Meridian rejects Energy Minister’s concerns in late-stage fast-track submission
As Meridian Energy welcomes the fast-track panel’s draft decision to ease access restrictions on Lake Pūkaki hydro storage for a three-year period, new documents show it rejected concerns raised by the Energy Minister over electricity security of sup … ⌘ Read more
Popular Starz TV Show Gets New Spin-off Series, Returning Cast Revealed
A popular Starz TV show is getting a new spin-off series. A number of stars of the original show will be reprising their roles for the upcoming project. What Popular Starz TV show is getting a new spin-off series? It’s now been announced that Starz has greenlit eight episodes of Power: Legacy, which serves as […]
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Budget tax changes, M&A moves add pressure to NZX outlook
Life doesn’t get any easier for the New Zealand Exchange.
Not only are we seeing the return of M&A activity, which could cause further shrinkage of the NZ Exchange (NZX), but we also saw arguably a negative Government Budget announcement for the NZX regarding foreign investment fund (FIF) tax rules. ⌘ Read more
Hugh Jackman & Ryan Reynolds Have a Deadpool & Wolverine Reunion at Yankees Game
Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, along with Shawn Levy, reunited at an MLB game at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Deadpool & Wolverine actors were spotted together, separately conversing with the individuals sitting beside them. This outing comes after their latest announcement that they are teaming up for a Disney+ docuseries about their co-owned […]
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: MeshCore; x32 ABI; Open-source security; Package-manager metadata; More LSFMM+BPF coverage; Loadable crypto module.
Briefs: Lightwell; jqwik protestware; RedHat package compromise; DistroWatch; Fedora election; Rust 1.96.0; rsync; Vim Classic 8.3; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patch … ⌘ Read more
New Zealand updates anti-money laundering code
A refreshed anti-money laundering (AML) Identity Verification Code of Practice was announced by Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden and Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee.
The updated code, which is set to come into force on July 1, 2026, aims to reduce unnecessary barriers for New Zealanders in proving their identity. ⌘ Read more
Shania Twain Movie Gets Big Update as Director Is Announced
Sony Pictures’ Shania Twain movie has finally found its director. The biopic will chronicle the life and career of the five-time Grammy Award-winning and renowned country pop star. Plot details are still kept under wraps at the moment. Who is directing the Shania Twain movie? Leah McKendrick has been confirmed as the writer and director […]
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Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Gets Exciting Update from Amy Rose Actor Kristen Bell
Kristen Bell‘s latest update will surely stoke fans waiting for Sonic the Hedgehog 4. The actress behind the voice of Amy Rose in the upcoming film has shared an exciting announcement about her role in the project. Directed by Jeff Fowler, Sonic the Hedgehog 4’s voice cast includes Ben Schwartz, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, and […]
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2 Cast Adds Huge Comedian & Scott Pilgrim Star
A comedic talent has joined the cast of Mr. & Mrs. Smith Season 2. The announcement comes right after production for the second installment of the hit Prime Video spy TV series began in Los Angeles in April. Season 1 starred Donald Glover and Maya Erskine as the titular couple, premiering in February 2024. Who […]
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Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered Trailer Sets Release Date
A PS5 remake of a beloved PS2 action game has finally set a release date. The game, which comes out later this year, is sure to be a major fan-favorite. Dynasty Warriors 3’s remake release date is closer than we thought Koei Tecmo America and developer Omega Force announced the release date of Dynasty Warriors […]
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How Microsoft became the Government’s default AI tool – without a competitive tender
When the Government announced 8700 public sector job cuts last month, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said artificial intelligence (AI) would absorb some of the work. She didn’t go into detail about which AI tools would be used and how.
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AMD EPYC 8635P “Sorano” Benchmarks: Significant Upgrade Opportunity For EPYC 8004 Servers
After announcing the AMD EPYC 8005 “Sorano” series back in February, AMD recently began shipping these Zen 5 successors to the EPYC 8004 “Siena” line-up. With the EPYC 8005 product stack ranging from 8 to 84 cores and being drop-in upgrades for EPYC 8004 servers after a BIOS update, these are quite some interesting processors for those after a single socket, performant server. Up today are benchmarks of the EPYC 8635P as the flagshi … ⌘ Read more
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Gets Early Release Date for Some Fans
Spider-Man: Brand New Day just gave fans another reason to mark their calendars this July. Amazon revealed an exclusive early screening opportunity alongside a fresh new poster for the upcoming film. Amazon Prime members in the US can watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day early Amazon announced that US Prime members can watch Spider-Man: Brand New […]
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Alan Ritchon’s Sci-Fi Sequel News Gets Mixed Reactions From Fans
News that War Machine 2 is moving forward at Netflix has prompted a mixed response from commenters online. While some welcomed the announcement and expressed excitement about seeing Alan Ritchson return for another chapter, others have questioned the decision to continue the sci-fi action franchise. The divided reaction emerged shortly after reports confirmed that the […]
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Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils
As another interesting takeaway from this week’s Microsoft Build 2026 conference beyond their open-source Intelligent Terminal project is Coreutils for Windows. Microsoft is maintaining a fork of Rust Coreutils for Windows to ease the developer experience across Windows / WSL / macOS / Linux… ⌘ Read more
Twin Peaks & The OA Star Owain Rhys Davies Dies
Owain Rhys Davies, known for his roles in Twin Peaks: The Return and The OA, has died at the age of 44. The actor’s brother announced the news in a lengthy Instagram post. Davies also appeared in projects including Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Indian Doctor, and A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life. Twin […]
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Deadshot bar in Auckland’s Ponsonby to close after eight years
Deadshot, the well-loved cocktail bar on Ponsonby Rd, has announced it is to close down.
Owners Ali Walker and Heather Garland said the late-night watering hole, which once famously turned away pop star Pink, has been sold and will have its final night next weekend. ⌘ Read more
ComCom to file charges against BP over incorrect pricing
In a statement on Wednesday morning, the Commerce Commission announced it would file charges against BP under the Fair Trading Act for allegedly failing to provide customers with discounts to which they were entitled.
ComCom’s deputy chair, Anne Callinan, said, “We expect big businesses to take the time and effort to get pricing and promotions right. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Announces Open-Source “Intelligent Terminal”
Microsoft today announced their newest open-source creation… Under the MIT license it’s the Intelligent Terminal… ⌘ Read more
Intelligent Terminal 0.1
Article URL: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/announcing-intelligent-terminal-version-0-1/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48373231
Points: 9
# Comments: 2 ⌘ Read more
Analysts: Fonterra on track to replace Mainland Group earnings two years early
Analysts believe Fonterra Co-operative Group could be on track to hit its target of replacing the lost earnings from Mainland Group two years earlier than expected.
When the co-op announced the sale of its consumer business to Lactalis, a deal completed two months ago, it said … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot Users React To New Usage-Based Pricing System
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In April, GitHub announced that it was moving subscribers from request-based billing to a usage-based model for its AI-powered Copilot service. As that new pricing model goes into effect today, many GitHub Copilot users are reporting some extreme sticker shock as they realize just how quickly their p … ⌘ Read more
Vim Classic 8.3 released
Version\
8.3 of Vim Classic has been
released. This is the first release of the Vim fork since the project
was announced
in March.
This release is based on Vim 8.2.0148, with a number of bug fixes
and patches conservatively backported from future versions of Vim
upstream. We elected to clean up this version of Vim, prepare it for a
release, and imagine an alternate history wh … ⌘ Read more
Green Cross sells The Doctors to Tend Health in $270m iwi-backed deal
Tend Health co-founder Cecilia Robinson says the firm is delighted to keep NZ’s largest primary health care provider in NZ hands.
On Tuesday Tend Health announced an iwi-backed $270 million acquisition of The Doctors from NZX-listed [Green Cross Health.](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/green-cross-health-tamaki-health-group-why-private-equity-has-an-enduring-appetite-for-healt … ⌘ Read more
AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Linux Performance
Yesterday AMD kicked off Computex 2026 in announcing the Radeon RX 9070 GRE alongside a number of other product announcements. With the Radeon RX 9070 GRE going on sale today, the review embargo has now lifted on this new RDNA 4 consumer graphics card slated to be priced around $549 USD. Here is an initial look at the Linux performance benchmarks of this new AMD graphics card offering. ⌘ Read more
Seven stable kernels for the first day of June
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 7.0.11, 6.18.34, 6.12.92, 6.6.142, 6.1.175, 5.15.209, and 5.10.258 stable kernels. As usual, each
contains important fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to
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Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever
The AI giant behind Claude submitted paperwork on Monday that would take it public, just a couple of weeks after SpaceX’s splashy IPO announcement. ⌘ Read more
Botnet of More Than 17 Million Devices Dismantled
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Authorities in the Netherlands said they dismantled a botnet that comprised more than 17 million devices and were managed by 200 servers in a joint operation by the police and the National Cyber Security Center. The action, announced Thursday, came about after a security researcher reported the sprawling network to authorit … ⌘ Read more
Nvidia announces new AI chip for personal computers
Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmp9mppvzro
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48354967
Points: 4
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NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops
Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops… ⌘ Read more
Intel Xeon 6+ & Intel Ethernet E835 Launch
Last year at Tech Tour Arizona, Intel announced Clearwater Forest as the Xeon 6+ series. Details were rather light then while for Computex, Intel is announcing that Xeon 6+ is now “launching” beginning tomorrow, 1 June. In addition to Xeon 6+, the new Intel Ethernet E835 is also launching while there are updates on Crescent Island and Diamond Rapids. ⌘ Read more
AMD Announces Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series
AMD is kicking off the busy Computex 2026 week with some new product announcements. The embargo is now up so meet the Radeon RX 9070 GRE and other new wares coming out this summer and later in the year from AMD. ⌘ Read more
UK-Based Rockstar Games North Workers Formally Announce Union
Rockstar Games has a 2,000-employee studio in Scotland called Rockstar North. And Thursday its workers announced they’d formed a union, reports the gaming news site Aftermath:
The union [part of the wider Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union] includes workers from Rockstar Games offices in Leeds, London, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Lincoln, … ⌘ Read more
DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search
After Google announced AI-emphasizing changes to its search results, many web surfers began defecting to DuckDuckGo, reports TechCrunch. (They describe DuckDuckGo as “a privacy-focused alternative” that accounts for around 2% of the U.S. search market…)
DuckDuckGo said U.S. app installs went up 18.1% week-over-week on average during the May 20 to May 25 … ⌘ Read more
OpenRouter raises $113M Series B
Article URL: https://openrouter.ai/announcements/series-b
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48338660
Points: 60
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Govt backs study into grower bid for Hastings McCain plant
The Government has announced its support for Hawke’s Bay growers in their efforts to explore the possibility of a farmer-led purchase of the McCain Foods vegetable processing site in Hastings.
Agriculture Minister Todd McClay said the Government would provide $50,000 for the first stage of a feasibility study. ⌘ Read more
Housing sector pleased with Budget initiatives to encourage growth
The residential property sector is welcoming announcements in the Budget to further boost housing growth.
The Government has allocated $400 million to a fund that will return development levies to councils, encouraging them to invest in the infrastructure needed for more housing. ⌘ Read more
IBM, Red Hat Commit $5 Billion To Secure Open Source Supply Chains
IBM and Red Hat are committing $5 billion to a new initiative called “Project Lightwell,” which aims to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, triage, patch validation, and upstream maintenance. Longtime Slashdot reader wiggles shares a press release from IBM: IBM and Red Hat today announced Project … ⌘ Read more
Chinese regulators investigate Auckland’s Tiger Brokers in offshore clampdown
Chinese regulators have launched a probe into Auckland-based Tiger Brokers over alleged illegal cross-border business activities as part of a wider clampdown on offshore trading platforms allegedly helping investors sidestep Beijing’s capital controls.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) announced on Friday it was cracking down on several offshore bro … ⌘ Read more
Arm Announces Metis: Agentic AI Security Framework
Arm today announced the open-sourcing of Metis, an agentic AI security framework that delivers context AI-powered security analysis in looking out for software vulnerabilities… ⌘ Read more
Qualcomm Snapdragon C Announced For $300+ Laptops
For competing with the Apple MacBook Neo, Google Chromebooks, and other entry-level laptops, Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon C series SoCs… ⌘ Read more
Intel Arc G-Series Processors Announced For Handheld Gaming Devices
Ahead of Computex, Intel today announced the introduction of the Arc G-Series. While taking on the “Arc” branding, this isn’t a new graphics card from Intel but rather their new processors with integrated graphics for handheld gaming devices… ⌘ Read more
Last.fm Goes Independent After Breaking Up With Paramount Skydance
Last.fm announced that it is independent again after separating from Paramount Skydance, nearly two decades after CBS acquired the music-tracking service in 2007. The company says accounts, scrobbles, privacy settings, Pro subscriptions, and billing information will remain intact. Additional details are forthcoming. Engadget reports: … ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket falls 0.1% on Budget Day
The New Zealand sharemarket fell slightly on Budget Day, while Mainfreight had a sharp rise even though it wasn’t happy with its annual financial result.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index peaked at lunchtime at 13,310.5 but began sliding as the Budget was announced, closing at 13,206.11, down 27.10 points, or 0.16%. ⌘ Read more
Budget 2026: Govt pumps extra $15m into IRD tax debt crackdown
The Inland Revenue Department’s tax crackdown is set to continue after a $15 million top-up for debt compliance, but experts are questioning the department’s “one-size-fits-all” approach to liquidating businesses.
The Government announced on Thursday that it is investing a further $15m per annum for Inland Revenue (IRD) debt compliance activities in its [Budget 2026](https://businessdesk.co.nz/arti … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Dirk and Linus talk; BPF and GCC; private memory modes; BPF page-cache policies; major page faults; LLM kernel review; tiered-memory support; transparent huge pages; page mappings; Model Openness Tool.
Briefs: Stenberg security stress; GTK PDF problems; Morton 2004 keynote; OpenBSD 7.9; Bambu’s AGPLv3 violations; Quotes; …
[Announcements](https://lwn.net/Ar … ⌘ Read more
Mesa 26.0.8 Released To End Out The Series
Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 26.0.8 today as the latest stable point release of that Q1’2026 driver series and the last planned update for that stable series… ⌘ 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
Canonical Releases Workshop As New Way Of Launching Development Environments
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today the release of Workshop as their new Snap-based application for launching development environments with ease… ⌘ Read more