Internet
Calls to slow growth of fake news
Greater regulation of social media is being called for, to slow the growth of fake news online.
With the election only a couple of months away, there are some New Zealand-specific solutions being… Audio
RNZ launches new initiative to tell stories of Asian communities in New Zealand
From today readers of rnz.co.nz will see a change to our home page, and a new initiative to tell the stories of our Asian community.
The battle of the social media platform powers
Two decades after Facebook.com changed our lives, social media is going through another big upheaval. Audio
Australia puts big tech under more pressure
These days the platforms that pump news round the internet make more money out of it than the media who make it. In Australia they’ve done deals to ensure the media get more. Now the government also… Video, Audio
Ben Smith: How clicks, likes and shares ruined digital news
Journalist Ben Smith tells the story of how digital media organisations became addicted to "going viral" in his new book Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral… Audio
2degrees to shut down ageing 3G mobile service
It is the last of the three main mobile providers to make the move as it concentrates on the established 4G service and frees up spectrum for the growing 5G networks.
The death and rebirth of the country's longest-running column
The New Zealand Herald column Sideswipe ended in May after a 21-year run. Its creator tells Mediawatch about how it survived so long and what the revamped version looks like. Audio
Threads: Thirty million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says
Thirty million users have signed up for Meta's newly launched Threads app on its first day, the company's chief Mark Zuckerberg says.
The Panel with Georgie Stylianou and Peter Dunne (Part 2)
Today on The Panel, Guyon Espiner and panellists Georgie Stylianou and Peter Dunne discuss our approach to policing gangs, the new hottest day recorded and Meta's upcoming app that could rival… Audio
Tweet access limits are risky, reasons unconvincing - NZ commentators
Twitter's move to limit the tweets readers can see is an 'own goal' and the reasons for it may not be as simple as the official line, New Zealand tech commentators say.
Twitter temporarily restricts tweets users can see
Twitter has applied a temporary limit to the number of tweets users can read in a day, owner Elon Musk says.
Backing for bill that boosts consumers' data rights
Payments NZ says the government's Customer and Product Data bill will help give consumers greater choice and control about how their data is used and shared with third parties.
More vigilance urged as cyber crime losses soar by two-thirds in value
Financial losses from cyber crimes rose 66 percent in the first three months of the year, amounting to nearly $6 million in losses.
81-year-old launches a new dog-friendly travel app
Not many octogenarians celebrate an app launch on their birthday but Picton man Ronald Ragen did just that recently. It's a "buzz" to share the new dog-friendly travel app Dogalong with Kiwi pet… Audio
Three months after Latitude cyberattack, some victims not notified
More than three months after private information on a million New Zealanders was stolen from loan company Latitude some still have not found out whether they are victims.
FMA urges extreme caution using interest rate comparison website
New Zealanders are being warned against a "phoney" website used for comparing interest rates, which is believed to be collecting users' personal data for illicit purposes.
Two Megaupload executives sentenced to jail
The police say today's sentencing of two key figures in the Megaupload case reflects years of work by investigators in New Zealand and the United States.
Podcast Critic: Elliot Childs
Today Elliot talks to Jesse about The Music Book Podcast. It's a podcast with interviews with authors of books about music. It's hosted by Marc Masters with the latest episode on a book about… Audio
Spark joins major telcos with plans for satellite-to-mobile service
Spark has become the latest telecommunications provider to announce a satellite-to-mobile service.
Tom Barraclough: are your social media threads under threat?
This week the government released a Safer Online Services and Media Platforms "discussion document" proposing to regulate online content the same way other media is regulated. Audio