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Deputy PM Winston Peters attacks media over speech reporting
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has railed against the media again, over the reporting of his speech over the weekend.
Media Minister says interviews would have been 'boring'
Melissa Lee says she received advice from the prime minister's office, but the decision to pull out of the two interviews was hers.
Book Critic: Catherine Ross
Today Mt Roskill Grammar school library manager Catherine Ross talks to Jesse not just about her book recommendations but also shares her thoughts on the declining literacy rates in Aotearoa. Audio
Tech Tuesday with Tim Warren
For Tech Tuesday commentator and Ambit AI founder Tim Warren is back to talk about scams and technology. Audio
Senators vote down President Javier Milei's decree
To South America, where Senators in Argentina have voted down President Javier Milei's 'mega-decree', resulting in tension between Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarruel; There's also some… Audio
Obama visits PM Sunak amid rumors of leadership challenge
To the United Kingdom, where Former President Barack Obama has visited Rishi Sunak at Number 10 despite rumours milling around on the future of Sunak's leadership of the Conservative Party; The UK's… Audio
Mediaworks data breach: Hackers email victims, demanding $820
Hackers connected to a MediaWorks data breach are demanding a ransom of $820 in cryptocurrency from one of the victims of the data leakage.
Community papers to be digitalised to preserve Aotearoa's history
The Preserving Local History and Education Trust worries if local newspapers are not digitalised now, the first written draft of history will be lost forever.
Something felt 'off': How AI messed with our research
Analysis - What we found should temper enthusiasm for artificial responses over the words of humans.
Choices in TV news and current affairs important to most - survey
New research shows strong demand among the public for a range of platforms to access local news. Audio
Is television news dead?
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Research NZ have been asking New Zealanders about the importance of having a choice of television channels for news and current affairs and how important it was to have news on television compared… Audio
TV news meltdown: what will government do?
The government says it is preparing policy to modernise the media, but they don't want to talk about what that might be - or when it might happen.
SpaceX building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say
If successful, sources say the program will significantly advance the ability of the US government and military to quickly spot potential targets almost anywhere on the globe.
TV news meltdown: what will government do?
The future of TV news and current affairs is in the balance at our two biggest TV broadcasters - both desperate to cut costs as their revenue falls. The government says it’s now preparing policy to… Video
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Mediawatch for 17 March 2024
What will government do about the great TV news meltdown?; Stuff deploys AI for DIY news. Audio
Stuff deploys AI for DIY news
Artificial intelligence tech threatens to take our eyeballs even further away from the outlets which produce news - but it’s also a tool they can use to make more of it. This week Stuff - which has… Audio
Eliezer Yudkowsky: The AI academic warning
Eliezer Yudkowsky, artificial intelligence researcher, decision theorist and co-founder of Machine Intelligence Research Institute, has a stark warning that we're moving too fast in the field of AI. Audio
Rich Preston: The latest from the UK
BBC senior reporter, Rich Preston, joins Jim to discuss the Royal families' photo doctoring blunder and the latest on Andrew Tate's extradition to the UK. Audio
Big Mac, big tech: Inside the McDonald's meltdown
It would only be a slight exaggeration to now call McDonald's a tech company that happens to sell burgers. So what happens when it goes wrong, as it did Friday night around New Zealand?
Alleged MediaWorks hack sees 2.5m Kiwis' data stolen
A dark web user says they plan to sell the data, including names, addresses, and votes relating to The Block NZ.
