Meta, Google, TikTok and Roblox are expanding AI-based age-assurance systems as regulators push for stricter child protections, with Meta facing an $18 billion settlement with 48 states, the District …
New Zealand has no AI-specific statute and its 2025 national AI strategy relies on existing law, with the Privacy Act 2020 (effective 1 December 2020) as the binding instrument for AI, applying to any…
Nvidia forecast 70% fiscal 2028 growth and $673 billion in sales, while US data centers used an estimated 17 billion gallons of water in 2023, highlighting the physical and financial costs of the comp…
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon introduced the Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill, which would ban children under 16 from social media platforms and AI comp…
New Zealand proposed barring under-16s from major social platforms and AI companions, with potentially steep penalties, as AI's expansion presses into youth rules, creator rights, cloud economics, and…
New Zealand proposed a bill on August 24, 2026, to bar children under 16 from TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, and AI companions, with fines up to $40 million or 10% of global revenue for non-co…
New Zealand's Green Party has proposed a one-year pause on new AI data centres, mirroring a moratorium in New York state, as part of the country's election campaign. Technology writer Peter Griffin ex…
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun met with his Canadian, Australian and New Zealand counterparts in Manila on Wednesday, agreeing to deepen cooperation on energy security, critical mineral supply…
Roblox launched Build, a mobile-first AI creation tab that generates playable games from text prompts, starting alpha testing in New Zealand on July 28 for users aged nine and older. The feature, powe…
Singapore-based Datagrid has secured approval to build a NZ$3.5bn AI datacentre in Makarewa, New Zealand, sparking local concerns about electricity and water use, and noise pollution. Residents are de…
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a joint security warning on June 22, 2026, stating that frontier AI could transform offensive and defensive cyber capabilities within months, not years. The …
The UK passed a generational tobacco sales ban as part of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026, prohibiting sales to anyone born after January 1, 2009. The policy aims to eliminate smoking entirely, but its…
Iran was eliminated from the World Cup after Austria scored a last-second goal to tie Algeria, denying Iran advancement on tiebreakers. The team played amid tight U.S. travel restrictions and geopolit…
New Zealand winger Elijah Just scored twice against Iran in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, becoming the first Motherwell player and first New Zealander to score at a World Cup. His performance has sparked t…
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that frontier AI systems will transform cyber capabilities within months, lowering barriers for malicious actors while strengthening defenses. The joint stat…
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warned that artificial intelligence will accelerate cyberattacks within months, urging governments and businesses to prepare for threats that exceed current expecta…
The Five Eyes cyber security agencies issued urgent guidance warning that rapid advances in frontier AI are accelerating cyber threats and shrinking the window between vulnerability discovery and expl…
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance warns that frontier AI models could fundamentally reshape offensive cyber operations within months, urging business and political leaders to act now. The rare joint…
OpenAI expanded its self-serve Ads Manager to the U.K. in beta, making it the fifth market after the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and added cost-per-click (CPC) buying alongside CPM. The …
OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT advertising pilot program to Korea, making it the sixth market to feature ads. Ads will appear only for free and Go tier adult users, while paid plan users remain ad-fr…