Technology
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
Russian film crew to take off for first movie in space
In the next day or so a film crew is heading off to spend a week and a half on the international space station. Scenes for the Russian movie Challenge will be shot at the space station that orbits… Audio
Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp go down
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all offline in a global outage.
The popular social media apps all went down at about 4.45am (NZT), with both Facebook and Instagram using rival platform Twitter… Audio
Facebook whistleblower reveals her identity
A Facebook ex-product manager says the company prioritises "growth over safety".
Using anthropology in economics
Understanding the complexity of global markets and economic models requires more AI according to Gillian Tett, the US editor of the Financial Times. Not artificial intelligence, but anthropology… Audio
London holds first marathon since pandemic began
Runners have pounded the UK capital's streets in a record-breaking London marathon.
The 42 kilometre race returned for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years, following the… Audio
Facial recognition trial not needed, says privacy commissioner
Using facial recognition to figure out how long people will wait in a queue is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
That's according to the Privacy Commissioner who has serious concerns about… Audio
Slack admits it caused problem affecting thousands of users
Users around the world, including in New Zealand, are reporting issues with the team collaborating software, Slack.
How a Kiwi bot could level the online playing field for female athletes
The internet can be an extremely toxic place for women or members of minority groups - but could there be a way to kill online trolls with kindness? Kathryn speaks to Jacqueline Comer, who's been… Audio
Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce talks shortages in the auto industry, Facebook shareholder fury over a big fine and a crypto-trading hamster. No. Really.
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at… Audio
Scam texts hit an 'unprecedented' number of people - DIA
The Department of Internal Affairs says a new scam sent through text messages has affected an 'unprecendented' number of people.
The scam messages include fake information about a parcel delivery… Audio
New Zealand Made: Ivan Kahl 3d
It's the time of the week where we look into the enterprising businesses of Kiwis all around New Zealand Today we're hearing from Ivan Perez and his business Ivan Kahl 3D. Ivan makes 3D planted pots… Audio
Waste not, want app: Phone platform saving quality food from dump
A mobile app diverting restaurant-quality food from the bin and into people's bellies at a discount launched in Wellington today.
The apps that turn our hobbies into work
Apps like GoodReads and Strava are very popular, but it's not all fun and games. Audio
Rakon's profit forecast jumps on back of computer chip shortage
The global shortage of computer chips has lifted the fortunes of local manufacturer Rakon.
Electric bus trial charges ahead in Dunedin
An electric revolution is coming in public transport and the city of Dunedin today took the first step to ensure it doesn't miss the bus.
A month-long electric bus trial started in the southern city… Video, Audio
Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson
Each Tuesday owner operator of Vertech IT Services talks to Jesse about tech related issues.This week he's talking about the potential of Starlink to alleviate the issues with rural broadband. He can… Audio
