Microsoft and Apple had dueling product launch events last week, and Microsoft was the surprise winner.

Here's how augmented reality firm Holonize is creating modern-day science fiction.

Wynyard today announced that 72 management and staff positions have been made redundant at the company.

An asteroid is buzzing by today. But we had advance warning of the 25m chunk of rock and ice thanks to a new NASA 'intruder alert' system.

Respondents to a large-scale survey expressed concern about sharing the road with self-driving vehicles.

Water contaminations like that which recently left thousands of people sick in Havelock North could be quickly traced with new DNA-based technology.

Robot mall cops, a vaccine for dengue and 98 more of the greatest innovations of the year are highlighted in the latest issue of Popular Science.

WATCH: Twitter will discontinue the Vine mobile app in coming months, these are 13 of the best Vines ever made.

The electronics giants brings what it says is a big innovation to the decades-old laptop.

Cathay Pacific's new $400 million A350 flew into Auckland for the first time yesterday but faces a wave of competition this summer.

Some 400k internet users in NZ are on a slower form of internet connection than is available, with almost no cost involved in changing to the faster version.

Police are appealing for information on a New Zealand teenager whose online antics with men have hit headlines around the world.

COMMENT: Three new MacBook Pros were unveiled today, Juha Saarinen says the long wait for the new gear was worth it.

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JUST when Apple thought its horror launch of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus was behind it, the tech giant has suffered another crippling setback.

Kiwi scientists have brought their pest-busting expertise to a spectacular Pacific atoll formerly owned by late legendary actor Marlon Brando.

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Snapchat will seek to raise as much as US$4 billion in its planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.

A fashion app is letting you style yourself from the comfort of your own home. Auckland start up Wearit will today be available on iPhones for Kiwi blokes wanting fashion and style advice.Laura McGoldrick and Adam Cooper give it a go!

Kiwi scientists have helped reveal the universe in glorious technicolour, with incredible new images reflecting on one of the widest-ever radio-wave surveys of space yet.

In a revealing insight into his private life, the Microsoft founder said his children are "proud" of his fortune decision.

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COMMENT: Some of the most popular sites in the world went offline over the weekend. There's no excuse for poor security, Juha Saarinen writes.

New Zealand is punching above its weight in its output of top-quality research, with a new index ranking the country above larger nations like Saudi Arabia and South Africa.

NZ Customs officers are being trained up on how to use a new state-of-the-art drug identification machine. A machine so powerful it can instantly identify more than 12 thousand different chemical molecules.

Two astronomers have spotted strange flashes from a set of stars. They say it's an alien civilisation. Others say it's just a glitch.

NZ Customs' new state-of-the-art drug identification machine can instantly identify more than 12 thousand different chemical molecules.

Apple reported another quarter of falling iPhone sales Tuesday.

New Zealand's leading body for the sciences and humanities - traditionally dominated by older white men - is tackling a lack of diversity among its fellows.