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Tradie turns sleepless nights into AI tool to tame job budgets

Gene Gibson talks to Tom Raynel about his construction budgeting app, Formal Tradie.

The body’s most mysterious organ may play a key role in longevity and cancer

Washington Post: What to know about the incredible shrinking thymus.

Abandoned data centre builds: Microsoft and Amazon hit by use-it-or-lose-it deadlines

PLUS: The latest on the MIA Spark surf park effort and Datagrid in Southland.

Nadine Higgins: Can AI replace your financial adviser?

OPINION: Social media came for my last career. Will AI claim my next?

Top Trump tech ally handpicks Auckland teen maths star for prestigious Oxford scholarship

Macleans College graduate lands scholarship worth more than $800,000 over four years.

Avatar suit focuses on hot AI topic – a character's face

Q'orianka Kilcher alleges James Cameron used her teenage photo without consent.

Who really has the cards? Donald Trump, Iran or AI?

NYT analysis: You've heard about low-cost drones. How about hell-bent AI agents?

'3D language': AI sign language avatars raise fears over rights, jobs and accuracy

Deaf Aotearoa boss warns AI avatars without human checks risk 'flattening' sign languages.

Big in Japan: Spark first to Starlink roaming

Telco talks could lead to a new way to use your phone overseas.

Anthropic’s new AI model sets off global alarms

New York Times: Mythos has triggered emergency responses around the world.

Here come the AI robots: Kiwi Harry Mellsop raises $15m for his start-up

PLUS: The Tait campus is for sale for $70m; the dispute body says check your phone bill.

Ideally raises $16m at $100m valuation for its AI-powered market research software

First, we'll take Manhattan ...