When to stop posting kid pics video

Apple Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow.

1:56 PM  OPINION: It's comforting to see that even Gwyneth Paltrow is confused by teenage social media rules.

Zuckerberg: Lawmakers must act

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes four areas of the internet needs rules to define clear responsibilities for ...

OPINION: Four areas of the internet need fresh regulations, writes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

School dumps iPads for books

Research into differences in book formats has found that understanding improves when information is read in a paper ...

Top Aussie primary school does a U-turn on e-books because kids "prefer the hard copy".

Proposal to put speed limiters on all cars video

Speed limiters could use mapping technology combined with traffic sign recognition.

The European Union's executive wants to equip cars with technology that would keep them from speeding.

Zuckerberg posts vanish video

Throughout 2006 and 2009, Mark Zuckerberg was active on Facebook – but there are no posts visible for the two full years ...

Facebook says it "mistakenly deleted" CEO's old posts - including all those made in 2007 and 2008.

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Giant warehouse 'bird' robot video

Handle has a plate of suckers to pick up objects with, instead of a beak.

Massive bird-like machine among latest in Boston Dynamics' cabal of sometimes terrifying robots.

New #gifted social media trend

The evolution of advertorials from #ad, to #sponsored, to #sp has a new stage: #gifted.

The evolution of advertorials from #ad, to #sponsored, to #sp has a new stage: #gifted.

Google's message for Christchurch video

Google displays a black ribbon to mark the Christchurch memorial for the mosque shooting victims.

"Kia Kaha We Stand Together", web giant's homepage says during memorial for mosque shooting victims.

US Govt charges Facebook video

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out a new "privacy focused" vision for social networking.

Housing agency goes after Facebook for allowing advertisers to exclude entire neighbourhoods, minorities.

YouTube's communities of hate

YouTube's algorithm supports the proliferation of alt-right and extremist ideology. (H/t to Melinda Beck for ...

The ideology that influenced the Christchurch attack is hiding in plain sight.

Digital awfulness spoiling it for all

''We're expected to pretend that the overwhelming onslaught of negativity, abuse and degradation spewing out of our ...

OPINION: Online abuse is destroying the egalitarian exchange of ideas the internet is perfect for.

Is this the end for memes?

The European Union is looking to tackle internet copyright.

European move may flow through to the rest of the world.

UK spy agency scathing on Huawei video

The US has led a push against use of Huawei over security fears.

"This report's stark conclusion should give pause to any country considering using Huawei for 5G,'' says expert.

Apple's air of desperation

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Oprah Winfrey at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California at an event to announce new products.

OPINION: As Oprah bounded on to stage of the Steve Jobs Theatre, Apple's founder may have turned in his grave.

Facebook blocks white nationalist posts

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Previously, the social media company only had prohibited users from sharing messages that ...

Social media giant revises its rules and will begin banning content that reference white nationalism.

digital living

School dumps iPads for books

Research into differences in book formats has found that understanding improves when information is read in a paper ...

Top Aussie primary school does a U-turn on e-books because kids "prefer the hard copy".

The day of the DVD is not done video

While video tapes are unlikely to ever make a resurgence, DVDs continue to have an appeal to families and film enthusiasts, an academic says.

New #gifted social media trend

Is this the end for memes?

gadgets

Phone launch with a difference

Smartphone launches can be formulaic. This one actually delivered.

This Huawei camera's low-light performance sets it apart in crowded market.

Tech transforming cruise life video

After years in development, Carnival debuted its Ocean Medallion technology on a Princess Cruises ship late last year.

The Ocean Medallion system is designed to let passengers use it as much or as little as they wish.

California dream for coding kids

Pereka Hapuku-Karaitiana, 11, Jimmy August, 11, Korey Anderson, 10, Arie Te Whiu, 10, Norma-Jean Richards, 10, and James ...

They're only 10 and 11 but the NZ Blackbots have invented a virtual reality platform for astronauts.

Huawei Mate X beats Galaxy Fold

Huawei's Mate X packs a slightly larger battery and will charge quicker.

Ridiculous bezels waste too much space on the Galaxy Fold, putting the Mate X in front.

Games

Kiwi animators adding new dimensions video

The Barefoot Bandits has proved to be a hit with Kiwi audiences since its debut in 2016.

Having expanded from three to more than 50 employees, Auckland-based Mukpuddy have their sights set on gaming and even a feature film.

Young Kiwis off to Fifa eNations Cup

Kiwi gamers Harry Blackmore (Hashtag Honey Badger) and Campbell Knowles (Breakaway airbrn) are off to the Fifa eNations Cup.

Kiwi Fifa 19 players Honey Badger and Airbrn will take on the world's best in London in April.

Gollum game in the works video

Gollum is getting his own video game, scheduled for release in 2021.

It will tell the Hobbit-formerly-known-as-Smeagol's story "before he appears in the books".

Goodbye console? Here's Stadia video

Google didn't say how much its new service will cost, whether it will offer subscriptions or other options, or what ...

Google's making moves into the $63b gaming industry.

social networking

US Govt charges Facebook video

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has laid out a new "privacy focused" vision for social networking.

Housing agency goes after Facebook for allowing advertisers to exclude entire neighbourhoods, minorities.

YouTube's communities of hate

YouTube's algorithm supports the proliferation of alt-right and extremist ideology. (H/t to Melinda Beck for ...

The ideology that influenced the Christchurch attack is hiding in plain sight.

Digital awfulness spoiling it for all

''We're expected to pretend that the overwhelming onslaught of negativity, abuse and degradation spewing out of our ...

OPINION: Online abuse is destroying the egalitarian exchange of ideas the internet is perfect for.

Staying safe on the internet

The anger came out when Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern wore a headscarf.

OPINION: Haters are all around us and Facebook's in it for the money. So, thank goodness for the Prime Minister.

apps

Social media offers support video

"We decided to run this across New Zealand's newsfeeds for the whole of today as a mark of our solidarity," says a ...

"We decided to run this across New Zealand's newsfeeds for the whole of today as a mark of our solidarity."

App hooks up growers and workers

The main aim of PICMI was making the lives of growers and farmers easier by simplifying the process of finding the staff ...

It's a more high-tech way than a sign out the front of the orchard, hoping someone drives past.

Women's changing priorities

"There is a lot of opportunity for us because technology is giving us that opportunity.

As glass ceilings crack around the world, women are finding they're being forced to adapt.

New interracial couple emojis

There are 59 new emojis with 171 gender and skin tone variations coming to a phone near you.

There are 59 new emojis with 171 gender and skin tone variations coming to a phone near you.

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Zuckerberg: Lawmakers must act

OPINION: Four areas of the internet need fresh regulations, writes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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