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Mysterious woman 'trapped' workers
She's attractive and shares the same hobbies but Mia Ash is not what she seems.

New faces among NZ's rich
The siblings behind a Kiwi toy company are among the rich list newcomers.

Convincing tool puts words in Obama's mouth
A computer program that changes what people say raises fears of clips being tampered with.

Warren Buffet just donated $4.4b to charity
American business giant Warren Buffet has just donated billions of dollars to charity

Kiwi kids to learn computing from age 5
Computing becomes part of the core curriculum.

Massive cyberattack spreading globally
new cyberattack similar to WannaCry is spreading from Europe to the US and UK.

Kiwi graduates stay in NZ despite low pay
Slightly more Kiwi graduates are staying in the country, despite falling pay rates.

Police blow millions on 'dead duck' tool
Highly-touted software packages which cost police millions of dollars have severe flaws.

Russian-linked cyber gang behind hack?
The mysterious organisation - called Shadow Brokers is being blamed for worldwide attack.

China to compete with Wikipedia
China has employed thousands to write an internet version of its national encyclopedia.

Computer subsidy scheme ends
A scheme which has given free computers to 16,905 low-income families will end in June

London: Trump's help for evidence needed
US president under pressure to force WhatsApp to hand over vital evidence on the attack.

Compulsory 'BYO device' policies illegal
Officials will remind all schools that compulsory "BYO device" policies are illegal.

The robots are coming - is your job safe?
Are robots really going to take our jobs? An expert says the threat's exaggerated.

Chinese telco giant to invest $400m in NZ
Huawei Technologies will spend $400m on R&D in NZ over the next five years.

Burger-flipping robot replaces humans
A burger-flipping robot has just completed its first day on the job at a restaurant.

Wikileaks to help firms defend against CIA
WikiLeaks has threatened to release the software code of CIA hacking tools to tech firms.

Who is next in line for faster internet?
More communities will get fibre faster as the government speeds up its rollout programme.

Liddell's Trump job 'good for NZ'
Kiwi businessman Chris Liddell's appointment as one of Donald Trump's assistants is "good for New Zealand", says Xero chief executive Rod Drury.

Mysterious coins turning up in MacBooks
Apple customers across the world have reported incidents of finding coins inside their MacBooks, and nobody is sure exactly why this is happening.

Kiwi firm scoops innovation award at CES
Fourteen companies make the trip to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show.

Kiwi drivers set to Skype from their cars
Kiwi drivers will soon be able to make Skype calls from their dashboard.

Robots may hire and fire at hedge fund
A team of engineers are reportedly developing AI which can run the firm without emotions getting in the way.

How Apple alienated Mac loyalists
COMMENT: To die-hard fans, Apple's Macintosh sometimes seems like an afterthought these days.

EU clears $36.5b Microsoft-LinkedIn deal
The European Union has approved Microsoft's $36.5 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, after the software giant agreed to fair competition safeguards.

400,000 Kiwis on slower internet
Some 400k internet users in NZ are on a slower form of internet connection than is available, with almost no cost involved in changing to the faster version.

Bill Gates fortune: Where will it go?
In a revealing insight into his private life, the Microsoft founder said his children are "proud" of his fortune decision.

Kiwi writes paper using autocomplete
A Kiwi academic who jokingly wrote a research paper written by Apple's iOS autocomplete has been accepted to present his findings at a nuclear physics conference.

Kiwis caught up in global hack
The number of Kiwi domains caught up in a global data hack of popular US online file hosting service Dropbox has been estimated at 120,000.