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NZRise bows out, but its mission of gaining a level playing field for local tech companies in government procurement remains as important as ever.

The Financial Markets Authority will next yeah pilot a regulatory sandbox for fintechs to safely experiment with products and services while gaining feedback from the regulator that will help them stay compliant as they prepare for a broader launch.

A new machine-learning weather prediction model called GenCast can outperform the best traditional forecasting systems in at least some situations, according to a paper by Google DeepMind researchers published in Nature

Datagrid has teamed up with Chorus on plans for a 6,000km fibre network that would form a ring around the Tasman Sea. But linking centres like New Plymouth and Greymouth will depend on sufficient demand being identified.

Australia is set to ban under-16s from social media and next year will trial technology to enforce the ban. So what exactly are these options – and what does the evidence say about their effectiveness?