Technology
Bug may have exposed iPhones, iPads to hackers for years
Apple is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers.
Top Stories for Thursday 23 April 2020
Coronavirus: Palantir in talks with Govt over help; Coronavirus: Dunedin woman fighting for her life; Kiwi doctor on stricken cruise ship; Coronavirus: Many ECEs likely to remain shut at Level 3… Audio
Face To Face With Digital Exclusion
As time online skyrockets, data usage breaks all records and many of us take it for granted, not everyone has the same access to the internet. The Citizens Advice Bureau New Zealand has released the… Audio
Spark on target for $1.1b profit despite pandemic challenges
Spark is on track to meet its full-year profit expectations, despite the closure of its retail stores and a significant drop in mobile roaming services as a result of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
Coronavirus: Businesses unsure of contact tracing requirements
Businesses are desperate to know what minimum amount of contact tracing they must provide when the country drops down to Alert Level 3 next week.
An app developer says technology allows this to be… Audio
Coronavirus: Business contact tracing minimums needed for tracing apps - developer
Businesses wanting to re-open next week when the country moves out of lockdown are trying to figure out what contact tracing they need to do.
The Government has said collecting information about… Audio
Surge in mobile trade during lockdown
There's been a surge in mobile trade during the countrywide lockdown, and one app developer says they're expecting more businesses to trade that way as the country moves to Level 3 and then to Level… Audio
Contact tracing capacity 'a mathematical impossibility'
The Opposition has taken to pouring doubt on the Health Ministry's assertion it can trace 5000 people a day who have had contact with a Covid-19 carrier. Audio
Social media must be called to account
Opinion - Jacinda Ardern needs to get over her millenial attitude to social media and join Australia in making them pay their way, Dr Gavin Ellis writes.
Walking Local
Andy Smith from Living Street Aotearoa is here to talk about the hashtag #walkingfromhome. Audio
Call to force social media giants to pay for traditional news media content
New Zealand should follow Australia's decision to force Facebook and Google to pay for content generated by traditional news media companies, a media expert says.
Health Ministry consults with spy agency for Covid-19 tracing
The Health Ministry has been consulting with the GCSB over tracing people as it works to get its Covid-19 systems up to speed.
Coronavirus: GCSB could help contact tracing
The Health Ministry has been consulting with the state spy agency, the GCSB, about how best to trace people as it works to get its Covid-19 systems up to speed.
A tech industry leader says it's… Audio
What does the superhero craze say about our own times?
Superman and his descendants launched a fascination with technological superism that continues today. Iwan Rhys Morus is professor of history at Aberystwyth University in Wales and has recently… Audio
New Zealanders largely staying home during lockdown, data shows
New data from Google shows the massive drop in public place activity since the lockdown began.
Sam Scott's tips for building a fold up table
Lockdown school's here for a while for some - and if the family needs the kitchen table back, Mitre 10's Sam Scott explains how he and his kids built a handy fold up table. Audio
A ventilator prototype in the Waikato
We speak to Jeff Sharp of the Hamilton plastics engineering firm ES Plastics. Audio
Cell tower attacks - as if we don't have enough to deal with
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at why so many cell towers have been attacked globally and here in New Zealand, as misinformation stirs fear and ignorance over a non-existent link between 5G… Audio
Coronavirus: Government experts missing important data
Two top pandemic advisers to the Government say they have not seen crucial Covid-19 data, and some other data is weak, with five days to go till a decision on lockdown.
Epidemiologist Michael Baker… Audio
Coronavirus: Government advisor says contact tracing data weak
A top pandemic advisor to the Government says the data around contact tracing is still weak, just five days before the Government will decide whether to ease the lockdown.
Physics professor Shaun… Audio
