technology

Ardern, Macron to chair social media meeting

NZ and France will work together to stop social media’s use in organising and promoting terrorism and violent extremism in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks in Christchurch.

Apr 24 2019

BusinessDesk

Ideasroom

Want protection from online scams? Try these tips

Kiwis lost $33m in online scams last year, so what can we do? Dr Rizwan Asghar has some suggestions.

Apr 18 2019

Rizwan Asghar

News

Online gambling sites fake NZ connection

At least 13 offshore gambling websites are using a NZ website address, and one is using our coat of arms.

Apr 18 2019

Farah Hancock

boardroom

ComCom favours deregulating Spark resale copper voice services

The Commerce Commission is leaning towards deregulating Spark New Zealand’s resale copper voice services, as dwindling customer numbers indicate enough alternatives are available.

Apr 17 2019

Paul McBeth

Newsroom Special Inquiry

AUT backs sender of mental health email

A top physicist has had his conduct and mental health attacked after he criticised taxpayer funding for a massive telescope. Eloise Gibson reports on a nasty stoush in the science world.

Apr 15 2019

Eloise Gibson

Ideasroom

Decades of work behind black hole image

The technical feat of combining data from eight different telescopes around the world to synthesise a single image is extraordinarily difficult, and was 10 years in the making.

Apr 12 2019

Dr JJ Eldridge

Ideasroom

We need to protect our ‘.nz’ online identity

NZ’s current ‘open’ model for domain names means unscrupulous offshore businesses can take advantage of their apparent physical presence here to deceive customers.

Apr 11 2019

Susan Corbett

technology

How the world is tackling social media

In the wake of the terror attacks, NZ is trying to build a coalition to take on Big Tech - so what can we learn from overseas?

Apr 11 2019

Sam Sachdeva

technology

When will we start jailing robots?

If a robot, or an algorithm, causes the death of a person, who is legally responsible?

Apr 09 2019

Farah Hancock

health & science

Doctor’s plight to fix disability sector

Dr Jordan Nguyen has spent his career trying to find innovative solutions to centralise the disability sector. He spoke to Sasha Borissenko.

Apr 09 2019

Sasha Borissenko

technology

Huawei - into your pocket and out of the news

Huawei are doing their best to become a name you know because it’s in your pocket and not on the evening news.

Apr 02 2019

Hadyn Green

Ideasroom

Let’s stop selling ourselves short

If we just assume we’re powerless to oppose Mark Zuckerberg we’re selling ourselves short.

Apr 02 2019

Dr Peter Thompson

Ideasroom

What too much screen time can do to kids

Alarm bells are ringing for NZ health professionals who say current levels of screen use in schools are putting children’s development in jeopardy.

Apr 01 2019

Rachel Helyer Donaldson

boardroom

Chinese AI courts New Zealand

Meet the Chinese AI giant looking to expand into NZ - which human rights activists have linked to the surveillance of Uighur Muslims.

Mar 29 2019

Vanita Prasad

Newsroom Pro

Bad news for Huawei as UK watchdog finds new security issues

Chinese telecommunications network equipment provider Huawei has suffered another setback in its ambition to supply kit for New Zealand’s fifth generation, or 5G, internet services, following new criticisms from the oversight board of the UK-based Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre.

Mar 29 2019

Pattrick Smellie