Toyota named New Zealand’s most reputable brand
Toyota has been ranked as the most reputable brand in New Zealand for the third consecutive year, according to the Kantar Corporate Reputation Index.

The index, which measures public perceptions of the top 50 consumer-facing companies, found that New Zealanders are increasingly prioritising trust, reliability, fairness and genuine value in brands during uncertain times. ⌘ Read more

QuiznessDesk, Tuesday, June 09
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator?
What type of dogs are commonly kept by Inuit communities?
Which cartoon character lives at 1313 Webfoot Walk?
Perhaps it was a case of shocking luck that Anthony Starr was cast as both Jethro West and Van West in what classic New Zealand TV series?
Which band released the 1999 comeback single `Maria`?
Which historical figure opened the 1936 Olympic Games?
Niue is a self-governing coral island in free associat … ⌘ Read more

FrontierCode
Article URL: https://cognition.ai/blog/frontier-code

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48451723

Points: 8

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LNG project advances but power bill levy ruled out
The Government says it is moving to the next stage of building a liquefied natural gas import facility, but it will not be funded through a levy on power bills.

Energy Minister Simeon Brown said officials were still working on how the import infrastructure would be paid for, “including engaging with the gentailers on a fair funding model”. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveiled the new Siri AI. Here are the key takeaways
By Rolfe Winkler and Tina Li

Apple showed off a new AI version of its Siri chatbot on Monday, technology developed with Google that the iPhone maker hopes will help power a comeback in artificial intelligence. ⌘ Read more

I’m building a parallel internet, and it’s called The Thinnernet
Article URL: https://inavoyage.blogspot.com/2026/06/im-building-parallel-internet-and-its.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450694

Points: 6

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Surveillance Is Not Safety: A statement on the UK’s latest threat to privacy [pdf]
Article URL: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/2026-06-08-uk-surveillance-is-not-safety.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450646

Points: 4

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Why are cells small?
Article URL: https://burrito.bio/essays/what-limits-a-cells-size

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450065

Points: 5

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Switzerland wil have a referendum to cap population at 10M
Article URL: https://www.admin.ch/en/sustainability-initiative

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48450059

Points: 11

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Siri AI
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/apple-intelligence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48449084

Points: 16

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Full Reverse Engineering of the TI-84 Plus Operating System
Article URL: https://siraben.github.io/ti84p-re/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448493

Points: 6

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Apple WWDC 2026 Livestream
Article URL: https://www.apple.com/apple-events/event-stream/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448106

Points: 8

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New Referendum Would Flip Brexit Result 10 Years On, Poll Finds
Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-08/new-referendum-would-flip-brexit-result-10-years-on-poll-finds

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48448000

Points: 9

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FOMO to the moon
In an awkward attempt to bridge the generation gap at a recent family gathering, I asked a 20-something relative about [gender-redacted pro-noun] investing habits.

“I DCA into an S&P ETF,” was the answer. ⌘ Read more

Data-rich and empowered, consumers are taking charge of their wellness
Self-care and longevity are driving forces behind changing trends in the wellness business, industry experts say.

From red-light face masks worn in bed and retinol serums over plastic surgery, to the accumulation of reams of data from smart watches about key health metrics and the proliferation of sports and performance supplement stores, individuals want to be in control of their wellb … ⌘ Read more

NZ energy market needs insurance, not panic: Liebreich
New Zealand’s electricity market may be bruised, politically exposed and uncomfortable for energy users, but it does not look broken to Michael Liebreich.

The British clean-energy analyst and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance was in Wellington last week as a guest of the Electricity Retailers and Generators Association of NZ, arriving as ministers, generators, and industrial users debate whether the [electricity … ⌘ Read more

2degrees Shaping Business Study 2026: ‘No one’s waiting for green shoots anymore’
After five years of waiting, an increasing number of New Zealand businesses appear to be giving up on things going back to “normal”.

That’s the headline observation from the latest edition of the 2degrees Shaping Business Study re … ⌘ Read more

Auckland Council’s PC120 decision could be revisited in RMA reforms
The Auckland Council’s decision on contentious housing intensification could be for naught, as resource management reform looms.

Councillors on Tuesday are set to vote on PC120, a plan change to meet housing intensification requirements, after the Government in April passed a law to downgrade the city’s house planning target from two million dwellings [to 1.4m dwellings](https://busin … ⌘ Read more

Gestalt’s AI tech puts med school students in the driving seat
The founders of medical AI startup Gestalt say they are not in the business of letting AI take over the thinking for medical students. Nor the thinking of the doctors they will one day become.

The Wellington-based company launched its diagnostic educational AI engine in May after several months of testing it with medical students. However AI evolves in the years ahead, its founders insist the doctor … ⌘ Read more

Teak liquidators forced to seek advice over retentions owed to subbies
The liquidators of Teak Construction are seeking directions from the High Court on how to repay retentions owed to subcontractors of the failed Auckland business.

Teak Construction and four related companies were put into voluntary liquidation by their shareholders on March 2. ⌘ Read more

Proton is funding the French far right on YouTube
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1tzbizh/proton_is_funding_the_french_far_right_on_youtube

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446899

Points: 16

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[$] An update on fanotify
In a filesystem-track session at the 2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, Amir Goldstein updated
attendees on the fanotify
filesystem-event monitoring
subsystem. He wanted to describe changes that had come in the last year or
so, as well as upcoming features and some remaining challenges in his
efforts [to use fanotify for hierarchical\
storage management](https://lwn.net/Ar … ⌘ Read more

I replaced Spotify with a homemade FM radio station
Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/digitalminimalism/comments/1tes8yu/i_replaced_spotify_with_a_homemade_fm_radio/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446611

Points: 3

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Amazon Cognito now supports multi-Region replication
Article URL: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2026/06/amazon-cognito-multi-region/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446521

Points: 3

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Italy’s Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/italys-bending-spoons-files-us-ipo-2026-06-08/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48446310

Points: 12

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rsync 3.4.4 released with regression fixes
Andrew Tridgell has announced
the release of rsync 3.4.4 with
fixes for the regressions introduced in the 3.4.3 release. He also
notes there will be an rsync 3.5.0 soon, with many more security
updates:

As part of the 3.5.0 release update I have created a
rsync-security@lists.samba.org mailing list for anyone who is willing
to do testing of the 3.5.0 release. T … ⌘ Read more

Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (bind, bind9.16, frr, kernel, kernel-rt, libexif, mysql, php, and unbound), Debian (apache2, chromium, glibc, gsasl, jackson-core, libxml2, nginx, request-tracker4, request-tracker5, tomcat10, tomcat11, and tomcat9), Fedora (chromium, firefox, haveged, keylime, libinput, libssh2, nasm, perl-CryptX, rust, thunderbird, and webkitgtk), Mageia (cockpit, golang-x-crypto, golang-x-sys-devel, kernel, kmod-virtualbox, kmod-xtables-addons, kernel-linus, … ⌘ Read more

Zig by Example
Article URL: https://github.com/boringcollege/zig-by-example

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444871

Points: 12

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Spanish traders set the standard forGnuCash database design
Article URL: https://handson.money/blog/2026-06-06-horse-arse-and-design/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444784

Points: 5

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Nvidia partners with LG robotics to build humanoid robots in South Korea
Article URL: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-and-lg-group-ai-factory/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48444451

Points: 7

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Replies to comments on my “LLMs are eroding my career” post
Article URL: https://human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev/replies-to-comments-on-my-llms-are-eroding-my-career-post/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48443258

Points: 10

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The Cypherpunk Library
Article URL: https://www.cypherpunkbooks.com

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48442725

Points: 4

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GitHub Is Down
Article URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/incidents/m7n7sm0sr1pz

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48442470

Points: 9

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Is This the Dawn of the Tokenpocalypse?
Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/07/is-this-the-dawn-of-the-tokenpocalypse/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48442136

Points: 8

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NZ sharemarket down 0.9% following strong overseas sell-offs
The New Zealand sharemarket, down nearly 1%, followed strong overseas sell-offs, with AI-linked stocks cooling, but it did gain support from Ebos Group and a2 Milk.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index fell sharply at the opening following the plunge on Wall Street over the weekend (NZ time) and closed at 13,038.24, down 123.73 points or 0.94%. ⌘ Read more

Wow, if it’s this easy in 1998, I bet it’ll be even easier in 2026
Article URL: https://retro.social/@ifixcoinops/116711332505710610

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441519

Points: 9

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Richard Scolyer Has Died
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14yz5jg476o

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48441242

Points: 4

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Zuru grows annual profit to $2.49m despite flat external sales
New Zealand-owned global toy manufacturer Zuru has grown its net profit 34.8% year on year, latest results show.

The toy and consumer goods business reported a net profit of $2.4 million for 2025, up from last year’s profit of $1.8m. ⌘ Read more

1k Data Breaches Later, the Disclosure Lag Is Worse
Article URL: https://www.troyhunt.com/1000-data-breaches-later-the-disclosure-lag-is-worse-than-ever/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440952

Points: 5

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Diesel supplies en route recovering with 27.2 days worth at sea
There are 27.2 days’ worth of diesel headed for New Zealand, the highest stock number for almost three weeks.

Diesel supplies had been steadily declining since May 20, reaching a recent low of 16.5 days’ worth – the lowest recorded diesel supplies at sea bound for New Zealand since the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) began its twice-weekly reports on the nation’s fuel sto … ⌘ Read more

90210 – running the show without property tax
Article URL: https://github.com/Achint08/90210

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440811

Points: 7

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Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/texas-grid-flags-risks-data-centers-crypto-sites-fail-voltage-tests-2026-06-05/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440610

Points: 10

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Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring
Article URL: https://algorithmichiring.github.io/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440549

Points: 7

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New drug ‘functionally cures’ many hepatitis B virus infections
Article URL: https://www.science.org/content/article/new-drug-functionally-cures-many-hepatitis-b-virus-infections?user_id=66c4bf745d78644b3aa57b08

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440463](https://news.ycombinator … ⌘ Read more

DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision
Article URL: https://runtimewire.com/article/deepseek-v4-pro-beats-gpt-5-5-pro-on-precision

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440448

Points: 48

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Teenage Engineering: Introducing APC-2
Article URL: https://teenage.engineering/products/apc-2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440383

Points: 13

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7.8 magnitude earthquake shakes part of southern Philippines. Tsunami possible
Article URL: https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/as–philippines-earthquake-001322726.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440360

Points: 8

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The Smallest Brain You Can Build: A Perceptron in Python
Article URL: https://ranpara.net/posts/perceptron-explained-from-scratch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48440064

Points: 4

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Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc7
The 7.1-rc7 kernel prepatch is out for
testing. Linus said: “Anyway, as things look now this is the last
rc. Something can obviously always come up and force us to change that, but
please give rc7 a whirl and keep testing for one more week.” ⌘ Read more

Ryman launches $100m bond offer
Retirement village and aged care provider Ryman Healthcare has launched a $100 million retail bond offer, which will be increased to $150m if the offer is oversubscribed.

The offer of six-year, secured, unsubordinated bonds opened on Monday and closes on June 11. The bonds will be issued on June 22. ⌘ Read more