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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Snoswell, Research Fellow in AI Accountability, Queensland University of Technology Google Deepmind / Unsplash Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: “vegetative electron microscopy”. This phrase, which sounds technical but is actually nonsense, has become a “digital fossil” – an ... <a title="A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/a-weird-phrase-is-plaguing-scientific-papers-and-we-traced-it-back-to-a-glitch-in-ai-training-data-254463/" aria-label="Read more about A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Adrian Beaumont, Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne The significant turn-around in the federal polls ahead of the 2025 federal election, with the momentum now moving firmly in Labor’s direction. A national Resolve poll for ... <a title="Labor surges to 7-point lead in Resolve poll, and has sizeable leads in two other national polls" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/labor-surges-to-7-point-lead-in-resolve-poll-and-has-sizeable-leads-in-two-other-national-polls-254516/" aria-label="Read more about Labor surges to 7-point lead in Resolve poll, and has sizeable leads in two other national polls">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Moataz ElQadi, Adjunct Researcher, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University Daria Nipot/Shutterstock Our personal information is more valuable than ever. The most recent government cyber threat report warns that foreign state actors have an “enduring interest” in obtaining sensitive and personally identifiable information about Australians. In recent ... <a title="Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/renting-a-home-in-australia-means-handing-over-too-much-sensitive-info-its-a-national-security-risk-254293/" aria-label="Read more about Renting a home in Australia means handing over too much sensitive info. It’s a national security risk">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Margaret Murray, Senior Lecturer, nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology Stefanie Mohr Photography/Shutterstock With Easter around the corner, you’ll have seen chocolate Easter eggs on supermarket shelves. Maybe you’ve bought some already. But is there a difference between Easter chocolate and the everyday kind? Does Easter chocolate really ... <a title="What’s the difference between Easter egg chocolate and regular chocolate?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/whats-the-difference-between-easter-egg-chocolate-and-regular-chocolate-252026/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between Easter egg chocolate and regular chocolate?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
ER Report: Here is a summary of significant articles published on EveningReport.nz on April 15, 2025.
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susan Grantham, Lecturer in Communication, Griffith University From Abbie Chatfield and Hannah Ferguson to Ozzy Man, influencers have never been more central to an Australian election campaign. Much has been made of the increasingly common site of politicians on TikTok or Instagram reels. Some political groups don’t ... <a title="Social media is the new election battleground. Is embracing influencers smart, risky or both?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/social-media-is-the-new-election-battleground-is-embracing-influencers-smart-risky-or-both-253537/" aria-label="Read more about Social media is the new election battleground. Is embracing influencers smart, risky or both?">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lester Munson, Non-Resident Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney After announcing Liberation Day – stiff “retaliatory” tariffs on every country and penguin-inhabited island in the world – US President Donald Trump rescinded the vast majority of tariffs eight days later when stock and bond markets ... <a title="Trump’s tariffs rollercoaster is really about Republican unity" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/trumps-tariffs-rollercoaster-is-really-about-republican-unity-254471/" aria-label="Read more about Trump’s tariffs rollercoaster is really about Republican unity">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist in Hawai’i New Zealand’s Pacific connection with the United States is “more important than ever”, says Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters after rounding up the Hawai’i leg of his Pacific trip. Peters said common strategic interests of the US and New Zealand were underlined while in the state. “Our ... <a title="Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United States" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/peters-emphasises-growing-importance-of-nzs-pacific-ties-with-the-united-states/" aria-label="Read more about Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ’s Pacific ties with the United States">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Hundreds of university staff and students in Melbourne and Sydney called on their vice-chancellors to cancel pro-Israel events earlier this month, write Michael West Media’s Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon. SPECIAL REPORT: By Wendy Bacon and Yaakov Aharon While Australia’s universities continue to repress pro-Palestine peace protests, they gave the green light to pro-Israel events ... <a title="Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/israeli-military-reservists-court-australian-universities-amid-hypocrisy-over-anti-war-protests/" aria-label="Read more about Israeli military reservists court Australian universities amid ‘hypocrisy’ over anti-war protests">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: Shincheonji Church of Jesus STATEMENT: The church announced its official position that Le Parisien distorted facts about Shincheonji France in an article published last week, only quoting speculative statements from someone who left the church. On the other hand the church’s statement made up only two lines of the report, barely reflecting the actual ... <a title="Religious News: Statement – Shincheonji Church of Jesus France calls out Major French Daily Newspaper for its “biased” and “slanderous” reporting" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/religious-news-statement-shincheonji-church-of-jesus-france-calls-out-major-french-daily-newspaper-for-its-biased-and-slanderous-reporting/" aria-label="Read more about Religious News: Statement – Shincheonji Church of Jesus France calls out Major French Daily Newspaper for its “biased” and “slanderous” reporting">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Griffin, Casual Lecturer and Tutor in History, Indigenous Studies, and Politics, Flinders University The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has announced it will build 15 new temples in countries across the world, including one in Liverpool, New South Wales. This follows a similar announcement ... <a title="Why the Mormon church is on an expansion project, with 2 secretive new temples planned for Australia" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/why-the-mormon-church-is-on-an-expansion-project-with-2-secretive-new-temples-planned-for-australia-254217/" aria-label="Read more about Why the Mormon church is on an expansion project, with 2 secretive new temples planned for Australia">Read more</a>
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April 15, 2025
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Meade, Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith University, Centre for Applied Energy Economics and Policy Research, Griffith University Shutterstock Winter is coming to New Zealand and Australia, and with it come those inevitably higher power bills from heating our homes. But even without that seasonal spike, household power ... <a title="Winter electricity prices are rising – how do we know we’re getting value for money?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2025/04/15/winter-electricity-prices-are-rising-how-do-we-know-were-getting-value-for-money-254198/" aria-label="Read more about Winter electricity prices are rising – how do we know we’re getting value for money?">Read more</a>
