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Monday, 19 April 2021, 5:40 am NZTech is launching Tech21, a programme of activity and events in collaboration with the Ministry of Education to help inspire young ākonga (learners) into tech careers. Graeme Muller, chief executive of NZTech, says recent research published in the digital skills report found a decreasing number of students taking courses that will prepare them for an opportunity to work in the many new and exciting tech careers within the burgeoning tech sector. “The Tech21 ...

Sunday, 18 April 2021, 1:04 pm The NVIDIA DGX A100 supercomputer with L-R (top) Professors Albert Bifet, Bernhard Pfahringer and Eibe Frank and (bottom), Aubrey Donovan and Jason Moult, Fujitsu New Zealand’s most powerful supercomputer for artificial intelligence applications has been installed at the University of Waikato as part of its commitment positioning New Zealand as a world leader in AI research and development. The NVIDIA DGX A100 is the first computer of its kind in New Zealand an...

Friday, 16 April 2021, 9:17 am   The Ministry for Primary Industries has released a report on the use of animals in science in 2019. Critics have labelled the results ‘disappointing’ and cite the report as evidence that the current system needs to be thrown out. Tara Jackson, Executive Director of the New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society, said the lack of progress has been disappointing. “Over the last several decades, there have been no significant changes in these numbers. Animals are...

Friday, 16 April 2021, 3:59 pm The old-school way of capturing location data within a building relies on legacy tools like distance meters and notepads, a slow process and ripe for human error. Things move as the building goes up. Concrete grows and shrinks. Structures settle. Users can’t rely on outside points, because as the building shifts, those do too. That means each floor needs a fresh scan to account for differences. Survey layout with 3D laser scanning technology changes all of that...

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Thursday, 15 April 2021, 12:32 pm This week has seen much unsettled weather and MetService is forecasting this trend to continue with cooler temperatures expected to kick off the school holidays. An active low-pressure system brought plenty of thunderstorms to the western and upper North Island yesterday (Wednesday) with 878 lightning strikes recorded over the North Island landmass from 10am to midnight yesterday. MetService meteorologist April Clark warns “Though we are not expecting the nex...

A jet of particles emitting from the black hole of the M87 galaxy (Provided by Event Horizon Telescope) Japanese, U.S. and European scientists using 19 telescopes around the world captured the first image of jets of particles emitting from a black hole at incredible speeds. Images of the black hole at the center of the M87 galaxy about 55 million light years away were first released in 2019, but at that time there was no jet captured. The black hole has been known for alternating between very b...

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 5:44 pm (L-R) Kylie Horomia, Head of Industry Transformation and Sarah Kennelly, Graduate IoT Engineer WayBeyond has taken up the sustainability challenge for Earth Day 2021 with a long-term focus on reducing food waste and optimizing natural resources. “Earth Day is one of the oldest and largest global movements when it comes to positive environmental changes. The 22 April event is supported by 75,000 partners in over 190 countries all focused on positive action for...

Thursday, 15 April 2021, 2:48 pm New Zealand’s highly productive farmlands have been decreasing over the last two decades as residential developments such as lifestyle blocks grow, according to a new report. Our land 2021 says the area of highly productive land that was unavailable for agriculture – because it had a house on it – increased by 54 per cent from 2002 to 2019. The number of consumers in New Zealand is projected to reach 6.8 million by 2073, which the report says will “cont...

TS Surigae may intensify in 24 hours, enter PAR as Bising on Friday By JAMIL SANTOS, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 2:24pm Tropical Storm "Surigae" may intensify into a severe tropical storm over the next 24 hours, and is forecasted to enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) as "Bising" on Friday, PAGASA said Wednesday. In its 11 a.m. advisory, PAGASA said Tropical Storm "Surigae" has slightly intensified while almost stationary, and remain less likely to directly affect th...