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Updated: 25 Jul 2026, 5:48 am

Google parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doubles

NZ Herald Technology

CEO Sundar Pichai credited booming AI tools and YouTube's World Cup traffic.

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Google releases three new AI models

NZ Herald Technology

New York Times: Its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro remains delayed after a planned June release.

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Designing inclusion into the future of tech | July Newsletter

Tech New Zealand

Kia ora Earlier this month, Yvonne Gill, (Executive Director, Tech Women New Zealand) and Mahsa McCauley (Chair, AI Forum New Zealand), represented Tech New Zealand at the APEC ...

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Safer digital experiences

Tech New Zealand

Kia ora This week we’re celebrating good tech in action across Aotearoa. We’re still accepting entries for the 2026 Aotearoa AI Awards, recognising individuals, teams and organi...

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How AI helps scientists design the next generation of medicines

MIT Technology Review AI

Designing and developing a new medicine is an expensive, failure-prone scientific challenge. A new drug can take many years to develop, at the cost of a significant investment. ...

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Launching Health in ChatGPT

OpenAI

Health in ChatGPT now lets eligible U.S. users securely connect medical records and Apple Health to get more personalized insights and better understand their health.

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Advancing next-gen AI with materials science innovation

MIT Technology Review AI

The conversation about AI often centers on algorithms, computing power, or huge investments in new semiconductor fabrication plants and hyperscale data centers. But beneath each...

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Railway secures $100 million to challenge AWS with AI-native cloud infrastructure

VentureBeat AI

Railway , a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 mil...

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Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.

VentureBeat AI

The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy c...

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June wrap + what’s next: AI for good, sustainable AI and what’s next for Aotearoa

AI Forum NZ

Kia ora, It’s been another busy month, with plenty of opportunities to learn, connect and get involved. In this edition, details on the second conversation in our Sustainable AI...

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What Paris Can Teach Us About Funding Responsible AI in Universities

AI Forum NZ

A French model that makes companies customers — not donors — offers an unexpected blueprint for building AI research capacity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Madeline Newman, Executive...

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How central banks can contain financial stability risks as AI accelerates change

interest.co.nz

The IMF says stronger oversight, better data, and deeper coordination are needed to safeguard faster and more interconnected markets

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