Internet
The Dark Net
There is an online world beyond cute cat videos and Facebook. The murky world of trolls, black markets and extremists exists just a few keystrokes away. Jamie Bartlett, the director of the Centre for… Audio
Tech News - Paul Brislen
What might be the next big thing in technology in ten years' time? Audio
Web review with Daniela Maoate-Cox
Daniela Maoate-Cox on Browser extensions, apps and websites. Audio
Spectrum for 7 June 2015 - Print into Sound
Spectrum's Jack Perkins explores the philosophy and history of Levin's Radio Reading Service which provides regional and national news and current affairs for the print disabled. A Print Disabled… Audio
Singer targets smart young women with new online outlet
Has a sudden a surge of sexism taken our mainstream media back to 1950 again for women? Lizzie Marvelly tells Mediawatch that's one reason why she's launched Villainesse.com. Audio
Singer targets smart young women with new online outlet
Has a sudden a surge of sexism taken our mainstream media back to 1950 again for women? Lizzie Marvelly tells Mediawatch that's one reason why she's launched Villainesse.com.
AudioTech: Charlie Charlie and internet report
Peter Griffin talks technology. A Mexican demon takes a terrible revenge on the world's internet users, and Mary Meeker's influential report on the state of the global internet comes out. Audio
Alison Stieven-Taylor: photojournalism’s future
Australian freelance journalist visiting New Zealand to give her talk What is the Future for Photojournalism? during the Auckland Festival of Photography. Audio
Tech news: Budget 2015 and Spotify
Peter Griffin reviews how the science and technology sector fared in Thursday's budget. We're also looking at the music streaming service Spotify's plans to stream videos and podcasts, and commission… Audio
Classroom finances: Banqer
We visit a school where 10 year olds are earning hundreds of thousands of dollars using a virtual financial system called Banqer that's training them in financial literacy. With teacher Jolene Butson… Audio
NZ warned not to adopt Australian digital security law
The head of the Security Intelligence Service says the Islamic State's sophisticated use of social media underlines the need for greater digital security. Audio
Cyber Security - Martin Cocker and Paul Matthews
Managing internet security for individuals and businesses can be a tricky. The Identity Conference 2015 is being held today. It's a conversation about managing digital identity and its wider… Audio
Eve Online
Simon Parkin enters the real and the virtual world of Eve Online, a computer game with half a million paid subscribers that's become one of Iceland's biggest exports. Audio, Gallery
Futurist Mark Pesce - Planet of the Apps
Mark Pesce is an inventor, educator, author and futurist. He is the keynote speaker at the tech innovation conference, Digital Disrupt next week. Mark Pesce predicts that within five years, every… Audio
Tech news
Technology news with Peter Griffin. So why is Spark protesting about possible price hikes for access to the copper broadband network? Also the rise and fall of anonymous messaging apps, and why Apple… Audio
The pitfalls of fibre optic cabling in a power outage
Following up our story last Friday on new housing developments and apartments only being wired with fibre optic cabling, which makes it impossible to have a traditional phone line. The issue has also… Audio
Do Not Track
The Canadian documentary maker Brett Gaylor exposes the global economy surrounding internet tracking in his new doco series, Do Not Track. Audio
Tech - broadband performance
Internet users may have noticed that the network's been slow in the evenings recently. So what cound be to blame? With Peter Griffin and broadband performance expert John Butt of TrueNet. Audio
Internet in exams
British educator wants to allow pupils to use the internet during exams, saying it's inevitable. Audio
Elderly residents forced to sign up for broadband
Elderly and disabled pensioners in Wellington say they've been forced to sign up to and pay for ultrafast broadband when none of them even has a computer. Brian is a resident of a new council housing… Audio