Day: July 5, 2026

HBO Max landed in Aotearoa last month with a suitably glossy launch party at Auckland’s Viaduct Events Centre, complete with highly Instagrammable food, an endless bar tab and a guest list stacked with influencers keen to be seen. Its arrival has left Sky’s streaming platform NEON looking a little less luminous, after losing its strongest content.  The HBO […]

 Remember when the PS5 first dropped in 2020 and getting one felt harder than securing Taylor Swift tickets, or a rental in Auckland? Some Kiwi gamers waited six months or more to get their hands on Sony’s sleek, futuristic beast.  Thankfully, those days are over. Stock is plentiful, PS4 support is slowly fading from online titles, and […]

Gay dating app Goose has been accused of using AI-generated men and inauthentic social media accounts to attract users to the platform. An investigation by Wired alleges that Goose, a dating and friendship app marketed as a more relationship-focused alternative to Grindr, used suspicious accounts as part of its promotional strategy. Goose has denied the […]

Missouri has enacted a new law restricting access to gender-affirming healthcare for incarcerated transgender people, marking a major shift in how the state’s Department of Corrections can provide medical treatment. HB 2009, signed into law by Governor Mike Kehoe on 30 June, prohibits the use of state funds for hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries intended […]