Lobby firm Silvereye files lawsuit against Gillies Group over $3.49m demand
Wellington lobby firm Silvereye has filed a fresh lawsuit against property developer Gillies Group over a claimed $3.49 million success fee related to a Kāinga Ora deal.

Silvereye, headed by Jo Coughlan and Conor English, has continued to pursue the million-dollar fee after the High Court in Wellington [set aside a statutory demand](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/po … ⌘ Read more

Business of Tech: Is Elon Musk’s Starlink eating rural New Zealand?
Starlink has quickly become the hero – and potential hazard – of rural broadband in New Zealand. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: Budget 2026: The key questions
Budget day is almost here. Before the announcement on 28 May, now is the time to get across the issues most likely to shape the announcement and what they could mean for you. The 2026 Budget has the potential to shift the landscape significantly for businesses and individuals alike.

Our experts are across the key issues. We’ve pulled together a range of insights covering the topics most likely to feature, so you can walk into Budget day informed and ready to … ⌘ Read more

NZ needs a Taiwan-style gamble
The Budget 2026 has not yet been released, but industrial policy has already reared its head, with a pre-Budget announcement of loan guarantees to help businesses transition off gas.

There is speculation the Budget could deliver other subsidies and assistance, particularly to take advantage of an Australian Budget announcement tightening capital gains tax treatment. ⌘ Read more

Lepionka fails in final court appeal attempt against Gibson Sheat
Lepionka & Co Investments has failed its latest attempt in a decade-long legal battle to sue its former law firm for allegedly negligent advice given 11 years ago.

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court followed the Court of Appeal and the High Court in dismissing Lepionka & Co Investments’ (LCIL) application for leave to appeal, concluding [a decade-long litigation](https://businessdesk. … ⌘ Read more

Five things to watch in Budget 2026
The Government will present Budget 2026 at 2pm on Thursday.

Five things to watch: ⌘ Read more

RBNZ not losing sleep over Budget 2026 – for now
Reserve Bank of New Zealand officials are not expecting Budget 2026 to be inflationary, although Governor Anna Breman said she would wait and see what Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.

Willis is due to release Budget 2026 at 2pm on Thursday. ⌘ Read more

Greens attack Government over claimed $1.4b carbon auction shortfall
The Green Party says a string of failed carbon auctions has left a $1.4 billion fiscal hole because the Government was banking on the revenue they would generate.

Of 10 carbon auctions held between December 2023 and March this year, only auctions in March and December 2024 actually cleared. ⌘ Read more

VKD3D-Proton Merges Vulkan Descriptor Heap Support
Valve’s VKD3D-Proton component to Steam Play (Proton) for Direct3D 12 implemented over the Vulkan API has landed its descriptor heap (VK_EXT_descriptor_heap) support as a big step forward… ⌘ Read more

Dressed for cumccess ⌘ Read more

Loving The Manhandling (ZerockArt) [Original] ⌘ Read more

Jobverlust, Aufwand und Kosten befürchtet
Am Dienstag ist das Begutachtungsverfahren zur geplanten Paketabgabe zu Ende gegangen. Von den 36 Stellungnahmen von Institutionen und 65 Statements von Privatpersonen fiel der Großteil kritisch aus. Selbst das Wirtschaftsministerium sah im Entwurf „offene Fragen“. Kurz vor Fristende forderten Onlinehandelsriesen wie Amazon einen Stopp des Pläne. ⌘ Read more

T-Rex-Skelett könnte bei Auktion Rekordpreis erzielen ⌘ Read more

[OC] my two bog beautiful orbs ⌘ Read more

8 Best Computer Speakers (2026) After Testing 25+ Pairs
These WIRED-tested computer speakers, from stereo speakers to surround sound, will suit any budget. ⌘ Read more

DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
Article URL: [https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/](https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ … ⌘ Read more

Nagatoro, Anna & komi (rakfork) [ijiranaide nagatoro-san, komi-san wa komyushou de su, boku no kokoro no yabai yatsu] ⌘ Read more

Pourparlers Ukraine-Russie: l’administration Trump patine, l’Europe se questionne
Le chef de la diplomatie des États-Unis, Marco Rubio, a admis que les négociations engagées entre Kyiv et Moscou sous la médiation de Washington n’étaient pas «fructueuses». Les ministres européens, réunis à Chypre, s’interrogent sur l’opportunité de reprendre le flambeau. ⌘ Read more

PostHog will train AI models with your data (opt-in by default)
Article URL: https://posthog.com/blog/training-ai-models

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296359

Points: 29

# Comments: 14 ⌘ Read more

Berichte: Papst eilt Mann nach Generalaudienz zu Hilfe ⌘ Read more

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston To Step Down After 19 Years
Dropbox founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO after 19 years and will become executive chairman, with product chief Ashraf Alkarmi set to take over after a co-CEO transition period. CNBC reports: Drew Houston founded Dropbox
nearly two decades ago at age 24, eventually becoming a household name in Silicon Valley and the first tech entrepreneur to take a comp … ⌘ Read more

Run out of condoms (YuukiS) [Wuthering Waves] ⌘ Read more

[$] MOT: a tool to fight openwashing in AI
Many large language models (LLMs) are described as open source, but
if one looks a bit deeper it turns out that is not actually so; the
model may be free to download, it may be “ open weight”, but it
does not fit the Open Source\
Initiative (OSI) Open Source\
Definition (OSD). Assessing the actual openness of models is not
easy, as Arnaud Le Hors explained in his talk about the [Model Openness T … ⌘ Read more

How often do you feel as sucking on those tits? ⌘ Read more

Last.fm is now independent
Article URL: https://support.last.fm/t/last-fm-is-now-independent/118591

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295892

Points: 39

# Comments: 2 ⌘ Read more

Nicole’s true self (Shiwu_Shirou) [Zenless Zone Zero] ⌘ Read more

Sozialhilfe: NGOs drängen auf Reform ⌘ Read more

USA: Bericht über Entwurf für Absichtserklärung erfunden ⌘ Read more

I Like Ferrari’s Luce EV. But This Is Why It’s Heartbreaking
Designed by Jony Ive and a host of ex-Cupertino colleagues, the Luce shows us what might have been had Apple made good on its $10 billion bet. ⌘ Read more

Corporations can vote in some Delaware elections, judge says
Article URL: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/corporations-have-the-right-to-vote-in-delaware-town-judge-says

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295460

Points: 4

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

Company Behind School Bus AI Cameras Wants To Share Footage With Police
joshuark writes: BusPatrol, a company that has installed AI-powered cameras in tens of thousands of school buses around the U.S., now plans to turn those cameras into automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), capturing the location of every vehicle the buses drive past, and give that data to law enforcement, 404 Media has learned. Bus … ⌘ Read more

Drone Ports and Funding Mayhem: Trump’s Ballroom Has Turned Toxic
“Republicans are just going to have to suck it up and get it done,” says one Trump aide about the funding melee. The votes, though, may simply not be there. ⌘ Read more

Ungarns Austritt aus Weltstrafgerichtshof gestoppt ⌘ Read more

Andrew Morton’s 2004 OLS keynote
I recently presented a brief tribute to Andrew Morton at the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory\
Management, and BPF Summit; it included a suggestion that reading (or
re-reading) his 2004 Ottawa Linux Symposium keynote would be instructive.
This talk, given immediately after the Kernel\
Summit session that decided to fundamentally change the kernel’s
development model, tells a lot about how the kernel project got to where … ⌘ Read more

My stacked goodies, wanna taste? ⌘ Read more

Pour ne pas récompenser une élue LFI, la revue politique «Le Trombinoscope» modifie le vote de son jury
Un panel de journalistes régionaux avait fait le choix de récompenser la députée LFI Alma Dufour à l’occasion d’un prix organisé par la revue «Le Trombinoscope». Le résultat du vote final a été modifié au profit d’une autre parlementaire locale, appartenant à la majorité présidentielle. ⌘ Read more

Wirtschaftskammer-Plattform wise up wird eingespart ⌘ Read more

Declassified CIA Cartography Maps from the 1980s
Article URL: https://brilliantmaps.com/cia-maps-1980s/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294831

Points: 6

# Comments: 0 ⌘ Read more

Marin and Gojo in a few years (momdadno) [my dress up darling] ⌘ Read more

The VibeSec Reckoning
Article URL: https://martinfowler.com/articles/vibesec-reckoning.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294670

Points: 4

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UNO-Klimachef: Hitzewelle „brutale Erinnerung“ an Klimakrise ⌘ Read more

Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance
The long-in-development work on Cache Aware Scheduling looks like it will come to a head soon with it looking like Cache Aware Scheduling will land for Linux 7.2. Ahead of the upcoming merge window I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at different areas where this feature is shining. ⌘ Read more

Xreal’s New $299 ‘xbx’ Smart Glasses Channel Xbox Vibes
These display smart glasses can connect to a phone, laptop, or gaming handheld and project the screen to your eyeballs. ⌘ Read more

Italy region: +200% tax on datacenters built in green/agricultural areas
Article URL: https://en.ilsole24ore.com/art/lombardy-introduces-increased-charges-of-up-to-200-per-cent-for-data-centre-construction-in-green-and-agricultural-areas-AI6Jp4ID

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Selenskyj ersucht USA um Munition für Luftabwehrsystem ⌘ Read more

Fun bags ⌘ Read more

Iran liegt Entwurf für Abkommen mit USA vor ⌘ Read more

Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance
The long-in-development work on Cache Aware Scheduling looks like it will come to a head soon with it looking like Cache Aware Scheduling will land for Linux 7.2. Ahead of the upcoming merge window I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at different areas where this feature is shining. ⌘ Read more

Couch gaming you play with me on the couch ⌘ Read more

The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration
The office was created a year ago and seemingly named for a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations. It now works, a source says, with little to no oversight. ⌘ Read more