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Auckland floods: $261 city-to-Takapuna Uber fare successfully challenged

Flooding threw GPS directions into disarray, surge cap eventually implemented.

Searching for eternal youth: The $2 million (middle-aged) man on a quest to feel 18 again

Bryan Johnson is seeking eternal youth, including reversing the age of all 78 organs.

Auckland flooding: Multiple broadband, mobile outages

Chorus crews on the ground are assessing damage to infrastructure across the city.

How smart are the robots getting?

New York Times: Machines have passed a test that was supposed to prove their intelligence.

ACC overstated e-scooter claims by millions

PLUS: Beam turns to AI for new "Pedestrian Shield" technology.

Auckland’s giant new data centres are rising - the staggering power they’ll chug

Will they blow our grid?

Amazon wanted to discuss ‘opportunities for fine-tuning NZ’s policy settings’

And Ardern's broadly positive, but non-committal response.

Everyone wants your email address. Think twice before sharing it

New York Times: Your email address has become a digital bread crumb.

‘A total waste of life’: Are Gen Zers breaking up with their smartphones?

FT Opinion: This week, in a shock announcement, my daughter deleted TikTok from her phone.

ChatGPT AI’s Wharton MBA exam pass poses test for business schools

Financial Times: Microsoft's latest investment outperforms some human students.

Google axes 12,000 jobs as tech sector layoffs spread

It equates to 6 per cent of Google's workforce, in latest mass tech culls.

Teens, mental health and social media: 'People don’t understand how toxic it is'

She turned to social media for help with mental illness but fell down a dark rabbit hole.

Musk's Twitter ablaze with climate misinformation

Misinformation has flourished on Twitter since it was bought by Elon Musk last year.

Chris Keall: Ardern’s mixed legacy with The Christchurch Call and social media

Few leaders have had such a compelling presence on social media but PM's legacy is mixed.

Can the ‘gentle parenting’ TikTok trend make me a better mum?

Times: Out with the naughty step, in with validated feelings.

Microsoft to lay off 10,000 as it looks to trim costs

New York Times: Microsoft the latest in a growing list of tech firms to cull staff.