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Core telecommunications services to keep being regulated to protect consumers
The regulation covers three wholesale telecommunications, including number portability, interconnection with a fixed public switched telephone network and mobile co-location.
Police drone data risks ending up on servers Chinese government can access - reports
Police drones are at risk of the data they gather ending up in cloud servers the Chinese government can access, but this can be managed, and the benefits outweigh the risks.
Police not overly concerned by drone data risks
Police are not overly concerned that data collected by its drones could end up in the the hands of the Chinese government.
Police are currently carrying out trials and expert advice they've received… Audio
Police not concerned data collected by drones could go to Chinese government
Police say they are not overly concerned that data collected by its drones could end up in the the hands of the Chinese government.
Reports recommend the police triple their fleet of drones… Audio
IT issues holding up cervical test rollout 'unacceptable' - GP
It's not acceptable that computer technical issues are what's holding up the rollout of DIY cervical cancer screening tests, the clinical director of one of the largest GP co-operatives says.
The… Video, Audio
NZ Game developers concerned there will be brain drain in the industry
New Zealand game developers are worried that we might be about to experience a brain drain due to new Australian tax incentive policy. This adds to their general concern about the roadblocks in the… Audio
2degrees reports record annual revenue
Growth in new broadband and mobile customer numbers has helped 2degrees to record high revenue and earnings for the financial year.
NZ video game developers fear Aus tax rebate's effects
New Zealand video game developers are worried their burgeoning industry risks losing talent to Australia. An incentive scheme announced last week as part of the Australian Federal Government's 2021… Audio
Future holds more Chinese rocket debris, astronomer predicts
There were sighs of relief at the weekend as Chinese rocket debris plunging back to earth hit water rather than land.
It's only the beginning of a round of uncontrolled re-entries as China moves to… Audio
Chinese rocket debris splashes down in Indian Ocean
Pieces of a large Chinese rocket have plunged back through the atmosphere over the Indian Ocean this afternoon, splashing down north of the Maldives.
Survey shows almost half of Kiwis pushed reset during lockdown
On March 23 2020, when the Government decided to go 'hard and early' in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealanders were given just 48 hours' notice before the country went into Alert Level… Audio
Vodafone outage causes delays at Covid-19 vaccination centres
A Vodafone outage affected the digital services at some Covid-19 vaccination centres today, resulting in longer wait times, the Ministry of Health says.
US to back waiver of patent protection on Covid - 19 vaccines
The Biden administration in the United States has announced today that they will be supporting a proposal to the World Trade Organisation to remove intellectual property protections on Covid 19… Audio
Covid-19 vaccine waivers a monumental step in pandemic fight
The head of the World Health Organisation is hailing a move to get rid of patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as a monumental step in the fight against the pandemic. The US president Joe Biden… Audio
Goodbye Spot the digidog and 'disaster girl' sells her meme
Technology correspondent Mark Pesce joins Kathryn to talk about how a software company offered employees a choice: stop complaining about the company's issues with diversity and inclusion - or take a… Audio
A 25-year-old's mission to revolutionise the wool industry
Logan Williams is a scientist, a serial inventor, the Director of Technology and Innovation at the New Zealand Merino Company, and could be the saviour to the wool industry... and he's only 25 years… Audio
Chinese space rocket could land near NZ
There's a large rocket falling from the sky. But don't panic, it will probably fall at sea. TAstronomer, astrobiologist, former NASA scientist and author Duncan Steele talks to Jesse. Audio
Kombucha scoby found to lower E coli in dairy shed effluent
A product used to make kombucha has been found to reduce E coli in dairy shed effluent.
EU hits Apple with music streaming charge
EU regulators are accusing Apple of distorting competition in the music streaming market, siding with Spotify in a case that could lead to changes in its lucrative business practices.
Nicole Perlroth: the cyberweapons arms race
In her new book, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends, New York Times cybersecurity reporter Nicole Perlroth exposes threat posed by an international market in cyberweapons For decades the US… Audio
