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'Abandonment': Fears NCEA could be left behind as top schools switch

One-third of Year 11 students didn't take NCEA 1 in 2024, as Cambridge exams demand grows.

Nick Mowbray's vision for cut-price homes - and when company could launch

Zuru has invested more in this venture than its consumer goods division.

Tech Insider: Win for Wayne Brown - Government's new AI agency will be based in Auckland

The defunded Callaghan Innovation was based in Wellington and Lower Hutt.

'We're really excited': Kiwi firm's US$1b stake in AI infrastructure

Morrison has invested in a US firm providing the underground fibre cables.

AI-powered 'nudify' apps fuel deadly wave of digital blackmail

AI tools are increasingly used to create fake nudes targeting children.

Elon Musk launches AI girlfriend available to 12-year-olds

Ani is a chatbot designed to engage in sexual conversations with users.

Tech giants scramble to meet AI's looming energy crisis

AI could consume 3% of the world’s electricity by 2030, the IEA says.

Editorial: AI's increasing lies may reflect it is learning from humans

OPINION: Answers provided by ChatGPT and Google's Overview are regularly misleading.

Tech Insider: UK tells retailers to use NZ’s Auror crime-fighting software

PLUS: Medtech projected to earn $3.8b a year by 2028.

Videos make pay day routines everybody’s business

New York Times: TikTok and Instagram videos outline what people earn, where dollars go.

Influencing without influencers - firms get staffers to star in lo-fi content

New York Times: It is part of a growing shift in social media marketing.

Silicon Valley to NZ: Kiwi Facebook Marketplace inventor is back home to give back

Bowen Pan says NZ's tech sector is 'unrecognisable for the better' after 13 years away.