Comment NZ vulnerable to dark digital campaign NZ’s electoral spending laws and oversight are out of date and vulnerable to tactics like those used by Cambridge Analytica in the US and UK. 18 hours ago Thomas Coughlan
technology How Facebook ads target you If you want to tailor a Facebook ad to a single user out of its universe of 2.2 billion, you could. Apr 19 2018 Associated Press
technology The case for a paid version of Facebook What if Facebook embraced a paid version of its product and did more than simply remove the ads? Richard MacManus considers the benefits. Apr 17 2018 Richard MacManus
Futurelearning The bigger brother watching you Who do we get angry at when people use the data we freely release to the world to manipulate us? Apr 16 2018 Kathleen Kuehn
Comment Will 5G mobile really make a difference? We’ve been told a lot about the potential of superfast 5G mobile by telcos, but as Hadyn Green see it there are two main barriers to its uptake. Apr 13 2018 Hadyn Green
boardroom What’s missing in the IRD’s crypto guidance Richard MacManus looks behind the IRD’s guidance on crypto-currencies and finds trading profits can be taxed. Apr 10 2018 Richard MacManus
Futurelearning The gamble of #deleteFacebook The costs of ditching your internet social circle are by no means trivial, but if enough people do it the social media monster will lose its relevance. Apr 09 2018 Alex Beattie
boardroom Driverless cars could hit investments Driverless cars could impact a range of companies, from car sales to retailers, and therefore their share prices and people’s investments. Apr 03 2018 Daniel Kieser
technology ‘Be ready for a beating’ Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg must front up to the US Congress. Here’s what he has to do. Apr 02 2018 Associated Press
environment Are we soaking up more CO2 than we think? Satellites watching over New Zealand might show our forests are soaking up more CO2 than estimated - and leave us better off under international climate change commitments. Apr 02 2018 Baz Macdonald
technology Big data is revolutionising NZ Big data is about to get Really Big as new technologies create a fierce deluge of information for us to store and analyse. Apr 01 2018 Baz Macdonald
technology How satellites are boosting NZ Space age technology is giving our farming, forests and mineral deposits industries a boost. Mar 31 2018 Baz Macdonald
technology The extent of what Facebook’s privacy policy allows To get an idea of the data Facebook collects about you, just ask for it. You’ll get a file with every photo and comment you’ve ever posted. Mar 27 2018 Associated Press
technology Machines set to master cyber crime It’s our wallets, not our lives facing the most immediate danger from artificial intelligence and the same technology used to commit crime could fight it. Mar 27 2018 Farah Hancock
