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On-sold, broken home forces owner to seek help on Facebook
It was meant to be her forever home, but the house Angela Smalley purchased last year could leave her in financial ruin. The Christchurch woman has taken to Facebook to seek an angel investor to help… Video, Audio
Humour in the modern era
Memes, cat videos, youtube compilations - the way we make and consume comedy has completely changed since the birth of the internet. It's no longer just sitcoms and stand ups, we're getting our laughs… Audio
Chelsea Manning speaks in New Zealand
The former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has spoken in Wellington about the time she began to realise that people were behind the data she worked with and how this changed her thinking… Audio
License to click. Open Data guru Gavin Starks
How in a world becoming increasingly more reliant on data, we can best use this data to address some of the major challenges we face, including developing renewable energy, climate change impacts… Audio
Anti-social media: Facebook and surveillance capitalism
There are two things wrong with Facebook; How it works and how people use it. This is the view of Professor Siva Vaidhyanathan, director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of… Audio
Sorting good information from bad
In a world bursting with information - and misinformation- how can we cut through to what is real? Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw is a research associate at the Public Policy Institute at The University of… Audio
Anti-social social media behaviour spike
On-line watchdog Netsafe reports a 46 per cent increase in fraud and anti-social online behaviour. Netsafe's CEO Martin Cocker explains what's behind the massive jump in the first half of 2018. Audio
Stuff You Should Know!
Have you ever wondered how whole-body cryotherapy works? Or how Braille works? Or how the sun works? These are just a handful of the many and varied topics that Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant have… Audio
Everywhere you go, they'll be watching you.
Google may be watching you even when you've tried to hide. Reports suggests Google records users' location even when they turned location services off. Audio
The brave new world of online sport streaming
The telco Spark is hoovering up the rights to live sport, securing the English Premier League for next year, as well as the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Business and technology commentator Paul Spain joins… Audio
Screening rights: Underdog makes the big league
The telco Spark has scored English football rights that were part of the package at Sky TV for years. Mediawatch looks at how the English Premier League has become a political football in the…
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Screening rights: Underdog makes the big league
The telco Spark has scored English football rights that were part of the package at Sky TV for years. Mediawatch looks at how the English Premier League has become a political football in the…
AudioCan age restrictions on porn actually work?
Children's minister Tracey Martin wants to introduce age restrictions on pornographic websites to stop teenagers from being able to access them. Could such an approach work? Auckland University PhD… Audio
Mike Dickison: New Zealand's first Wikipedian whiz
New Zealand's first Wikipedian at large, Mike Dickison, is hosting a WikiBlitz on September 18 at Auckland Museum to show people how to edit Wikipedia entries. He's teaching people how to work with… Audio
Spark sets out plans for rollout of 5G network
Spark has set out its plans for state-of-the-art 5G mobile services from 2020, as the rollout gets underway elsewhere in the world.
Judith Collins not sorry for spreading fake news
Senior National MP Judith Collins is proving a headache for her party leader, refusing to apologise or back down from spreading a fake news story on Twitter. Audio
Facebook wants financial details,
Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about their customers, including card transactions and cheque account balances, as part of an effort to offer new services… Audio
Alex Jones' Infowars blocked from social media
Facebook and other major tech companies have blocked content from the controversial American website Infowars, for publishing "Fake News". Apple Inc, YouTube, and Spotify also took down podcasts and… Audio
Deleting old tweets
American comedians and film directors have been deleting thousands of their old tweets says Slate magazine. Audio
Microsoft says cyber security should be growth tool
New Zealand businesses are being urged to use cybersecurity as a tool for growth not just defence. Audio