Dozens caught cheating at Mazenod College using AI in key exam
Despite almost a quarter of its year 12 students being involved, the college did not believe the behaviour had been coordinated among them. ⌘ Read more
CityFitness fined $1.12m for misleading ‘transaction fee’
The biggest gym business in New Zealand, CityFitness, has been fined $1.12 million for charging customers a misleading “transaction fee”.
The company was found to have misled customers about the price of its gym memberships and the reason for charging an additional fee. ⌘ Read more
Disclosure Day RT Score & Box Office Predictions: How Big Can Spielberg’s UFO Movie Open?
Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming Disclosure Day is one of the most anticipated of the year. Ahead of its release, let’s look at the predictions for the movie’s Rotten Tomato score and box office. Disclosure Day’s is set for release on June 12, 2026, and it features a massive cast led by Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hew … ⌘ Read more
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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Offizielles Bewerberfeld steht
Am Donnerstag entscheiden die 35 Mitglieder des Stiftungsrats, wer den ORF ab 2027 leiten wird. Nach Ablauf der Bewerbungsfrist am Montag um 12.00 Uhr sind offiziell sieben Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten im Rennen. Am Abend stellen sich die Bewerberinnen und Bewerber in einer Debatte in ORF III und ORF ON den Fragen des Publikums, der Belegschaft und von Mitgliedern der ORF-Gremien. ⌘ 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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Anzeige: Bose Bluetooth Lautsprecher mit neuem Amazon-Bestpreis rund 97 Euro
Der Bose SoundLink Flex 2 zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis liefert naturgetreuen Klang, IP67-Schutz und bis zu 12 Stunden Akkulaufzeit. ( Technik/Hardware, Audio/Video)
Steven Spielberg Endorses 2 Horror Hits Competing With Disclosure Day
Steven Spielberg, widely considered among the greatest filmmakers of all time, praises Obsession and Backrooms, both of which are doing very well at the box office, ahead of the release of Disclosure Day. The director said that he is very happy with the films and their performance. Spielberg’s upcoming directorial premiere on June 12, 2026, […]
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Local trainer has runners by the dozen at Scone
Scott Singleton will bring a hefty 12 runners to Tuesday’s eight-race meeting at Scone. ⌘ Read more
Deadly 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks the southern Philippines
At least 12 people have died and more than 200 are injured after the quake, which damaged buildings and set off one-metre tsunami waves along nearby coasts. ⌘ Read more
General Hospital Spoilers for What Happens This Week (June 8-12)
The General Hospital spoilers and preview for this week (June 8-12) are here. While Nathan confesses something big this week, Carly takes matters into her own hands. Plus, Tracy ends up saying harsh words to Willow, and Chase makes an important arrest. Here’s a full breakdown of the twists unfolding in Port Charles (via Soaps.com). […]
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Days of Our Lives Spoilers for What Happens This Week (June 8-12)
Days of Our Lives spoilers for this week tease major confrontations, shocking confessions, and relationship drama across Salem. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up from June 8 to June 12 on the long-running soap. What are this week’s Days of Our Lives spoilers? Days of Our Lives delivers plenty of drama this week as […]
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Young & Restless Spoilers for What Happens This Week (June 8-12)?
Fans of The Young and the Restless are eager to get a spoiler preview of its episodes from June 8 to 12. As the new week rolls in, here’s a peek into everything that the popular CBS soap opera has in store for the viewers. What are this week’s The Young and the Restless spoilers? […]
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Bold & Beautiful Spoilers for What Happens This Week (June 8-12)
Curious to know the spoilers for The Bold and the Beautiful for June 8-12? This week starts with Will and Electraadvancing their relationship. Brooke and Katie attempt to make peace, but their tendency to undermine each other might slip in. Towards the end of the week, Remy is shocked to learn about Deke’s new role at Logan. Steffy seeks answers from Katie but might not get them. As the drama continues to progre … ⌘ Read more
One-third of year 12 students have dropped this science subject since 2025
While English saw the largest number of overall drop-outs among the 2026 year 12 cohort, its percentage of deserters was eclipsed by another subject. ⌘ Read more
AFL LIVE: Essendon eye second win in 12 months; Swans’ great escape breaks Saints hearts
A thrilling and late Jai Serong goal has completed Sydney’s great escape against St Kilda, entrenching the Swans in the top two. Tonight Carlton are chasing a fourth straight win in a compelling clash against lowly Essendon at the MCG. ⌘ Read more
Transformers Are Inherently Succinct
This paper is being published at ICLR 2026 (top AI conference), and was selected as one of three outstanding papers.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48416635
Points: 12
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ISS Astronauts Told To Prepare For Possible Evacuation Over Air Leak
NASA ordered astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in their spacecraft and prepare for possible evacuation after a worsening air leak in the Russian Zvezda service module’s transfer tunnel. The Guardian reports: The four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 mission on the station – two US astronauts, a French astronaut and … ⌘ Read more
There’s no escaping it: an exploration of ANSI codes
Article URL: https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/12/22/ansi-codes/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48408995
Points: 3
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Analysts raise IkeGPS forecasts on sharper earnings and AI gains
Forsyth Barr analysts have raised their spot valuation on IkeGPS after the technology company delivered a “strong” full-year result.
The dual-listed utility pole assessment technology firm more than halved its net after-tax loss in the 12 months ending March 31, 2026, to $7.5 million from a net loss … ⌘ Read more
Reserve Bank loosens usage of word ‘bank’
All licensed deposit-takers will be able to refer to use the “bank” in their name from late 2028, with industry reaction being positive overall towards the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision.
The move comes after consultation last year and loosens up the hitherto tight restrictions surrounding usage of the words “bank”, “banker” and “banking”. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) received 12 submissions on the matter. ⌘ Read more
Emily Blunt’s Disclosure Day Performance Is a Reminder of What AI Can’t Replace
Emily Blunt’s performance in the upcoming Disclosure Day forced her to make some strange noises. Blunt’s fear of using AI shows what AI is unable to replace. Disclosure Day’s is set for release on June 12, 2026, and it features a massive cast led by Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Eve Hewson, and more. Based on a story by Spielberg, […\ … ⌘ Read more
Google Launches ‘Gemma 4 12B’ AI Model That Can Run On Your Laptop
Google has launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter open AI model designed to run locally on your laptop without depending entirely on cloud infrastructure. WION reports: According to Google, the new model delivers performance close to much larger AI systems while requiring significantly less memory. The company says Gemma 4 12B can run … ⌘ Read more
2025 mehr als 12,5 Mrd. Euro in Österreich verschenkt ⌘ Read more
«Un cataclysme juridique»: le député Paul Christophle sonne l’alerte sur les nouvelles législations européennes sur les migrations
Le socialiste défend mercredi une proposition de résolution européenne visant à s’opposer au règlement «retour», qui est sur le point d’être définitivement adopté, et alerte sur la mise en œuvre du pacte migratoire européen prévue pour le 12 juin. ⌘ Read more
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling
Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. ⌘ Read more
What the SpaceX IPO means for Rocket Lab
When Elon Musk finally pulls the trigger on a SpaceX initial public offering, which could happen as soon as June 12, it will likely be the biggest public listing in history.
Retail investors will pile in, institutions will scramble for allocation, and the Nasdaq will briefly look like a launchpad, with millions watching its ticker from around the world, just as they regularly tune in to watch Starship rockets blasting off. ⌘ Read more
Forsyth Barr lowers Tourism Holdings to neutral
Forsyth Barr analysts lowered their rating on Tourism Holdings to neutral from outperform after a weak trading update and news that it had received a second bid approach from the BGH-Capital-led consortium.
It also lowered its 12-month target price to $3.10 from $3.60. ⌘ Read more
Meet the Accidental Editor in Chief of Muslim Media
Ameer Al-Khatahtbeh was just trying to find an outlet for Muslim news. Now he has more than 12 million followers. ⌘ 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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Afrique-France: la com d’Emmanuel Macron vue du Kenya
Le sommet Africa Forward des 11 et 12 mai à Nairobi, considéré par Paris comme une réussite et le symbole de la nouvelle relation entre la France et le continent, est perçu sur place comme une réorientation de la «Françafrique», avec les mêmes objectifs: l’influence et l’extractivisme. ⌘ Read more
Budget smugglers: inside the trans-Tasman tax boxes
Budget 2026 landed in New Zealand with none of the dramas associated with its Australian counterpart, delivered a couple of weeks previously.
Unlike the radical tax reforms handed down by Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on May 12, NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis held a steady-state course tax-wise. ⌘ Read more
Cheese Paper: a text editor specifically designed for writing
Article URL: https://brie.gay/cheese-paper/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48341407
Points: 12
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Radeon Software For Linux 26.12 Brings Ubuntu 26.04 Support
While most Linux enthusiasts and desktop users/gamers are comfortable just riding the latest upstream Linux kernel and Mesa drivers shipped by their distribution, for those enterprises preferring the officially blessed and QA’ed driver packages from AMD, last week marked the release of the Radeon Software for Linux 26.12 driver… ⌘ Read more
Zot now supports Claude Opus 4.8
Article URL: https://www.zot.sh
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48319524
Points: 12
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DOJ Charges Google Employee With $1.2 Million Polymarket Bet On Search Term
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Federal prosecutors charged a Google employee with fraud on Wednesday, alleging that he made $1.2 million off of bets using insider information on Polymarket. Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to … ⌘ Read more
Citing ‘severe’ math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM
Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-27/uc-math-professors-demand-return-of-sat-for-stem-admissions
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309233
Points: 28
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Du Val statutory management costs $4.12m
The statutory management of failed property group Du Val has cost the Government $4.12 million to date, Budget documents show.
In August 2024, the Government placed 70 Du Val entities into the rarely used regime amid an ongoing investigation by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). ⌘ Read more
Manhattanhenge is back May 28–29 🌆 + Jul 11-12 ⌘ 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
NZ sharemarket up over 1.2% on back of heavyweight rises
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Infratil again led the way as the New Zealand sharemarket rose more than 1.2%, while the Reserve Bank of NZ kept the Official Cash Rate unchanged in a close call.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index traded strongly from midday and closed at 13,227.81, a gain of 158.07 points or 1.21%. ⌘ Read more
Labwc 0.20 Wayland Compositor Released With Numerous New Features
In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor… ⌘ Read more
Sway 1.12 Released With HDR Support On Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols
Sway 1.12 is out today as the newest feature release of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor powered by the wlroots library… ⌘ Read more
GPT Guesses Between 1 and 100
Article URL: https://github.com/exmergo/research-chatgpt-guesses-between-1-and-100
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265745
Points: 12
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NZ sharemarket trades flat, down 0.1%
The New Zealand sharemarket was a little hesitant as it entered a pivotal week for company earnings releases and economic moves.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index reached an intraday high of 13,101.27 but then fell late, closing at 12,970.80, down 21.03 points, or 0.16%. ⌘ Read more
Claude Is Not Your Architect. Stop Letting It Pretend
Article URL: https://www.hollandtech.net/claude-is-not-your-architect/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48259784
Points: 12
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A large set of stable kernel updates
The 7.0.10,
6.18.33,
6.12.91,
6.6.141,
6.1.174,
5.15.208, and
5.10.257
stable kernel updates have all been released. The first four are huge
(the 7.0.10\
review version had … ⌘ Read more
La Hongrie d’Orbán, l’autre pays où on a dressé des «listes noires» de cinéastes
Le «combat culturel» porté durant seize ans par l’ex-premier ministre nationaliste Viktor Orbán a fait beaucoup de victimes dans le milieu du cinéma. Après la transition politique du 12 avril, les professionnels qui ont été mis sur la touche veulent revenir dans le jeu. ⌘ Read more
NTSB pulls docket after AI recreates dead pilots’ voices
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/ai-users-re-create-dead-pilots-voices-from-crash-investigation-docs/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48241501
Points: 12
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Deepfakes Tore a High School Apart
Article URL: https://www.404media.co/radnor-high-school-pennsylvania-ai-deepfakes-child-sexual-abuse-material/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48233177
Points: 12
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