Google says one of its least expensive innovations - virtual reality headgear made of cardboard - has become a huge hit.

Children are stumbling across foul language, violence and sexual content on YouTube, but keeping them safe online is increasingly falling to parents.

Benny tries to look innocent but his scruffy mug says a thousand words.

Her smile says 'congratulations' but her eyes say something else. The wedding photo that went viral, for all the wrong reasons.

Google, Facebook and other big internet companies will be forced to hand over encrypted conversations of suspected terrorists and criminals under plans to bolster surveillance powers.

A wannabe stuntman who surfed atop a taxi as it went over the Harbour Bridge has argued his case should be thrown out because he did not endanger anyone other than himself.

The couple loved each other and wanted to stay together - but in the age of Tinder and Ashley Madison, they also both wanted to have other options.

A man from Austin, Texas, had a great comeback for a Twitter account that mocked him for crying on his wedding day.

"Charlie Charlie," a game/Internet urban legend of sudden popularity, has surged to the top of the global social media charts.

Two Degrees Mobile is still burning cash but has once again reduced its financial losses.

Chorus has called on the government to enact changes to the RMA to speed the fibre rollout.

Streaming services have increased congestion on broadband services for the second month in a row.

Starbucks manager accused customer of stealing an edible straw worth 99 cents. But she didn't know she was being filmed.

NZ and its spying partners exploited weaknesses in one of the world's most popular mobile browsers and planned to hack into smartphones.

Some celebrities and businesses are scrambling to buy a controversial new domain name that actually sucks.

After Google Maps was slammed for labelling Obama a very bad word, people have taken to typing their names into the search engine — the results have been creepy.

A mother diagnosed with breast cancer has posed a picture of the “subtle dimples” that were the only outward sign of her illness online to urge other women to check themselves.

A photo posted on the online forum Reddit is causing more than a few people to scratch their heads.

Brains behind zombie game thriller gets ball rolling on ultra-fast broadband after he calls Dunedin's Gigatown a joke.

CDs are out and streaming is in as coffee giant pens a new partnership with the popular online music service.

Artists and mathematicians alike have tried to answer the question - how many pages would it take to print the Internet?

A hacker group calling itself the Middle East Cyber Army has temporarily hacked an Auckland University website.

Sweet son Alex Lyngaas has secretly filmed his mother, Eva, for a year and crafted a video to help her find a boyfriend.

The parents of two boys who set themselves on fire as part of an online craze have pleaded for videos promoting the dangerous stunt to be taken off the internet.

A young mother suffering from skin cancer has been praised for her bravery after sharing a shocking photo of her treatment as a stark warning to sunbed users.

College Dad Bods is the latest Instagram trend that looks to celebrate a special breed of male physique that is not quite muscular but not quite all beer gut, either.

The founders of .cat, who spent years lobbying for the domain, never intended for it to have anything to do with felines.

Advocates for global mode and open internet access are undermining local content and the survival of the New Zealand production industry, writes John Drinnan.

Wi-Fi isn't making you sick, in fact brain cancer rates are falling, says Peter Griffin.

As France bans Wi-Fi in nursery and primary schools, a British expert says others should do the same.