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Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data centre thwarted by rare bees

Financial Times: Facebook founder stung.

Westpac’s profit jumps 10% as it puts less money aside for bad debts

CEO says bank 'acted swiftly'' to pass falling interest rates on to customers.

Cecilia Robinson: Why I bought my son a dumb smartphone

OPINION: A new smartphone helps a 12-year-old join his peers, limiting social media.

Microsoft’s revenue beats estimates on AI boom's cloud demand, Meta sees AI spending accelerating

Financial Times: Boom in adoption of AI tools features strongly in Big Tech results.

'I did get bored during lockdown': Whangaparāoa man convicted of illegal tree felling

Man prosecuted after trees felled then advertised as firewood on Facebook.

Chasing Ghosts: David Fisher speaks with 'The Puppeteer'

In the last episode of the NZ Herald true crime podcast, David Fisher sits down with catfisher Natalia Burgess for the first time in 13 years. Video / NZ Herald

'I don’t have any empathy': Notorious catfisher addresses impact on her victims

Natalia Burgess was originally exposed for her crimes in 2011.

‘She wasn’t real’: Mother’s anguish when son’s suicide followed catfished love affair

A mother's grief exposed – new catfishing brings back the horror of her son's death.

Zuckerberg sacks staff on six-figure salaries for abusing office’s food delivery scheme

Thirty Meta staff have been dismissed.

Mark Zuckerberg is done with politics

New York Times: After years of controversy, Zuckerberg embraces neutrality.

Banking Ombudsman warns scammers getting more sophisticated

Websites and letterheads of legitimate banks being copied.

Gift parcel scam operating overseas targets Tauranga

Overseas scammers using QR code to access mobile phone data.

NZ's starvation-rations GovGPT

'It looks like you're trying to make a chatbot. Can I help you with that?'

Political Roundup: Big tech’s political influence on debate and public watchdogs

OPINION: The charity Netsafe is increasingly regarded as NZ’s 'internet police'.

'Privacy breach': The lowdown on Inland Revenue and your data

ANALYSIS: Encrypted details of taxpayers are being given to social media — is it safe?

Should NZ follow Australia’s social media ban for teens? Netsafe's suprising take

Plus: Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden weighs in.

US accuses Google of dominating ad tech market as antitrust trial begins

Financial Times: Latest clash as Google has landmark loss in separate case over search.

IRD gives thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ads

Hashing slammed as a mass 'betrayal' of taxpayers.