Google preserving street art

WORMHOLE: A mural in Melbourne by Wellington-based street artists BMD depicts a wormhole to Bali.

Art Project's Street Art collection has doubled in size since it launched last June, featuring more than 10,000 images.

Street art as fine art?

Mystery street artist outed

Who is the mystery street artist?

Amazon okayed to test drones

The US Federal Aviation Administration has given e-retailer Amazon approval to test fly its drone-to-door delivery service.

US flight regulators give e-retailer approval to test fly its drone-to-door delivery service.

NZ gaming sales hit record

A gamer plays "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" on an Xbox One console during the Xbox Play Day 2014, before the Gamescom 2014 fair in Cologne August 12, 2014. The Gamescom convention, Europe's largest video games trade fair, is opened to the public from August 14 to 17. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS ENTERTAINMENT)

Kiwis spent a record $347m on games and consoles last year, with more downloading and fewer buying in shops.

'Dark web' black market closes

Drugs for sale on dark web marketplace Evolution.

online drug trade dealt another blow with closure of Evolution, a massive website for buying illegal narcotics.

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NEW STANDARD: Type C USB connectors are markedly smaller than the Type A

Get ready to replace your computer cables and buy some new adapters - the ports and plugs you use are about to start changing.

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digital living

2degrees eyes fixed-line market

170709. Supplied. Stills from 2degrees phone company advertising campaign

2degrees may finally be about to make good on its ambition of entering the fixed-line phone and broadband market.

Lightbox coming to Chromecast

It is about to get easier to watch Spark’s Lightbox internet television service on the family TV.

Customs downplays password plan

SXSW: Meerkat rules techfest

gadgets

USB-C cables, ports coming soon video

NEW STANDARD: Type C USB connectors are markedly smaller than the Type A

Get ready to replace your computer cables and buy some new adapters - the ports and plugs you use are about to start changing.

Are smartwatches worth it?

Lee Suckling looks at whether people will swap their designer watches for a smartwatch.

The T-1000 transforming in James Cameron's Terminator 2.

Liquid Terminator printing

The newest innovation in 3-D printing looks pretty similar to the villain of Terminator 2, and that's no mistake.

games

NZ gaming sales hit record $347m

GAMERS: People play Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare at a gaming fair in Cologne, Germany last year.

Kiwis spent a record $347 million on computer games and consoles last year, with more downloading and fewer buying in shops.

Steam introduce NZ currency

From March 24, content on Steam will be priced in New Zealand dollars for Kiwi buyers, instead of US dollars.

The Xbox 360, Microsoft's next generation video game console on display at the XBox E3 kick-off celebration during the Electronics Entertainment expo at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles California May 16, 2005. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith

Lawsuit: Xbox 360 gouged discs

Xbox owners claim console's optical disc drive cannot withstand even small vibrations.

social networking

Govt doubles Facebook data snoops

NOSEY PARKER: Official requests for Kiwi users' Facebook data are on the rise, latest figures show.

Facebook fielded twice the number of NZ government requests for data on its users in the second half of last year.

Cristiano Ronaldo most 'liked' Facebook athlete

Football's World Player of the Year now has another gong to be proud of - he's the most popular person on Facebook.

Community standards: Facebook rewrites rules to make it clear 'revenge porn' and praise for terrorists are forbidden.

Facebook bans revenge

The social network rewrites rules to make it clear "revenge porn" and praise for terrorists are forbidden.

Apps

Apps sent storm warnings

http://geozone.co.nz/

A multiligual safety message sent tourists scrambling for cover as cyclone Pam bore down on the east coast of the North Island.

Cortana gets an Einstein upgrade

Microsoft's rival to Siri revamped using artificial intelligence, gets an app for Apple's iOS and Android.

An exhibitor demonstrates a panoramic, wearable camera at a booth at the 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival.

Haptics to watch in 2015

Furious feline mega-stars, cell service without networks, transgender techies, time travel at Texan geekfest SXSW.

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