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KNX touch panels can now show track and artist details, giving installers a richer audio interface across homes and venues.
Broader e-invoicing rules are pushing Link4 beyond invoice delivery into compliance and cross-border trade services for businesses in Asia-Pacific.
The buildout could give Australian startups, universities and enterprises more local AI compute as demand for training and inference rises.
It gives businesses private high-speed links between Auckland sites as demand rises for secure data transfers and AI-ready cloud capacity.
Australian and New Zealand buyers will get Roborock's first pool robot in January 2027, as the firm widens into garden care and allergy-labelled cleaners.
Buyers will get tailored warnings on flood, soil and planning risks as the platform flags issues against their intended use of a property.
Short-form video is pushing more New Zealanders to use avocados beyond toast, as home-cooked lunches and dinners gain ground.
AI meal planning is gaining trust in Australia and New Zealand, but shoppers still override automated basket choices to control price and pack size.
The AUD $2,999 robot vacuum aims to lure ANZ households with stronger suction, while cutting upkeep for pet hair, stains and carpet dust.
Bookings have tripled in two years as the restaurant platform prepares to deepen its New Zealand base and push harder into Europe.
The free eight-week course could become Australia's largest AI founder programme, with small businesses most likely to lack in-house expertise.
Workers in education and public service are confronting strikes and shrinking demand as AI starts replacing tasks once done by people.
Organisations risk weakening security and productivity if AI is used to replace IT expertise rather than support training and oversight.
Eligible Australian investors could soon gain access to tokenised products as Openmarkets and Ondo test new offerings within local regulations.
Capacity constraints in Wellington should ease as a 200-tonne-an-hour plant boosts asphalt supply for roads, ports and airports.
A Dext survey of more than 400 practitioners shows 60 per cent of Australian accountants and bookkeepers say heavy workloads are a daily challenge.
The deal will give more than 70,000 students and staff institution-backed AI access, alongside safeguards and AUD $1 million for sustainability research.
More than 100,000 small businesses are now in privacy regulators' sights as tougher rules push demand for cheaper compliance tools.
The new range aims to ease overheating concerns and stretch battery life as buyers demand slimmer chargers that can safely power phones and laptops.
Australasia's rail lobby says the scheme could cut diesel use and ease supply chain strain as freight customers weigh a shift from road.
