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Rage-bait influencers are profiting off your anger
It's staged interactions and storytimes, disgusting cooking videos, and mistakes that, frankly, just piss people off.
CrowdStrike reveals 'very embarrassing' mistake behind global meltdown
Experts say first-year programming students are taught how to avoid the problem that caused the largest IT outage in history.
Melody Thomas: Talking about porn with your kids
Talking to your children about sex is challenging enough, but how do you tackle the topic of porn? Melody Thomas, host of award-winning podcast The Good Sex Project says that while it's a tricky… Audio
Tom Ayling: Mixing antique bookselling with TikTok
In his videos Tom shares the history and stories behind some of the world's rarest and most sought-after books. Audio
Govt agencies slow to take up facial recognition contract
A deal to allow public agencies to more easily use facial recognition technology has had zero uptake.
Live from Crowdstrike HQ
The IT company at the centre of this storm, Crowdstrike, has their headquarters in Austin, Texas. RNZ correspondent Toni Waterman is outside Crowdstrike's headquarters. Audio
Dan Ives: What is Crowdstrike?
The cybersecurity company was founded in 2011, with goals to safeguard the world's largest companies and their hardware from cyber threats. The company specialises in endpoint security protection… Audio
What's happening around the world as cyber outage hits
There are reports of IT outages affecting major institutions in New Zealand and internationally, potentially one of the biggest global outages ever experienced.
A matcha made in TikTok heaven goes down well
A trending drink, strawberry matcha, has given cafes a much needed pick-me-up.
'Too scared to go outside': Facing the rising tide of online abuse
Recent polling shows abuse aimed at councils is on the rise. LDR looks into the behaviour that is increasingly becoming a threat to democracy.
Tech: Why the West is looking skyward for the internet
Technology commentator Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to look at why an alternative to subsea internet cables is being considered by Western nations. Audio
Why do men think it's masculine to sit in silence on long-haul flights?
An online trend shows men - it's almost exclusively men - spending the entirety of a long-haul flight not using any entertainment or distractions outside of the journey map. Why? Audio
Japan and Korea join Australian-led pushback on Chinese hacking
A cyber intelligence agency's new report claims a Chinese spy agency targeted government and business networks, in a large-scale operation that involves stealing hundreds of usernames and passwords.
The tale of the man who leaked
The Julian Assange saga has been going on for so long that most of us have probably forgotten how it started Audio
Shower Thoughts: Why are mobile video game adverts so annoying?
You know the ones: a poorly-designed human avatar waving at you to save their house from burning down, or a mesmerising barrel-shooting game that inevitably leads to someone being squashed by a giant… Audio
Mediawatch for 30 June 2024 - the great distribution dilemma
While our government ponders policy to help news media companies cope with their crumbling business models, millions of us get our news first from Facebook, Google and even TikTok. It’s the same in… Audio
Who is Julian Assange and what exactly did he do?
Julian Assange has been convicted under the US Espionage Act - but what for? Here's a recap.
'The Click Trap' doco exposes nefarious world of online ads
How do digital advertisers target people to sell their products? And how much do they really know about us? In a world increasingly lived online, our personal information is a precious resource highly… Video, Audio
Ditching dating apps to flirt in real life
The Detail - It is going to take a hefty dose of bravery to return to a time of phone calls and bunches of flowers, a relationship therapist says.
Fleeing from toxic dating app love
Love won't really happen when you least expect it if you don't get out from behind your screen and meet people in real life Audio
