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Kiwis’ AI fears, work-from-home rate, ‘increasing’ internet use revealed
People have rising concerns – but the Government is heading in the opposite direction.

Free Speech Union angles for control of InternetNZ - but has it been snookered?
Fight over InternetNZ's draft constitution is finely poised.

Censorship feared over reform of InternetNZ constitution
Opponents of a review are planning a takeover.

Health tech software firm collapsed owing around $1m
Director says pandemic, loss of biggest client triggered collapse.

New online home for the Gisborne Herald
The old Gisborne Herald website will end this week, making way for a new page.

‘Hidden and quiet’: The libraries raising eyebrows for their internet search histories
Hastings District libraries reveals the top 10 sites searched-for and blocked.

Netsafe’s tech ties spark calls for independent regulator
Online safety campaigners say Netsafe is too close to the big tech.

Spark and Microsoft ink NZ’s ‘largest-ever Microsoft public cloud partnership’
Around half of the telco's staff will get Microsoft's gen AI.

Auckland startup Polymath, with its contrarian take on AI, raises money from a heavy-hitter
"Our goal is to be the household name for screen time that parents can feel good about."

Meta expands Instagram ‘Teen Account’ protections to NZ
How they work; where Aussie is at with its under-16 social media ban passed last November.

Ex-Bell Gully solicitor raises $28m for his legal AI start-up
In-house legal teams at Fonterra and US giants have signed on.

Opinion: Dating your own grave - how dating apps can make you feel worse about yourself
OPINION: Is online dating too good to be true? The latest research suggests so.

I went to a rehab clinic with crystal meth addicts to get over my phone addiction
Telegraph: Realising she checked her mobile 262 times a day, something had to change.

Elon Musk and Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe ‘Nazi salute’
The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies.

Tech Insider: The portfolio you get demoted to; Survey rates the business usefulness of Microsoft’s Copilot AI
Surprising pros and cons of our new robot overlords.

‘Kept fooling myself’: Auckland man loses $50k in romance scam
The man estimated he was withdrawing $2000 a day at the peak.

Opinion: What is RedNote? The app TikTok users are fleeing to
OPINION: It's a glimmer of hope for connection and communication in a divided world.

TikTok going dark: $100m spender Zuru says it's a 'negotiating tactic'
Trump is positioning himself as a white knight in response.

Suppressed details of abuse victims published on Justice website in ‘serious’ privacy breach
A mass audit of thousands of decisions is now under way after the privacy slip-up.

Most popular dream job for Kiwis revealed in global study
From aspiring doctors to DJ dreams, the world's most sought-after jobs may surprise you.

150,000 submissions on Treaty bill spark cyber interference concerns
'There is a high chance there could be a lot of fictitious submissions through bots.'