Children using smartphones and tablets from an early age can have both troubling and positive consequences, a leading academic says.

Police are investigating a new lead into the disappearance of an Auckland woman.

The family of a young Auckland woman have posted heartfelt pleas for information about her whereabouts after she disappeared three days ago.

Over a year the 27-year-old teacher paid more than $28k - unwittingly, to the 14-year-old she was sleeping with.

All White Houses leak. Sometimes the leaks are big, sometimes small. But there are always people willing to talk to reporters about the "real" story.

While politicians may have had trouble remembering him, in the United States Peter Thiel has long been a major presence on the business pages.

A studious man has become the hero of library goers the world over by silencing protesters with three simple words.

Police hope military-grade software will help solve the seemingly "impossible" disappearance of a swinging soldier under heavy surveillance.

Twenty-one Northland towns are to get hooked up in a $33 million rollout of ultra fast broadband (UFB) over the next six years, under

There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.

COMMENT: Big databases which store all sorts of information about our day-to-day activities are lacking in security, Juha Saarinen writes.

It started as an online contest that created the chilling Slenderman character. It led to two then 12-year-old girls stabbing their friend 19 times.

Tauranga Rocks is an apt name for a new craze which has gone viral with up to 1400 locals becoming rockers in the past couple of weeks. The

We have compiled a list of cheap and reliable products to make your 'dumb' home much smarter.

Florida-based professor Adam Heath Av table took to Twitter to share a story about when he got stood up by his students.

To Donald Trump's team and supporters, the truth isn't so black-and-white, and it doesn't seem to matter.

Kiwis seeking a high need look no further than the internet, where cannabis and other drugs are now being advertised on websites such as Craigslist.

Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom has confirmed he is engaged to Elizabeth Donnelly and that the wedding would be in November.

What do you wish you had known when you were young? Here people have revealed the heartbreaking life lessons they learned too late.

COMMENT: Few could resist entities with faster, cheaper services.

COMMENT: To block someone is not censorship. It's just that I don't want to hear you, or more to the point, for you to hear me, writes Rachel Stewart.

A New Zealand-based tech company has attracted a $3 million investment as it looks to expand into South East Asia and Australia.

Your online communications may not be as secure as you think, warns InternetNZ.

Clues left by an anonymous benefactor had hundreds of people searching for cash hidden in a secret Dunedin location.

New Zealand's education system needs to put more focus on languages, says the woman whose video about Maori pronunciation received thousands of views last week.

Accompanied by an image or video, captions (harsh or mirthful) memes twist the meaning of the original; messages take on new life, or they fizzle.

A New Zealand website administrator was forced to pay a $6500 ransom after his site was hijacked in an increasingly-common "ransomware" attack.

COMMENT: Youth have migrated from Facebook to dark social. Here's why.

The Hibiscus coast's mystery nude runner has won a week-long trip to Rarotonga.

Social media photos of people pretending to be dead are 'morbid', say critics.