Category : News
Author: NZ Herald

Microsoft is warning those who use Windows computers to stop using the Google Chrome browser as soon as possible. 

The company says users should be now switching to Edge instead. 

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/lifestyle/sneaky-prompts-microsoft-warns-billions-of-google-chrome-users-to-stop-using-it-now
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"with the added trust of Microsoft" ... And then you try and stop freedom of choice and try to push users away with prompts... which is the reason more and more people are leaving the Windows and MS platform... they don't trust you.

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Category : News
Author: Nighthawk

Rocketlab reveals more details on the design of it's Neutron medium lift rocket. Building on Rocket Lab’s proven experience developing the Electron launch vehicle, the advanced 8-ton payload class Neutron launch vehicle is designed to transform space access by delivering reliable and cost-effective launch services for satellite mega-constellations, deep space missions and human spaceflight.

We have all been waiting patiently with baited breath for the reveal and we weren't disappointed. Well Peter Beck did say the the example for the first renderings of Neutron back when he revealed that Rocket Lab were building a bigger rocket looks nothing like Neutron and he was right.

Article: http://www.nighthawk.nz
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Category : News
Author: Mike Kilpatrick

Rocket Lab, the space company founded by Kiwi Peter Beck, has announced it will try and catch a rocket booster in mid-air as it returns to Earth using a helicopter. 

The company hopes by doing so, it will allow its Electron orbital-class small rocket to launch more frequently and lower overall launch costs.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/11/rocket-lab-will-attempt-to-catch-rocket-as-it-returns-to-earth-using-helicopter.html
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Category : News
Author: Brianna Mcilraith

A Martin Jetpack prototype that is no longer operational has sold for $158,200 on Trade Me.

The aircraft was listed on November 1 with a $1 reserve, and received 179 bids before the listing closed at 7.52pm on Tuesday.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/127080389/martin-jetpack-prototype-sells-for-158200-on-trade-me
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Category : News
Author: Assosiated Press

Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/11/03/facebook-to-shut-down-face-recognition-system-delete-data/
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Category : News
Author: Greg Fleming

OPINION: Yes, you read that right – it may take a decade or so – but I’m calling it.

Facebook – the social media platform du jour for many, the one that helped bring us Trump, drove Brexit, live streamed Christchurch’s Mosque killings, the one that helped fuelled an attempted insurrection in Washington and brought traditional media to its knees while feeding us countless cat videos and so much more – is on the downward slope.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/thebit-nz/300443847/were-witnessing-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-facebook
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE restored efficacy to 95.6 percent against the virus, including the Delta variant, data released by the companies from a large study showed on Thursday.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/covid-19-pfizer-biontech-say-booster-shot-showed-high-efficacy-in-large-study.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

New analysis suggests unvaccinated people could be reinfected with COVID-19 every 16 months on average. 

A recent study at the Yale School of Public Health in Connecticut, US, published in The Lancet Microbeanalysed immunological data from close viral relatives of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to determine how long natural immunity from infection lasts for unvaccinated individuals - indicating when they should expect to become reinfected with COVID-19.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/covid-19-unvaccinated-individuals-should-expect-to-be-reinfected-with-coronavirus-every-16-17-months-research.html
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