Paul Brislen

Police have halted their investigations into Tuesday's Budget leak saying an unknown person or persons exploited a feature in the Treasury's website search tool but their actions does not appear to be… Audio

The head of Treasury Gabriel Makhlouf says in 48 hours, there were more than 2000 attempts to attack part of its system to access Budget information.

Treasury is rushing to beef up security for all… Audio

China's government is attempting to play down Google's suspension of co-operation with Huawei, a development that's likely to have major consequences for the Chinese telecommunications firm.

Google… Audio

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced changes to his company's social media platforms, and has promised that privacy will now come first. The new designs and features for Facebook's apps… Audio

A severe glitch during Spark Sport's livestream of the Black Sticks hockey match against Australia yesterday, meant fans missed out on the start of the test, although they eventually got to see the… Audio

Technology commentator Paul Brislen gives his take on the  flaw in the Huawei Matebook laptops, discovered  by Microsoft researchers. Audio

Facebook says it cannot be expected to take sole responsibility for monitoring what is posted on the site. Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, wrote a column in the Washington Post saying… Audio

Tech commentator Paul Brislen says social media is complicit in the massacre in Christchurch. A video allegedly posted by the gunman was shared many times, and it took a long time for Facebook and… Audio

Facebook and Instagram users around the world are having trouble accessing the social media apps on Thursday morning (NZ time), apparently due to an outage. It also appears to be affecting the… Audio

The creators of a new advanced artificial intelligence system have decided not to release the research to the public as it may be too dangerous. Open AI created the model - a text generator - which… Audio

It's been revealed that FaceTime - the video calling app on iPhones - has a glitch that allows people to eavesdrop on the person they're calling - even if the recipient doesn't pick up. In some cases… Audio

You'll have heard the statistics on Boxing Day sales and very possibly been part of them - a whopping 11 percent increase on last year and that's following the biggest Black Friday spend up just a… Audio

The government seems to have sided with 5 Eyes over free trade in blocking Chinese tech company Huawei from being involved with Spark in rolling out a new 5G network. The decision was made on the… Audio

Clare Curran was demoted from the Cabinet after failing to record a Beehive meeting with Derek Handley, a candidate for the job of Government Chief Technology Officer. And now the tech sector is up in… Audio

EFTPOS and ATMs changed not just the way we bank, but arguably, the way we live. But was that a good thing? Produced by Justin Gregory. Audio

The Rugby World Cup 2019 broadcast rights have been sold to TVNZ and telecommunications giant Spark. The price of streaming all the games has not been revealed and TVNZ will play just seven games free… Audio

Paul Brislen has deleted his facebook account. He tells us why. Audio