Technology

Well, bad blood has been averted. That's despite Taylor Swift telling the technology giant, Apple, that she would refuse to let it stream her latest album, unless she was paid. Audio

Drone racing is taking off as a new sport in New Zealand. Two leagues have been started in New Zealand this year and a trans-Tasman battle is in the pipeline for later in the year. Chris Jackson is a… Audio

Alvin Roth won the Nobel Prize for economics partly for his work helping match willing donors with those who need kidney transplants. Audio

Why did a Government agency stop battery backups - essential in power outages - being offered on ultra fast broadband contracts? Audio

Evan Roth is an artist and researcher and also defines himself as a hacker. He's based in Paris and is heading our way to take part in the Semi-Permanent Design conference in Auckland in a couple of… Audio

Martin Ford's the author of "Rise of the Robots" (Basic Books). He thinks that China's reliance on industrial robots could pose some problems for the global economy. Audio

Technology news and Peter Griffin examines internet speeds, the latest from the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, and a 111 app. Audio

Sarah Putt discusses Vodafone buying WorldxChange; mobile first for the New York Times; and times are tough for dating apps. Audio

A new study shows a third of the biggest aquifers in the world are being depleted as more water is being drawn, than is being replenished. The research from NASA satellites shows that 21 of the… Video, Audio

Our technology correspondent, Paul Brislen, discusses a range of new gadgets. Audio

Andrew Scott Howman discusses wearable technology and its potential legal implications in the workplace. Audio

A group of seismologist from the United States, Japan, and New Zealand, are measuring slow-slip earthquake activity in Poverty Bay, in the biggest experiment of its kind. It is part of a staged… Audio

The European Space Agency says its comet lander spacecraft, Philae, has woken up and contacted Earth. Philae became the first spacecraft to land on a comet when it was dropped on to the surface of one… Audio

An analyst says listed technology companies need to improve the way they communicate with investors and shareholders, in order to better manage expectations. Audio

Economists are expecting the latest economic data, due later this week, to reflect weaker growth, driven primarily by a decline in dairy production. Audio

Peter Griffin on the news the Inland Revenue will choose a US company for a major technology contract. Also the main developments coming out of Apple's Worldwide Developers' Conference. Audio

MOTAT is using the latest technology to encourage the younger generation to find out more about the men who trained at New Zealand;s first air training school one hundred years ago. Audio

Erika Pearson discusses as the Internet of Things grows, so do the data privacy issues. The security risks for Hospital Devices. Rescue robots. Audio

What might be the next big thing in technology in ten years' time? Audio

It's a 'flying saucer'. It's the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, and NASA hopes that it could one day, help a spacecraft land smoothly on Mars. It's just been tested in Hawaii, with high hopes its… Audio