Technology
Facebook whistleblower unites congress
American whistleblower Frances Haugen's Facebook revealations led to a somewhat united Congress yesterday. Her testimony about Facebook's impact on children could propel Republicans and Democrats to… Audio
New Covid-19 testing regime will be 'central to our strategy' - Ardern
The government will today announce how it plans to roll-out a much wider, "rigourous" Covid-19 testing regime.
Five-year extension proposed for regulatory protection of phone number portability
Telecommunications commissioner Tristan Gilbertson says number portability is key to competition because it makes it easier for consumers to keep their mobile or landline number when changing…
Maintenance error caused Facebook's six-hour outage, company says
In a blog post, Facebook's vice president of engineering explained the company's engineers issued a command that unintentionally disconnected Facebook data centres from the rest of the world.
Science commentator Siouxsie Wiles
This week, Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles tells us about a new study about the safety of the COVID mRNA vaccines and takes listener questions on Covid. Audio
Charging EVs: circumventing the 6pm surge
A Canterbury-based EV technology which short-circuits the peak 6 o'clock charging surge has just received a funding boost. Christchurch startup Evnex is bridging the gap between the electric car owner… Audio
Facebook 'harms children and weakens democracy': Ex-employee
A former Facebook employee has told US lawmakers that the company's sites and apps "harm children, stoke division and weaken our democracy".
Vaccine passport will create challenges - tech expert
The government is in a race against time to introduce vaccine passports by next month -- but will it overtake the technological challenges in putting together a fully functioning proof-of-vaccination… Audio
Here's why Facebook went down today
The outage that took down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for about six hours, affecting billions of people around the world, may have been due to a tiny human error.
Facebook quizzes - and why you should think before you click
Which food matches your personality? What city should you really live in? Which Disney princess are you? Questions like these are often packaged into quizzes on social media - but the information… Audio
Russian film crew to take off for first movie in space
In the next day or so a film crew is heading off to spend a week and a half on the international space station. Scenes for the Russian movie Challenge will be shot at the space station that orbits… Audio
Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp go down
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all offline in a global outage.
The popular social media apps all went down at about 4.45am (NZT), with both Facebook and Instagram using rival platform Twitter… Audio
Facebook whistleblower reveals her identity
A Facebook ex-product manager says the company prioritises "growth over safety".
Using anthropology in economics
Understanding the complexity of global markets and economic models requires more AI according to Gillian Tett, the US editor of the Financial Times. Not artificial intelligence, but anthropology… Audio
London holds first marathon since pandemic began
Runners have pounded the UK capital's streets in a record-breaking London marathon.
The 42 kilometre race returned for the first full-scale staging of the race in more than two years, following the… Audio
Facial recognition trial not needed, says privacy commissioner
Using facial recognition to figure out how long people will wait in a queue is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
That's according to the Privacy Commissioner who has serious concerns about… Audio
Slack admits it caused problem affecting thousands of users
Users around the world, including in New Zealand, are reporting issues with the team collaborating software, Slack.
How a Kiwi bot could level the online playing field for female athletes
The internet can be an extremely toxic place for women or members of minority groups - but could there be a way to kill online trolls with kindness? Kathryn speaks to Jacqueline Comer, who's been… Audio
Chip shortages, Facebook's big fine, hampster trading
Tech correspondent Mark Pesce talks shortages in the auto industry, Facebook shareholder fury over a big fine and a crypto-trading hamster. No. Really.
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce looks at… Audio
Scam texts hit an 'unprecedented' number of people - DIA
The Department of Internal Affairs says a new scam sent through text messages has affected an 'unprecendented' number of people.
The scam messages include fake information about a parcel delivery… Audio
