Technology
Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson
Each Tuesday owner operator of Vertech IT Services, Daniel Watson, talks to Jesse about tech-related issues. This week he's talking about ways we can get the most out of our wifi at home. Audio
Pacific's undersea internet cables tangled up in geopolitical tensions
Pacific Islands without high-speed internet - or any internet at all - are eager to be connected to the rest of the world, but geopolitical tensions threaten to derail planned infrastructural work… Audio
Australia ready to punish social media companies
The Australian government is considering a range of measures that would make social media companies more responsible for defamatory material published on their platforms, Communications Minister Paul…
Children need better definitions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ screen time
Analysis - The pandemic has fundamentally altered every part of our lives and the increasingly blurred line between recreational and educational screen time presents new challenges.
Miles Benton: diagnosing serious illnesses cheaper and faster
Dr Miles Benton had the idea for portable, bedside sequencing in hospitals when his son was born eight weeks premature. He knew there was technological capability to have a diagnosis within the hour… Audio
Magic Beans: a community produce-sharing app
Magic Beans has more than 3,000 members who call themselves 'Beanies'. Video, Audio
Vodafone outage preventing customers from connecting with call centres
Vodafone has confirmed a technical issue is impacting some business customers and teams are working to remedy the fault.
Otago University on the frontier of 3D printed body parts
Imagine being able to 3D-print a new kidney or heal burns with stem-cell infused dressings.
Sounds like science-fiction right?
Our Changing World's Claire Concannon visited the University of Otago… Audio
What on earth is an NFT
Tech teen correspondent logs in to explain to Bryan what an NFT is, and also maybe what a meme is? Audio
Technology commentator Bill Bennett
Technology commentator Bill Bennett joins Kathryn to talk about Facebook's bad week. It was out for six hours on Tuesday, then there was the damaging evidence from former Facebook product manager… Audio
Facebook whistleblower unites congress
American whistleblower Frances Haugen's Facebook revealations led to a somewhat united Congress yesterday. Her testimony about Facebook's impact on children could propel Republicans and Democrats to… Audio
New Covid-19 testing regime will be 'central to our strategy' - Ardern
The government will today announce how it plans to roll-out a much wider, "rigourous" Covid-19 testing regime.
Five-year extension proposed for regulatory protection of phone number portability
Telecommunications commissioner Tristan Gilbertson says number portability is key to competition because it makes it easier for consumers to keep their mobile or landline number when changing…
Maintenance error caused Facebook's six-hour outage, company says
In a blog post, Facebook's vice president of engineering explained the company's engineers issued a command that unintentionally disconnected Facebook data centres from the rest of the world.
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new study about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines and takes listener questions on Covid. Audio
Charging EVs: circumventing the 6pm surge
A Canterbury-based EV technology which short-circuits the peak 6 o'clock charging surge has just received a funding boost. Christchurch startup Evnex is bridging the gap between the electric car owner… Audio
Facebook 'harms children and weakens democracy': Ex-employee
A former Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the company's sites and apps "harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy".
Vaccine passport will create challenges - tech expert
The government is in a race against time to introduce vaccine passports by next month -- but will it overtake the technological challenges in putting together a fully functioning proof-of-vaccination… Audio
Here's why Facebook went down today
The outage that took down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for about six hours, affecting billions of people around the world, may have been due to a tiny human error.
Facebook quizzes - and why you should think before you click
Which food matches your personality? What city should you really live in? Which Disney princess are you? Questions like these are often packaged into quizzes on social media - but the information… Audio
