Technology
'Are you dead?' Chinese app for single living goes viral
China may have up to 200 million one-person households.
Manage My Health data breach: Everything we know so far
At the end of 2025 hackers got access to health data being held by privately owned patient portal Manage My Health.
NZ's health data hack needs a proper diagnosis
Analysis: Two cyber hacks have highlighted the vulnerability of New Zealand's digital health systems.
KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health, expert claims
Colonel Sanders has better web security than many digital health providers, an IT expert has claimed, blaming the government for not enforcing standards. Audio
More patient data could be at risk says IT expert
An IT expert says even more of the country's patient information portals are at risk - because there's no-one checking private providers. Callum McMenamin, a web standards consultant who has worked on… Audio
Zuckerberg names ex-Trump advisor as Meta president
She will join the team as it scales what Mark Zuckerberg described as "the massive physical and financial model that will power the next decade of computing".
'We can't rely on goodwill': NZ lags behind on battling AI creation of sexual images
NZ needs have a bigger conversation around what privacy means in the AI era, says an organisation working to prevent child sexual exploitation.
Meta kicks half a million Aussie kids off its platforms
The social media giant says it removed 330,000 users from Instagram, 173,000 from Facebook and 39,000 from Threads in December.
Museum Stop: Faraday Museum
Rather than read and look at pieces of history, our museum stop today is all about doing. Set inside Napier's original power station, the Faraday Museum of Technology makes science, tech and history… Audio
Doctors frustrated amid Manage My Health confusion
GPs are frustrated by what they say are mixed messages about the extent of the Manage My Health data breach. Audio
NZ chip maker Rakon target of a takeover bid
US electronic manufacturer Bourns Inc intends to make an offer of $1.55 cents a share to buy 100 percent of Rakon.
Ignore emails asking for password reset, Instagram warns
The social media company has told users there was no breach of its systems and all accounts were secure.
Northland particularly hit by Manage My Health data breach
New details in the Manage My Health data breach show more than 80,000 of the 125,000 patients affected by the hack are based in Northland. Coast to Coast Healthcare chairperson and specialist GP Dr… Audio
Call for Apple, Google to take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images
Three Democratic senators are citing the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on the platform.
Musk's AI bot limits image generation on X to after backlash
The chatbot's image generation had allowed users on X to edit or create sexualized photos, including generating images of women and children in minimal clothing.
Google, Character.AI settle lawsuits over teen suicides
The lawsuits alleged the artificial intelligence chatbot maker contributed to mental health issues and teen suicides.
Toys and trinkets: Tech trends to expect in 2026
The world's largest tech event is underway in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show is where all the new tech toys and gadgets for the coming year are unveiled. Our own Mr Gadget Mark Pesce is… Audio
AI predicts health risks - but researchers don't know how
A single night of sleep is being used to predict a person's risk from 100 health conditions. The way it does it is more of mystery.
AI and outdated visuals fuel misinformation after Maduro capture
A surge of visual misinformation has inundated social media platforms after US forces seized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
How an encounter with an AI hallucination raised an ethical dilemma
Analysis: If a journalist is provided with information by a fictional character, how can they be held accountable if something goes wrong?
