Technology
New technology - Andy Linton
Andy Linton looks at the latest advancement in hearing aids: a digital filter which amplifies sound, isolates speech from background noise and adjusts the volumes of each separately. Plus training a… Audio
Petition calls for inquiry into pornography harm
All major parties in Parliament were on hand today to receive a petition calling for a investigation into the health and societal harms of pornography.
Streaming services need better classifications - Censor's office
The Chief Censor's Office is calling for clearer classification of content featuring sexual violence on streaming services such as Lightbox and Netflix.
Government launches new national cyber security unit
Cert NZ Director Rob Pope says the new unit is unique in that it will offer guidance and assistance to all New Zealanders impacted by cyber crime. Audio
Tech Talk: The Digital Divide
New Zealand rural customers have long complained about getting left behind while their urban cousins move into the 21st Century. In terms of mobile coverage and broadband, this has always been a big… Audio
Tech news: Unlimited mobile broadband plans & your mobile data for sale
Unlimited mobile broadband plans come to NZ, but there are a few fish hooks you need to be aware of; and some big telcos are selling our mobile data for use by tourist attractions and retailers. Audio
Your attention - the capture and sale
Attention - getting it, keeping it, getting it back again - is now the basis of a massive global industry. Columbia University professor Tim Wu looks at the workings of the 'attention merchants'. Audio
This Way Up
The Alinker is a radically different kind of mobility device. It's a walking tricycle without pedals- two bigger wheels at the front and a smaller one at the back- and a user sits upright and scoots… Audio
New technology with Andrew Cushen
Andrew Cushen, Deputy CEO at Internet NZ, looks at rural broadband extension, online privacy and says goodbye to Yahoo. Audio
MSD forging ahead with private data collection
MSD's Principal Advisor Peter Galvin responds to criticism over its collection of private data of people who access services like rape crisis, women's refuge and family budgeting services. The Privacy… Audio
Spark's ongoing email saga
Craig Young of the Telecommunications Users Association talks about the email issues still hampering xtra customers. Audio
Sarah Kenderdine - Cultural heritage in the age of experience
Professor Sarah Kenderdine is a New Zealander at the forefront of interactive and emersive experiences for galleries, libraries, archives, museums, and increasingly, some of the world's most precious… Audio
Smooth operators?
Yahoo's transition to Spark's xtra email service seems to be not as smooth as hoped. Audio
Paul Brislen talks tech
The US government has given America's ISPs carte blanche to sell customer data to marketing companies but what does that mean for New Zealand and could something similar happen here? Audio
Media commentator Gavin Ellis
Kathryn Ryan talks to Gavin Ellis about regional newspapers like the Marlborough Express feeling the strain. Is ownership change the answer for them? And there's a major study out of the Columbia… Audio
Robotics in farming - the revolution begins
Waikato University's Mike Duke says robots harvesting fruit in New Zealand orchards could be years not decades away. He's picking that the technology has the potential to revolutionize all aspects of… Audio
Facebook photo retrial case 'clarifies law'
Legal experts are welcoming a ruling that has ordered the retrial of a man for posting half-naked photos of his estranged wife on Facebook.
Orion Health warns revenue to fall, talking to investors
Shares in the listed medical software developer, Orion Health, have been thumped by 12 percent this morning after the company said it's been unable to close contracts this year and expects a fall in… Audio
"What happened to grey hair?" Feminists ponders what ageing means today
In this final of a series of three panel discussions about contemporary feminism, Kim Hill talks with four women about 'Ageing and Agency.' Audio
Sci-fi novel Star Sailors - Love! Revolution! Aliens! Hokitika!
It's 2045 and as climate change wreaks havoc around the world, New Zealand becomes a sanctuary for the mega rich, who live in gated communities to keep the poor well away. This is the near future as… Audio