Technology
Meet first AI-powered artist to debut on Billboard airplay chart
Artificial intelligence is everywhere and the music charts are no different.
Have you been 'speedwashed' on your broadband plan?
Research shows many people are paying for more broadband than they really need.
Is the Internet dying?
With bots and AI-slop rampant, the Dead Internet Theory might be becoming more fact than fiction. Audio
Why the gene tech bill has some scientists worried
A couple of weeks ago we started a conversation about the gene tech bill that it seems scientists and politicians can't agree on. We spoke to Andrew Allan, a Professor at Auckland University's School… Audio
Amazon shares surge as AI boom drives cloud growth
Its share price skyrocketed by more than 10 percent on the back of better than expected earnings.
What was behind the global Microsoft outage?
Dev Singh from the University of Auckland's Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering school.joins Emile Donovan to explain. Audio
Trump asks Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons
The United States last tested a nuclear weapon in 1992.
The issue the global Microsoft outage highlighted
Thursday's Microsoft outage disrupted wesbites around the world, impacting airlines, emergency services and hospitals. Audio
Businesses coming back online following outage
Websites and systems around the world are back online after a global Microsoft outage disrupted thousands of services around the world for several hours this morning. Bill Bennet, a freelance New… Audio
Is increasing use of AI damaging students' learning ability?
Tech correspondent Alex Sims focuses on the increasing use of artificial intelligence in classrooms and lecture halls. Audio
Datacom making big push in AI
One of the country's biggest local IT companies has been making a big push in AI this year. Datacom CEO Greg Davidson spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Cost of streaming services up 20 percent
New Westpac data shows customers paying for TV subscriptions are spending an average of $400 every year, that's up 20% on the same time last year. Tech commentator and futurist at Gorilla, Paul Spain… Audio
ANZ's mobile app, internet banking down
ATMs, EFTPOS and PayWave are all still working, ANZ says.
Police use of number plate spotting technology continues to rise
Police usage rose 70 percent in two years, to almost 600,000 hits a year - about 50,000 times a month, or 1600 times a day.
Feature interview: Could AI end up killing us?
One sentence sums up what Nate Soares thinks about artificial intelligence. If anyone builds it, everyone dies. Soares is the President of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and has worked as… Audio
Tech companies eye stock market listings, but not on NZX
Most of the biggest players are "directing their energy and aspirations towards the listing in the US", Icehouse Ventures chief executive says.
Supermarkets to trial facial recognition tech
Three supermarkets are trailing facial recognition to help identify people that have previously acted violent or threatening in store.
'Not that beautiful': Altered photos causing headaches for immigration advisers
Immigration NZ receives 1000 doctored photos a week - about one in 20.
Putin claims successful test of long-range nuclear-powered cruise missile
Russia says it has successfully tested a nuclear-powered cruise missile and will work toward deploying it, as Moscow launched its second deadly attack on Ukraine in two nights.
70 years of the Aoraki Mount Cook vintage car rally
The Aoraki Mount Cook Vintage Car Rally is winding up after a long weekend - it's 69th year on the motoring calendar since it began over Labour Weekend in October 1956. The rally has been run every… Audio
