Technology

Musk urged to 'front parliament' over Sydney church stabbing video

The Australian Greens Party is calling for X chief executive Elon Musk to "front parliament" over hi...

US Senate passes bill forcing TikTok parent company to sell or face ban

The US Senate passed legislation that would force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the so...

How deep tech could revolutionise our economy - at a price

Deep tech is big sky thinking that could transform our economy with processes that disrupt regular i...

Number plate images used by police for 'any number of purposes'

Police say the images they get of car number plates from thousands of cameras can be used "for any n...

Schumacher's family wins €200,000 compensation for AI 'interview'

Michael Schumacher's family has secured €200,000 compensation from the publishers of a German magazi...

X confirms policy on posting 'consensual' adult content

The social media platform X says it will now formally allow people to show consensual adult content,...

AI in the spotlight as Apple unveils new features, Siri overhaul

Apple jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses during its Worl...

Kiwi start-up uses world-first tech on Hayden Paddon's new rally car

New Zealand rally driver Hayden Paddon's brand new electric rally car, using world-first technology ...

AI deepfake warning after schoolgirl photos targeted

Deepfake apps with the ability to impose women's heads on naked bodies are being pushed on social me...

'Stress and disappointment': Student worked for weeks for Massey exam

Some Massey University students affected by this week's online exam failures fear missing out on the...

Broke, and you can't fix it: How does a right to repair law work?

Think back to the last time you took a household appliance to get repaired — the answer may well be ...

Snapchat Inc. to pay $24.5m to settle discrimination, harassment lawsuit

Snapchat Inc. will pay US$15 million (NZ$24.45 million) to settle a lawsuit brought by California’s ...

'Too scared to go outside': Councillors face rising tide of online abuse

Ashburton's deputy mayor Liz McMillan has observed an increase in abuse directed at councillors, pre...

Experts explain what caused major global IT network outage

Technology experts say today's global IT outage highlights the "fragility of our heavily digitised w...

Banks, stores, flights impacted by global IT issue

A number of banks, supermarkets and flights around the country were impacted on Friday evening by a ...