Google Opens Gemma 4 Under Apache 2.0 with Multimodal and Agentic Capabilities
Google has recently released Gemma 4, a family of open-weight models spanning effective 2B and 4B edge variants,…
America’s Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand confirm new additions to sailing team
Woodall and Sanderson are the latest additions to the sailing team, after Australian Iain Jensen was confirmed in…
Megan Aitken jailed after fight outside Nelson MSD office leaves victim with smashed teeth
The victim of Aitken’s violence offending outside the MSD office had a dental bill of $1225, but the…
Google Released Gemma 4 with a Focus On Local-First, On-Device AI Inference
With the release of Gemma 4, Google aims to enable local, agentic AI for Android development through a…
Tauranga’s Te Tumu development: Landowners fear more delays as laws change
This came after the Government ordered councils to stop plan changes unless approved for an exemption – an…
Auckland GP Fi Darracott-Cankovic offers all-day psychedelic trips for the terminally ill
Here are some highlights of Darracott-Cankovic’s conversation with Herald national desk editor Hannah Brown. What fears and questions…
Building Hierarchical Agentic RAG Systems: Multi-Modal Reasoning with Autonomous Error Recovery
Key Takeaways
Traditional RAG systems struggle bridging structured SQL databases and unstructured document collections (a challenge we…
El Camino Hospital buys site at high-visibility South Bay location
SUNNYVALE — El Camino Hospital widened its shopping spree in the South Bay with its recent purchase of…
Cybersecurity for Fintech Companies Working Remotely
Remote work expanded the attack surface for fintech companies. Zachary Amos outlines the core risks and the layered…
Dynamic Languages Faster and Cheaper in 13-Language Claude Code Benchmark
A new benchmark by Ruby committer Yusuke Endoh tested how efficiently Claude Code generates working implementations across 13…
Insurer flags ‘sea surge’ risk for some Napier Parklands estate properties
She said seven returned the same message. Parklands is run by Ahuriri Investment Management (AIM), which was set…
Anthropic’s Designs Three-Agent Harness Supports Long-Running Full-Stack AI Development
Anthropic has introduced a multi-agent harness design to support long-running autonomous application development, targeting both frontend design and…