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Person dies following assault on Onehunga bus, manhunt underway
Police say the offender in Onehunga has been identified through CCTV footage.

Meth beer victim lay dying in hospital while accused tried to retrieve lethal beers, court hears
While Aiden Sagala was dying in hospital from a meth overdose, Himatjit Singh Kahlon tried to retrieve other meth-laced beers from his fridge.

Consumer NZ calls for inquiry into Air NZ New Zealand pricing model
There are allegations Air New Zealand is taking Kiwis for an excessively expensive ride across the Tasman.

Advocates decry govt about-turn on exploited migrants
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford is changing the Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa, including removing people's ability to extend it.

Dozens of homes lose power as firefighters battle hedge blaze
A hedge fire near Rangiora knocked out power to more than 100 homes in North Canterbury this afternoon.

Fight Back Together: Workers protest policy reforms and public service cuts
Workers aren't going to take the changes lying down, CTU president Richard Wagstaff says.

Foodstuffs weighs up appeal on Commerce Commission merger decision
The group's North and South Island arms operate more than 500 Four Square, New World and PAK'nSAVE supermarkets and have applied to merge the two regions.

Security staff to wear body cameras at Dunedin’s notorious bus hub
Security services at a bus hub where a teen was stabbed to death have been made permanent.

Tarras Airport ‘stupidest bloody idea’ - departing mayor
Central Otago mayor says it will be a disaster for the environment and the district.

‘Wheels of the economy’ fight erosion of rights
Supermarket staff, nurses, forestry and factory workers and seafood industry employees have stood shoulder-to-shoulder in protest.

Arm will cancel Qualcomm’s license to make the Snapdragon X Elite
Arm Ltd. has notified its licensee Qualcomm, informing the company that its architectural license will be terminated in 60 days — the agreement that allows Qualcomm to manufacture the Oryon CPU cores at the heart of the Snapdragon X Elite chip and Copilot+ PCs. PCWorld has independently confirmed an earlier Bloomberg report that Arm is canceling the architectural license agreement, the agreement that allows Qualcomm to manufacture custom cores, like the company’s Oryon processor. Qualcomm called the cancellation notice “more unfounded threats” and that it looks forward to a trial in December that is set to resolve the issue. In the fall of 2022, Arm sued Qualcomm, seeking an injunction that would have forced Qualcomm to destroy the chip designs that a company called Nuvia developed. Qualcomm bought Nuvia in 2021, in a bid to beef up its own Arm-based CPU designs. Arm, in turn, argued that it should have been allowed to approve the deal and cancelled Nuvia’s licenses in 2023, according to Bloomberg. Since then, the suit has quietly simmered without any real action or rhetoric by either side, even as the two sides nailed down a court date in December. Now, the stakes have been raised significantly. Arm designs its own CPU cores, known as Cortex, and licenses them to companies like Qualcomm, Mediatek, and others. That license remains in place. But Qualcomm is entertaining partners, analysts and media at the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, where the company launched its next-generation Oryon core that the company claims is actually faster than Intel’s Lunar Lake chip. Embarrassing? Very much so. Arm declined to comment. Qualcomm, however, issued a statement calling the action a “desperate ploy.” “This is more of the same from Arm – more unfounded threats designed to strongarm a longtime partner, interfere with our performance-leading CPUs, and increase royalty rates regardless of the broad rights under our architecture license,” Qualcomm said, in a company statement emailed to PCWorld by a company representative. “With a trial fast approaching in December, Arm’s desperate ploy appears to be an attempt to disrupt the legal process, and its claim for termination is completely baseless. We are confident that Qualcomm’s rights under its agreement with Arm will be affirmed. Arm’s anticompetitive conduct will not be tolerated.” Right now, Arm and Qualcomm still have an agreement by which Qualcomm could make chips based on Arm’s finished Cortex cores. But those cores proved unable to keep up with x86 designs from Intel and AMD. The Oryon cores at the heart of the Snapdragon X Elite processor has proven far more competitive, and are arguably the most power-efficient chip for the PC. Now those cores are in jeopardy because of Arm’s action, setting up either a heated negotiation process or an even more fervent battle in court in a few months.

Thousands march to Parliament to protest Government’s ‘anti-worker agenda’
Union workers gathered in their thousands to demonstrate against what they called "the most anti-worker government that we’ve seen in decades".

Why Wednesdays have become these students' favourite day at school
By letting students spend a whole day each week working on vocational projects and electives, Papakura High School has started to see big improvements in student attendance and engagement.

Commscope unveils SYSTIMAX GigaSHIELD X10D platform
CommScope has launched the SYSTIMAX GigaSHIELD X10D, a Cat 6A shielded platform aimed at enhancing high-speed copper networks and operational efficiency.

Large scrub fire at Waikato wetlands not the first
The 7100 hectare wetland made up of peat bog, vegetation and fen, was the scene of two fires in the 1980s.

Boeing-made satellite breaks up in space
The "total loss" of the communications satellite has affected Intelsat customers around the world.

Ministers defend criticisms of Wellington City Council: 'It's about a series of poor decisions'
Government ministers have pushed back after the Wellington mayor accused them of "punching down" in their recent criticisms of her council.

Home-made explosives taken to court, man arrested
A 75-year-old man was arrested, and the “small, home-made” devices were seized.

Containers from sunken Navy ship ashore, as Samoa welcomes leaders
King Charles and Queen Camilla left Sydney on Wednesday for Samoa where the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting is being held.

How to implement exposure management in complex cyber-physical systems
As digital transformation heightens cyber-physical connectivity, organisations must adopt effective exposure management strategies to safeguard critical systems.

Baby Ru case: Person of interest says 'sorry I couldn't save you' on anniversary of death
[h] Related Rosie Morunga is one of three people of interest in the homicide investigation, including partner Dylan Ross, and Baby Ru's mother, Storm Wall.