Technology
What will happen to Twitter now Elon Musk's in charge
The world's richest man, Elon Musk is now in charge of social media giant Twitter. After the 77 billion dollar takeover was confirmed over the weekend, the Tesla and SpaceX boss unceremoniously sacked… Audio
'On-hold hell': Plenty to fault in businesses' response to phone calls, survey finds
Uber is among the country's worst performing businesses when it comes to answering customer calls, a Consumer NZ survey has found. Audio
Workers flee Covid-19 lockdown at China iPhone factory
Video shared online shows people jumping a fence to escape the plant, owned by Foxconn, in Zhengzhou.
Consumer NZ tests customer service wait times
How long is too long to wait to talk to a company's customer service centre?
Consumer NZ recently found wait times for 21 companies across internet, banks, post, and transport sectors ranged from a… Audio
Musk Twitter takeover continues
Elon Musk's Twitter takeover has continued in a spectacularly chaotic fashion. Twitter announced on Saturday the deal had been closed on Friday - and one of Musk's first acts was to boot three top… Audio
Season 2 Ep 11: Number 8 Wire
New Zealanders like to think we have a “Number 8 Wire Mentality” - a rough and ready enthusiasm for fixing and building stuff with limited resources. Video, Audio
Liz Truss's phone hacked by Russia, UK media reports
A British newspaper claims the ex-prime minister's phone was hacked while she was foreign secretary.
Do we really need another album re-release by The Beatles?
For a band that broke up more than 50 years ago, The Beatles have put out a surprising amount of material in recent times.
Farming without a fence
A high-tech farming system which lets dairy cows move around without fences has also meant big changes for dairy workers. The young team on Pete Morgan's farm aren't just moving breaks and pushing… Audio
Danyl McLauchlan: proteins and the power of machine learning
Protein scientist and writer Danyl McLauchlan joins Kim to tackle life's big questions, ideas and thinkers. This week - is a computer's neural network conscious? Audio
World watches and waits to see what Elon Musk's Twitter will become
Mere hours after Elon Musk kicked off a new era at Twitter, the billionaire owner was deluged with pleas and demands from banned account holders and world leaders.
Apple earnings rise as economic gloom hits tech
Apple is reporting revenue and profit above expectations as the tech sector is battered by spending cutbacks due to inflation.
Security fears raised about home devices and apps
Imagine if you had to pledge loyalty to the Chinese state just to use a bathroom mirror or a lightbulb. There is a chance you already have but did not know it.
Tech: Australia's big fines for privacy breaches
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin joins Kathryn to look at the hefty fines being introduced to the Australian parliament this week for repeated or serious privacy breaches, tech company earnings… Audio
WhatsApp back online after global outage hits users
WhatsApp parent company Meta Platforms said the brief outage was a result of a technical error on its part and had been resolved.
Tauranga firm's robot cut above rest at US agri tech event
A new robot that can help with orchard jobs, such as spraying and pruning, has been unveiled at a conference in the United States.
New ground as tech aims to help boost soil health
As much of Earth has been degraded, efforts are being made to improve matters.
Immigration continues to defend use of offshore surveillance firm
The watchdog of the official spy agencies SIS and GCSB does not have any oversight of a private surveillance firm Immigration New Zealand uses.
US firm in charge of planned ticketing system confident on privacy
A US transport and defence contractor that has won a big public deal to supply a national transport ticketing system in New Zealand says it takes privacy very seriously.
Twitter's workforce likely to be hit with massive cuts in coming months - report
Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to cut 75 percent of the social media company's 7500 workers, a US media report says.