The personal details of millions who signed up to a sex hook-up website in the past 20 years were exposed in one of the largest ever data breaches.

West Coast residents have been asked to protect the broadband fibre optic cable after the eastern cable was lost in the earthquakes early yesterday.

Is the box in your fridge that chills your food immune from technological disruption? Don't bet on it.

The energy unleashed in the Kaikoura earthquake was equivalent to what could power Christchurch for an entire year.

A pregnant Western Sydney mother has suffered second degree burns from her iPhone 7. Melanie Tan Pelaez had her iPhone 7 plugged

Village Roadshow is known for its measures to stop piracy, but its latest efforts have made an absolute mockery of its harsh stance.

The SingularityU Summit kicked off on schedule in Christchurch this afternoon.

Radiation sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.

Even the Large Hadron Collider - 18,000km away in Switzerland - reported "feeling" the earthquake.

Kiwi experts are on the front lines fighting the "antibiotic apocalypse".

COMMENT: How social media is shaping political debate as the public square migrates online.

A series of intelligence briefings will deal with covert actions, contingency plans for using nuclear weapons and even the names of major foreign agents.

Years after most people threw out their VHS machines, there has been a surge in sales to a surprising buyer.

Those who illegally download television shows and movies are about to find it much harder, with leading torrent sites in Google's scope.

In 1970s, some of NZ's leading thinkers were correctly predicting a future of smartphones, broadband and HDTVs. Did we stop trying to gaze beyond horizon?

The Herald has put together the ultimate silly season planning guide to get you to the big day with the minimum of fuss.

Australasia's first Exponential Technology summit organiser Kaila Colbin shares five things she expects to see in the not-too-distant future.

A new law will limit free expression even further.

The next set of emojis could finally include everything you've been waiting for - and then some.

A world-famous thinker says New Zealand could be the "Athens of the modern world".

Kiwi software company Xero is looking to bring some American "refugees" to New Zealand in the wake of the US election.

The President Elect Donald Trump bodes well for farms and coal mines, but trade deals will be left in peril.

COMMENT: The roll-out of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless broadband technology, is just around the corner.

COMMENT: Virtual reality is on the cusp of breaking through to a mainstream technology.

COMMENT: Associate Professor Johan Potgieter reckons New Zealand's future as a space nation looks bright.

Brisbane man who stabbed a woman 11 times had a history of abusing women.

COMMENT: The Research and Education Advanced Network is a decade older, but it would preferable if it was almost 20, writes Juha Saarinen.

A National Geographic documentary series following Kiwi scientists in Antarctica premiered at Scott Base and in Christchurch this evening.

Over the last decade the rise of the podcasts continues to enable us to expand our minds without having to open a book or scroll through the Internet.

"Pantsuit Nation" started about two weeks ago. It now has nearly 2 million members.