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Technology news
Spark auctioning half its data centre business to fund $1b expansion push: report
Surf's up for the telco as its capital-raising effort comes to the sharp end.
Chinese compliance concerns kill Rakon deal
Why US firm Skyworks walked away from $390m takeover.
Secret weapon: How robots are transforming China's trade strategy
New York Times: Inside China's automation revolution and its global implications.
On The Up: Atomic set to blast into Australia, UK, fuelled by Rod Drury
Start-up has already signed up big names in NZ - and is now looking to the UK.
'Very grateful': Satellite service helps in highway accident rescue
One NZ's Satellite TXT uses Starlink to cover 40% of NZ without cellular networks.
I'm a longevity expert. Here's how the new science of ageing can predict your future
New York Times: A new era of medical care is upon us, writes Dr Eric Topol.
Science news
What nearly brainless rodents know about weight loss and hunger
New York Times: We might not be choosing to eat as consciously as we think.
17 ways to cut your risk of stroke, dementia and depression all at once
New York Times: New research has found overlapping factors in three common brain diseases.
Air NZ overhauls emission targets: How more sustainable fuel could power future flights
Airline says overseas turmoil doesn't change its goal to slash emissions.
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AI news
How one viral trend created the internet as we know it
The Ice Bucket Challenge is back for mental health awareness.
NZ fogcaster start-up signs deal with British Airways subsidiary
A Kiwi inks a new deal as she aims to cut hassles fog inflicts on passengers and pilots.
How AI is changing the way people with autism understand social dynamics
Autistic Translator claims to help some people make sense of their social mishaps.
US House passes bill targeting non-consensual AI-generated images
The bill aims to address the misuse of intimate imagery, including AI deepfakes.
Workplace of the future: How humans and digital colleagues will work together
Businesses face a new reality, says Microsoft boss.
Secret weapon: How robots are transforming China's trade strategy
New York Times: Inside China's automation revolution and its global implications.
More Technology news
On The Up: Duo turning harakeke waste into carbon-fibre alternative
Ben and William started the project while at university, turning into a global opportunity
A podcast star helped red-pill Silicon Valley – now he’s Trump’s tech tsar
An investor and long-time Musk associate is helping Trump unchain the crypto industry.
The town that went crazy for crypto
NYT: 16,000 people signed up for a crypto exchange where everyone won. Until they didn't.
Job hunters facing fraud, AI-powered deepfake video interviews
More than one million 'bots' blocked every hour.
Spark follows Air NZ in deal with Indian outsourcer
Telco looking to make up lost ground in its drive to slash labour costs.
NZ businesses struggling to see returns from their AI spend - the factors holding them back
Many NZ firms see marginal gains from AI despite heavy investment.
Katy Perry faces backlash after Blue Origin all-female space mission
Emily Ratajkowski criticised the mission as 'beyond parody' on TikTok.
Many public servants using AI off their own bat, but few trained - experts raise red flags
A DIY free-for-all. Government says more training and an advisory panel are on the way.
Door opened to microchip, pharma tariffs, Trump hints at auto tariff pause
Tesla, other automaker stocks rise after White House comments.
'Buy and bury' - US argues Meta built a social media monopoly
New York Times: Antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.
Douglas Pharmaceuticals installs AI robots, faces up to tariff threat
West Auckland-based Douglas Pharmaceuticals has installed 13 AI-controlled robots. MD Jeff Douglas on whether they're a threat to the firm's 700 human staff.
Hours from death: Apple Watch saves Hawke's Bay woman's life
A head start in race against blood cancer.
Hours from death: Apple Watch saves Hawke's Bay woman's life
A head start in race against blood cancer.
On The Up: Kiwis backing a new generation of start-ups
The NZ tech stars who are paying it forward.
Paying it forward: Outset Ventures
Sean Simpson and Mat Rowe made it big with LanzaTech. Now, with Outset Ventures, they are helping to foster and finance a new wave of "deep tech" startups.