should be green.
The high-risk, high-reward race is on to produce a methane vaccine
It’s been 19 years since the groundwork began to make cattle & sheep produce less methane.
Heidi hi: There's a new AI tool saving doctors' time. Could it prevent future tragedies?
Peter Griffin: AI won’t fix the health system, but it could buy ED docs time.
For the love of art: The trail-blazing NZ company director who’s just graduated at age 90
Dame Alison Paterson swapped the boardroom to indulge a love of art with a masters degree.
The NZ books that keep on selling as cost-of-living pressures bite - and those that don’t
In straitened times, local nonfiction is ever popular but one genre struggles.
AI’s Iron Curtain moment? US draws new kind of border
US government decision to draw a border around intelligence triggers outrage.
The AI empire is changing life in NZ but how can we keep it — and the mega data centres it needs — under control?
The AI doomsday scenario might lack credibility but experts still have pertinent warnings.
The dark side of SpaceX’s IPO: Why orbiting data centres could spook investors and horrify the rest of us
SpaceX’s next frontier could put data centres and AI beyond the reach of Earth’s laws.
If NZ imposed higher animal welfare standards on imports, could other countries fire back?
Trade fears surface in welfare debate, so would could other nations demand from us?
NZ banned sow crates and battery hen cages, so why are they still dividing animal welfare advocates and local farmers?
Trade fears surface in welfare standards debate, with a Fieldays ban highlighting rift.
Agents of illusion? AI agents promise a smarter state but NZ is nowhere near ready to run one
The idea of AI taking on public sector roles misreads where the technology and NZ is at.
'How can you, you know, let people get away with treating you like you’re nothing?'
The long, extraordinary courtroom battle between legendary racehorse trainer & stablehand.
Supermarket wars: What if the govt is the problem, not the solution to NZ’s high grocery prices?
Despite using planning laws to thwart each other, the duopoly claims red tape is a barrier
Supermarket wars: How broken is our grocery market and what’s really stopping more competition?
Years of futile govt tinkering have seen NZ food prices become some of the OECD's highest.
Can Lume, the Kiwi “throwback” new music streamer backed by Lorde succeed? And can it replicate the vinyl or CD experience?
Chris Schulz asks Lume developers why its biggest-name investor isn’t on its roster.
Shift-alt-delete: The AI apocalypse coming for your devices
Welcome to the age of the SaaSpocalypse, where AI agents will cause apps to disappear.
Applying for jobs and getting nowhere? How your CV might be letting you down
Most people don’t understand how hiring works now, the process is not primarily human.
It’s business time for Mei Heron: The former European correspondent on her new Breakfast gig
The 1News reporter on fronting a new business show.
Peter Griffin: Cleantech startups that can grow quickly might save us from climate hell
Our biggest climate lever isn’t more trees, it’s technology stopping emissions at source.
MacBook Neo spells trouble for PCs
Apple’s budget laptop threatens to take another bite out of the Windows market.
Rather than dig up critical minerals, extracting materials from existing items offers greener option
NZ scientist: “Why would you dig for more if there’s already a lot in circulation?”
Peter Griffin: All bets are off - how war is now tradable asset
As people buy and sell shares, it appears there really is a price on everything.
Peter Griffin: Microsoft takes a quantum leap
This could be one of the key tech innovations tipped to shape the 21st century.