Technology
Young people turning to AI therapist bots
Demand to chat with therapy bots is booming, with one created by a Kiwi outranking chatbots modelled after big names.
AI represents a 'turning point' for civilisation
Opinion - Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence.
AI used to help pest eradication
Conservationists are hoping a newly-redesigned app will encourage New Zealanders to stay vigilant this summer and report any sign of weeds, animals and diseases.
Developed with funding from the… Audio
Hackers hit Australian state's court recording database
Recordings of some court hearings between November and December may have been stolen, Court Services Victoria said in a statement.
How 2023 may have changed the way we work forever
AI, return-to-office, the summer of strikes and more: both labourers and employers found themselves working through a rollercoaster of changes this year.
Data use skyrockets as Kiwis head to summer hotspots
Telcos are reporting their customers used over 2500 terabytes of data on Christmas Day and Boxing Day alone.
NZ eyes legislation to protect news as lawsuits go after OpenAI
There are no protections against AI platforms using New Zealand journalism to train their software, says the News Publishers' Association's public affairs director.
Apple wins bid to pause Apple Watch ban at US appeals court
A US appeals court paused a government commission's import ban on some of the company's popular smartwatches following a patent dispute.
The biggest tech stories of 2023
Tech commentator Juha Saarinen joins Kathryn to talk about what's happened in the tech sector this year, including a lot of large staff layoffs - with the exception of Apple. He says that's in… Audio
Government births, deaths and marriages IT project halted
The Department of Internal Affairs has stopped the $150m plan that aimed to take key data into cloud storage.
Whack-a-mole of online scams a constant battle
Wellington International Airport is fighting a constant battle to prevent online scams using their branding from reeling in unsuspecting people.
Emma Ferris on her new podcast the Bravery Academy
Emma Ferris was the victim of an expert romantic scammer, but managed to avoid losing her life savings by turning the tables on him. Today we catch up with Emma and talk about her new series. Audio
Apple to halt US sales of some smartwatches over patent dispute
The move comes as the company deals with a patent dispute over the technology that enables the blood oxygen feature on the devices.
Tech Tuesday with Daniel Watson
Today owner and managing director of Vertech IT Services, Dan Watson, talks to Jesse about what cyber-criminals are saying about AI and Chat GPT type tools, a warning about default passwords on… Audio
EU launches infringement proceedings against X over disinformation
The EU has launched formal infringement proceedings against social media platform X, under its wide reaching Digital Services Act.
The law, which passed late last year, requires major companies to… Audio
EU takes action against Elon Musk's X over disinformation
The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation.
Best of 2023: Our Changing World
"I love my job. I’m a total science geek so it suits me perfectly to go nerd out with other nerds and then make stories to share with you" - Claire Concannon, host of RNZ's award-winning science and…
2017: Hugh McCarroll
In 2017, long-time inventor and astronomy enthusiast Hugh McCarroll was named one of 15 finalists in a global competition designed by NASA. The idea was to crowdsource ideas for how to collect human… Audio
Watch: Rocket Lab's latest launch
Watch: Rocket Lab has launched a small Earth-imaging satellite from Māhia for a Japanese company. Video
Tech: Sellafield hack, Russian attacks, scams numbers up
Technology correspondent Tony Grasso joins Kathryn to talk about who was likely behind the hacking of Sellafield, Europe's largest nuclear site. New Minister for the GCSB Judith Collins has spoken out… Audio