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Why I refuse to join 'anti-social' media

Opinion: Ross Boswell intends to die, never having set up a Facebook login account.

America's Cup: Graphics dispute settled - but Sir Ian Taylor 'gobsmacked'

Sir Russell Coutts asked for the graphics to be revised or a licence fee paid.

Matthew Hooton: Plan on borders staying closed until 2022

We've come too far to risk letting an even worse Covid strain in, writes Matthew Hooton.

Bitcoin: Forgotten password costs Auckland man $50K

A trio of misfortunes for the engineer who could be NZ's unluckiest crypto investor.

Twitter CEO explains what led him to ban Trump

Jack Dorsey explained why the time had come to ban one of Twitter's most prolific users.

$700m data centre for Southland: Backers welcome Tiwai turnaround

But is there room for two huge power-sucks? How the numbers look.

Pills could replace Covid jabs with biotech breakthrough

A pill-based vaccine could transform the fight against Covid-19.

Infratil hikes valuation of key asset, raising takeover stakes

But asset is still undervalued, according to two analysts.

Facebook bans Trump's favourite phrase

PLUS: Parler files lawsuit against Amazon as controversial crackdown expands.

Opinion: Big tech censorship sets terrifying precedent

Opinion: Social media are the 21st century's public square, and they have obligations.

Bryanboy: How fashion's wittiest influencer became a TikTok star

The Times: In 2004, Bryanboy was a lowly blogger. Now he drinks champagne on the bus.

Ben Kepes: The old cybersecurity lesson from the Reserve Bank breach

Worry about ourselves before we panic about foreign interference, warns Ben Kepes.

The long history of conspiracy theories

We are all susceptible to disinformation, and the US siege shows the havoc it can wreak.

Twitter's Trump ban will splinter the internet

The significance of tech giants deplatforming the US president merits discussion.

NZ Parkinson's researchers close in on single gene

NZ scientists seek to reveal one gene's critical role in the onset of Parkinson's disease.

Hidden clues may tell us about Alpine Fault's next big rupture

Discovery made after Kaikoura quake could tell us how NZ's big-risk Alpine Fault unravels.