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How one viral trend created the internet as we know it
The Ice Bucket Challenge is back for mental health awareness.
Police trial data extraction tech aimed at wearable devices
Police are trialling a tool to extract data from smartwatches.
'Very grateful': Satellite service helps in highway accident rescue
One NZ's Satellite TXT uses Starlink to cover 40% of NZ without cellular networks.
I'm a longevity expert. Here's how the new science of ageing can predict your future
New York Times: A new era of medical care is upon us, writes Dr Eric Topol.
Tesla earnings plunge as Elon Musk hits firestorm of controversy
The electric vehicle manufacturer’s net income was down 71%.
Half of Kiwi adults overwhelmed by phone notifications, study reveals
2degrees commissioned the study, highlighting the mental impact of notifications.
Science news
Air NZ overhauls emission targets: How more sustainable fuel could power future flights
Airline says overseas turmoil doesn't change its goal to slash emissions.
Study links 350,000 heart disease deaths to plastic chemicals in 2018
Phthalates are chemicals added to plastic to make it more stretchy, soft or flexible.
Mother listens to late daughter's heart beating inside transplant recipient
This is the tear-jerking moment a mother listens to her late daughter's heart, which is now keeping another young girl alive.
AI news
How one viral trend created the internet as we know it
The Ice Bucket Challenge is back for mental health awareness.
NZ fogcaster start-up signs deal with British Airways subsidiary
A Kiwi inks a new deal as she aims to cut hassles fog inflicts on passengers and pilots.
How AI is changing the way people with autism understand social dynamics
Autistic Translator claims to help some people make sense of their social mishaps.
US House passes bill targeting non-consensual AI-generated images
The bill aims to address the misuse of intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes.
Workplace of the future: How humans and digital colleagues will work together
Businesses face a new reality, says Microsoft boss.
Secret weapon: How robots are transforming China's trade strategy
New York Times: Inside China's automation revolution and its global implications.
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The town that went crazy for crypto
NYT: 16,000 people signed up for a crypto exchange where everyone won. Until they didn't.
Job hunters facing fraud, AI-powered deepfake video interviews
More than one million 'bots' blocked every hour.
Spark follows Air NZ in deal with Indian outsourcer
Telco looking to make up lost ground in its drive to slash labour costs.
NZ businesses struggling to see returns from their AI spend - the factors holding them back
Many NZ firms see marginal gains from AI despite heavy investment.
Katy Perry faces backlash after Blue Origin all-female space mission
Emily Ratajkowski criticised the mission as 'beyond parody' on TikTok.
Many public servants using AI off their own bat, but few trained - experts raise red flags
A DIY free-for-all. Government says more training and an advisory panel are on the way.
Door opened to microchip, pharma tariffs, Trump hints at auto tariff pause
Tesla, other automaker stocks rise after White House comments.
'Buy and bury' - US argues Meta built a social media monopoly
New York Times: Antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.
China halts critical exports as trade war intensifies
New York Times: Tap turned off on rare minerals and magnets used in EVs, chips, aerospace.
Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, chips in China tariff backdown
Good news for iPhone maker Apple and others who make tech products in China for the US.
On The Up: Kiwis backing a new generation of start-ups
The NZ tech stars who are paying it forward.
Paying it forward: Outset Ventures
Sean Simpson and Mat Rowe made it big with LanzaTech. Now, with Outset Ventures, they are helping to foster and finance a new wave of "deep tech" startups.
Pink pineapples, cancer and farming: Liberal new genetics laws on the way for NZ
All you need to know about the Gene Technology Bill that is before Parliament.
Paying it forward: Outset Ventures
Sean Simpson and Mat Rowe made it big with LanzaTech. Now, with Outset Ventures, they are helping to foster and finance a new wave of "deep tech" startups.
NZ’s high school robot stars struggle to make world champs after funding denied
The previous backers have pulled out.