New Zealand's online watchdog launches a new hotline tomorrow for Kiwis to report cyber hate and have "trolls" investigated.

A setting on Apple smartphones has users alarmed their personal mobile data is being used when they're supposed to be connected to a Wi-Fi network.

A sample swab from the surface of a phone can accurately predict a person's lifestyle choices, a study suggests.

Apple says the problem is caused when devices are "dropped multiple times on a hard surface."

COMMENT: Your cellphone is packed with pictures, apps and words of your choice but dirt on the outside could let slip your secrets.

For most people, virtual reality's promise of transporting us to a different world in a heartbeat is a great novelty.

Some children suffer from completely tangled hair, which, as their parents will attest, can't be combed at all. Scientists now have the answer.

COMMENT: The Garmin Fenix Chronos smartwatch looks like a Swiss designer watch, but is it worth the big price tag?

Parts of file sharing site Mega.nz has been hacked, with documents and application source code taken.

More than 80 offshore suppliers of remote services have registered for GST since the government widened the tax.

Apple's new coffee table book is just under half the price of its latest iPhone.

Searching for "Kim Fatty the Third" in China? You're out of luck.

COMMENT: Facebook is clearly pushing into media. But that comes with responsibilities.

It's been revealed preinstalled software in Android phones sends data to China every 72 hours.

Google and Facebook are taking aim at false news stories that appear in their feeds.

The first pizza has been delivered by a drone.

Tinder is adding the option to chose and identify between 37 different genders.

Nasa astronaut Dan Barry makes a strong case for human power in a world where our transportation needs look increasing likely to be

Scientists have deep-dived inside two huge Martian craters they say hold the key to discovering signs of life there.

The personal details of millions who signed up to a sex hook-up website in the past 20 years were exposed in one of the largest ever data breaches.

West Coast residents have been asked to protect the broadband fibre optic cable after the eastern cable was lost in the earthquakes early yesterday.

Is the box in your fridge that chills your food immune from technological disruption? Don't bet on it.

The energy unleashed in the Kaikoura earthquake was equivalent to what could power Christchurch for an entire year.

A pregnant Western Sydney mother has suffered second degree burns from her iPhone 7. Melanie Tan Pelaez had her iPhone 7 plugged

Village Roadshow is known for its measures to stop piracy, but its latest efforts have made an absolute mockery of its harsh stance.

The SingularityU Summit kicked off on schedule in Christchurch this afternoon.

Radiation sickness. Brittle bones. Alzheimers. None of these will deter explorers in their quest to establish a foothold on Mars, says Apollo 11 hero Buzz Aldrin.

Even the Large Hadron Collider - 18,000km away in Switzerland - reported "feeling" the earthquake.

Scientists have debunked a prediction that a major earthquake could hit the South Pacific on November 14.

Visit any major urban centre today and you are likely to be confronted with hundreds of people walking with their heads down as they fiddle with phones.