Technology

President Donald Trump has announced the US military is getting a new branch - a Space Force. It's job will be to oversee missions and operations in space -- a domain Mr Trump says America must… Audio

A second engineer has been suspended amid safety investigations over broken and cracked towing connections on truck-trailers.Phil Pennington has been following this story and has the latest. Audio

Critics worry a big reform of European privacy laws could have a chilling effect on free speech on the internet; the new technology we'll see in this year's FIFA World Cup; and a review of YouTube… Audio

Finding a hole in one of your favourite thick socks is bad news at this time of year. Aside from the environmental benefits, fixing your own clothing makes you value it more, says Bernadette Casey… Video, Audio

Facebook is back on the defensive after revelations about its extensive data sharing partnerships with device makers. Just a few months ago the social media giant assured the public and Congress that… Audio

Sarah Putt on the innovation at Fieldays, net neutrality ending and whether the age of the tech superheroes is over. Audio

28 year old Angela Lim is a doctor, board director and entrepreneur who has an ambition to transform the mental health system through technology. She's about to leave Starship hospital where she's a… Audio

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has just put out some guidelines for broadcasters on using images, videos and other content sourced from social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Audio

A group of leading technology industry executives are promoting a list of key principles they say businesses should consider and put into practice to be prepared for significant and rapid change in… Audio

We reported yesterday that Woodville residents are being plagued with random, undiagnosable disconnections when they use the internet, no matter what provider they use. Audio

The Chinese city of X'ian has introduced a special pedestrian lane exclusively for slow-walking smartphone users. Audio

Tech firms want the government to retain research grants for fledgling companies wanting to start up and not replace them with tax credits. Audio

Dr Katharina Lederle is a sleep expert, a human fatigue and sleep specialist. She's also the author of Sleep Sense and says sleep deprivation has become a health epidemic in the Western world. Audio

This week, The New York Times reported Facebook has allowed dozens of phone handset makers (including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Apple) to access personal information about its users. Peter Griffin has… Audio

Some are starting to notice a pattern that links key words that they type in emails or in internet search engines leading to advertisements that suddenly appear in their social media feed about those… Audio

You can now identify New Zealand's native shrubs, ferns and trees on the go thanks to a free app developed by AUT's School of Science. Audio

Bill Bennett on Vocus and Vodafone wanting to unbundle fibre broadband, the next version of Apple's operating systems for phones and computers and Microsoft buying GitHub - which has got some geeks up… Audio

Those of you in rural parts of the country probably already know that this year's Fieldays kicks off next week. Nowadays tech is a crucial part of farming, with drones and robots integral to the… Audio

Ezel Kokcu is the founder of Passphere - an event and ticketing management system, set to launch in a couple of months. The business builds on her two earlier startups - Non-Stop Tix, a ticketing… Audio