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Tech giant's local reported revenue remains tiny - and it paid just $1.3m in income tax.
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Microsoft profit up 20% amid AI push, Google parent pays first dividend
Pair soar where Meta struggled.
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Financial Times: Facebook parent claims Llama 3 takes step to human-level intelligence.
Meta changes could stifle democracy
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How tech giants cut corners to harvest data for AI
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Swindler dupes woman in her 90s into thinking she’d won $350,000 lottery on Facebook
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How Big Tech is winning the AI talent war
Financial Times: Microsoft’s move latest sign huge firms are scooping up expertise.
How Anna Mowbray chose her AI partner for latest start-up
Zuru cofounder weighed AI options from Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google.
'If you’re reading this I have died': Young woman announces her own death in heartbreaking post
The 25-year-old shared a poignant message to her fiancé after her death.
Melissa Lee defends pulling out of pre-booked interviews, says they would have been 'boring'
Last week, the minister cancelled chats with NZME's Media Insider and RNZ's Mediawatch.
Big American tech profits from Temu marketing blitz
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Will Big Tech agree to play by Europe’s rules?
Financial Times: Is the deadline for new competition rules too little, too late?
Can you log in? Facebook, Instagram suffer global outage
Many social media users in New Zealand have also been affected.
Juha Saarinen: A farewell to this tech column
OPINION: How the social internet algorithmically turned itself into junk.
'For our Pacific parents, it's not just a place to share a random status'
"It's not unusual to attend a Samoan funeral and see an aunty going live on Facebook."
Australia looks at forcing Facebook to do deals with news media outlets
Facebook’s parent company said today it would not renew commercial deals with publishers.
Gregor Paul: NZR+ and the future of rugby content
NZR+ fell short of its growth targets but has taken steps to reshape its strategy.
Public urged not to accept scam livestream links to MP's funeral
A Facebook page is offering a hoax livestream of Green MP's funeral.
Mum pleads for understanding over adult son's screaming bouts
“Pachygyria patients ... may have difficulty controlling some behaviours."
'So happy': Facebook Lost & Found group finds stolen lab notes
'I can’t describe how relieved I was.'
Franz is taking recovery one step at a time - all along SH1
Franz Oliver Lindsay hopes to raise awareness of the perils of addictions.
British tourist baffled by ‘cult’ signs that even Kiwis were confused by
The woman took to social media to find answers to the mystery.
Deepfaked and doctored: Michael Baker demands action over bogus ads
A wave of Facebook ads for sham-health products steal the identities of top doctors.
Andrew Holden: This week could change the game for NZ’s news companies
OPINION: Select committee to listen to submissions on Fair Digital News Bargaining BiIl.
Leo Lewis: Hong Kong’s Messi backlash says more about digital fandom than football
Financial Times: Meltdown a revealing moment for the game as global entertainment.
Meta pays first ever dividend, Apple rebounds, Amazon surges
Three of Wall Street's "Magnificent Seven" report.
Media tumult: Traditional TV broadcasting faces off switch - briefing document
The ministry document highlights how little global giants contribute to local productions.
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg issues dramatic apology at Senate hearing on child safety
FT: Facebook founder pushed to publicly apologise to families of those harmed.