Internet

Live streaming is something you might not associate with climate change, but its increasing use is sounding alarm bells. Streaming anything with an image - films, music videos, pornography, gambling… Audio

“If no-one gives a shit, you’ve failed.” Before heading home to Sweden after six months off in Gisborne, award-winning investigative TV reporter Joachim Dyfvermark told local reporters they’re up… Video, Audio

Broadcasters and advertisers are grappling with “the attention economy” now that so many of us have screens of all sizes engaging our eyeballs everywhere. Dr Karen Nelson-Field tracks how we watch and… Audio

The NZ Herald reports today on a young mother left fearing for her life after being threatened with beheading. Audio

President Trump questioned why his Supreme Court nominee’s accusers didn’t report alleged assaults when they happened back in the 1980s. News media and social media helped him out with that one. Audio

'The Digital Human' explores our sometimes troubled relationship with technology, and how it's changing our lives. In each episode a one word topic (for example Echo, Secrets, Memory, Isolation… Audio

We hear a lot about the dangers of conspiracy theories, especially if they cause people to make poor or dangerous decisions. But are they all bad? David Coady from the University of Tasmania has books… Audio

Our podcast critic Katy Atkin reviews Dr Death - the story of a charming neurosurgeon Christopher Duntsch, who received a prison sentence for malpractice after some of his patients died or were… Audio

Google Chrome is celebrating its 10th anniversary as a browsing partner this month. It's telling internet users via its "Don't Be a Browser" campaign to not just gawk at it and don't let the world… Audio

Pop singer Pink has bad-mouthed an Auckland bar via Twitter after it wouldn't accept a large group of her entourage. The manager of Deadshot says they told the singer's people earlier in the day that… Audio

It was meant to be her forever home, but the house Angela Smalley purchased last year could leave her in financial ruin. The Christchurch woman has taken to Facebook to seek an angel investor to help… Video, Audio

Memes, cat videos, youtube compilations - the way we make and consume comedy has completely changed since the birth of the internet. It's no longer just sitcoms and stand ups, we're getting our laughs… Audio

The former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has spoken in Wellington about the time she began to realise that people were behind the data she worked with and how this changed her thinking… Audio

How in a world becoming increasingly more reliant on data, we can best use this data to address some of the major challenges we face, including developing renewable energy, climate change impacts… Audio

There are two things wrong with Facebook; How it works and how people use it. This is the view of Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of… Audio

In a world bursting with information - and misinformation- how can we cut through to what is real? Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw is a research associate at the Public Policy Institute at The University of… Audio

On-line watchdog Netsafe reports a 46 per cent increase in fraud and anti-social online behaviour. Netsafe's CEO Martin Cocker explains what's behind the massive jump in the first half of 2018. Audio

Have you ever wondered how whole-body cryotherapy works? Or how Braille works? Or how the sun works? These are just a handful of the many and varied topics that Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant have… Audio