Data
IRD backtracks on technique used to anonymise personal details
The IRD has backtracked on a controversial safety techique that is used to anonymise people's personal details. The organisation had been relying on a technique called "hashing" when it handed over… Audio
Media cop flak for airing data misuse allegations
Everyone seemed to agree the allegations of census information misused for political purposes were serious - serious enough for the PM to launch an independent inquiry on top of official… Video
Technology: Is 'it's inevitable' good enough after a hack?
Tech commentator Anthony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about the hack of finance company Latitude and how it's dealt with the loss of customer data. What should companies do after a breach? As hundreds… Audio
Census 2023: Getting the count right
There are high hopes that improvements made to this year's Census will result in a better turnout than 2018. Audio
As ransomware attacks increase: should paying up be banned?
Ransomware attacks are becoming more sophisticated and they're growing in number - there were 64 cases reported to government agency CERT last year. Over half of reported cases to CERT were at the end… Audio
Green data storage, green walls
Claire Concannon investigates how luminescence and specialised materials could be key to our growing data storage needs, and visits a test site for native vertical gardens that could cloak the walls… Audio
NASA's asteroid redirection project declared a success
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test marks humanity's first time purposely changing the motion of a celestial object - in this case the redirection of a stadium-sized asteroid. Audio
NZ under pressure to yield to European data demands
New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European Union demands over how companies harvest people's data.
'Data only take you so far in innovative design, because people say what they think you want to hear' – Dr Angus Campbell
The perils of data-driven design are explored by Dr Angus Campbell. (A highlight of Auckland University's Raising the Bar talk series) Audio
Want to ward off pain during ageing? Exercise harder
Engaging in high levels of physical activities, such as running or a game of tennis, once a week can help stave off chronic musculoskeletal pain as we age. That's the key finding from a new study out… Audio
The IT worker who threw away £340million of Bitcoin
Welsh IT worker James Howells has spent the last eight years asking the Newport City Council for permission to search its landfill after claiming he unintentionally dumped 7,500 units of the… Audio
Why your memory is better than you think
Dr Anne Unkenstein is a neuropsychologist and author of the book Memory-wise: How memory works and what to do when it doesn't. She's with us to look at misremembering and why our memory isn't… Audio
National urges Health Minister to intervene over Māori data for Whānau Ora
The National Party wants the Health Minister to intervene to allow the Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency access to information about unvaccinated Māori.
The agency is going back to court to get data… Audio
Jonathan Haidt: Social media model 'is breaking the world'
Named one of the world's top thinkers by both Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines, American social psychologist Professor Jonathan Haidt will feature as the keynote speaker at next month's APEC CEO… Audio
The details behind the data
This week on Our Changing World, Aotearoa Science Agency's Damian Christie speaks to three scientists about the world of data. Video, Audio
NZ lagging behind when it comes to AI - report
A report out today reveals New Zealand is lagging behind when it comes to adopting artificial intelligence or AI. Audio
How voice cloning is revolutionising the way we communicate
Voice cloning software is able to replicate a person's voice speaking any words or sentences that are typed into a keyboard. Founder of VocaliD, Professor Rupal Patel joins us to discuss how the… Audio
Dr Fran Priddy: New Zealand’s unique study on the Pfizer vaccine
New Zealand’s ‘COVID-naive’ population will offer unique data to global research as part of a new clinical study looking at how our bodies respond to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Audio
Fifty years since the birth of the barcode
In 1971, leaders from the biggest names in commerce put their differences aside and came together to transform the global economy by introducing the barcode.Dr Peter Stevens joins the show to look… Audio
Is it time to make the switch to private browsers?
The consumer technology writer from the New York Times is urging readers to ditch Chrome, Safari and Microsoft Edge in favour of using private browsers like Brave. Sunday Morning tech correspondent… Audio