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Proposed fines under the Privacy Bill are $10,000 maximum, far smaller than in Australia and the EU. Photo / AP

TECHNOLOGY

Rick Shera: Kiwis need right to be forgotten

22 May, 2018 5:00am

4 minutes to read

West Auckland's Revolution Fibres is tomorrow launching actiVLayr: a natural skincare product that uses collagen extracted from hoki skins as a base ingredient. Photo / File

TECHNOLOGY

Kiwi wrinkle product made from fish skins

21 May, 2018 6:24pm
3 minutes to read

A Kiwi tech company has designed a new wrinkle product - sourced from hoki skins.

The price of Wi-Fi has now dropped on Air New Zealand flights. Herald Graphic.

TECHNOLOGY

Air NZ slashes price of its in-flight Wi-Fi

21 May, 2018 3:24pm
2 minutes to read

Air New Zealand drops the price of Wi-Fi in enabled planes from $40 to $30.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern appearing as a hologram. Photo/Supplied.

TECHNOLOGY

Watch: PM Ardern as you've never seen her before - a hologram

21 May, 2018 8:45am

2 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

Kiwi businesses could be hit by new data privacy laws

20 May, 2018 8:51am
3 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

Scientists can 'knock out' major cow's milk allergen

20 May, 2018 8:51am
2 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

What makes kids more likely to walk to school?

20 May, 2018 8:49am
3 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

Fabrizio Carmignani: Women less likely to be replaced by robots

20 May, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

Cambridge Analytica files for bankruptcy

19 May, 2018 2:37pm
3 minutes to read

TECHNOLOGY

Air NZ to charge $40 for inflight Wi-Fi

19 May, 2018 1:58pm
3 minutes to read

Astronomers have been able to peer back 12 billion years into the early dark ages of the universe to discover the fastest-growing black hole yet found. Photo / 123RF

TECHNOLOGY

Weird Science: Black hole's sun sized appetite

19 May, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Think your kids are big eaters? Check out what this monster black hole can wolf down.

Researchers have come up with the recipe for a hit tune. Photo / 123RF

TECHNOLOGY

Nanogirl: Will AI write music of the future?

19 May, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: New software can now empower computers to write new songs.

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Computers. Photo / AP

TECHNOLOGY

'I can't take it': Apple founder's had enough

18 May, 2018 8:46pm
2 minutes to read

Steve Wozniak tears strips off Silicon Valley.

An ethereal octopus emerges from the depths. Photo / 123RF

TECHNOLOGY

Scientists: 'Octopuses might be aliens'

18 May, 2018 6:02pm
5 minutes to read

Octopuses are weird, not just because they look odd — which could mean they're alien.

Regional Development Minister Shane Jones. Photo / John Borren

TECHNOLOGY

Shane Jones: Use machines, not migrants

18 May, 2018 5:10pm
3 minutes to read

Jones has "deep doubts" about delivering on infrastructure without planning reform.

PayPal boss Dan Schulman called the purchase a 'strategic fit'. Photo / Getty Images

TECHNOLOGY

PayPal buys start-up in its biggest ever deal

18 May, 2018 4:50pm
2 minutes to read

PayPal is swooping for Swedish payments start-up iZettle.

TECHNOLOGY

Elon Musk's 'crazy' Earth travel plan

18 May, 2018 9:58am
3 minutes to read

Musk says his insane plan "is definitely going to happen".

Dr Demian Saffer, of Pennsylvania State University, and Dr Laura Wallace, of GNS Science, have helped install a sub-seafloor quake observatory off the coast of Gisborne. Photo / Supplied

TECHNOLOGY

NZ's new under-sea quake lab now in action

18 May, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Two sub-seafloor quake labs begin "listening" to NZ's high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

The government has set aside about $1 billion over the next four years for tax rebates from the research and development tax credit. Photo / Getty Images

TECHNOLOGY

Budget 2018: Govt sets aside $1b for R&D tax rebates

17 May, 2018 2:28pm
2 minutes to read

Firms can claim 12.5c in the dollar back for every dollar they spend on R&D.

Science News

Geologist John Foster surveys damage to State Highway 7 near Reefton Saddle, about 30km south of Inangahua. Photo/ Lloyd Homer.

NEW ZEALAND

50 years on: Inangahua quake

20 May, 2018 10:31am
4 minutes to read

Working out the magnitude of an earthquake now takes minutes. Back then, it took 6 hours.

NEW ZEALAND

Seals reveal Antarctica's climate change clues

20 May, 2018 9:06am
4 minutes to read

Scientists have an unlikely tool to show how fast Antarctic ice sheets are melting: seals.

Surveyed EV owners were on average having to wait their turn to charge on 14 per cent of visits, for an average wait of between nine and 12 minutes. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

EV owners sick of queuing for charge points

20 May, 2018 8:53am
4 minutes to read

New Zealand needs more plug-in facilities, owners of electric vehicles say.

NEW ZEALAND

Q&A: Climate change's challenge for our health system

20 May, 2018 8:53am
3 minutes to read

Global warming isn't just a threat to our coastal communities: but to our health. Why?

In five days, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law comes into force aiming to protect its citizens privacy and prevent data breaches. Photo / 123RF

TECHNOLOGY

Kiwi businesses could be hit by new data privacy laws

20 May, 2018 8:51am
3 minutes to read

NZ businesses may be caught out by sweeping new privacy laws about to take effect in EU.

Cow's milk remains one of the most common causes of food allergy in infants, affecting one in 50 children. Photo / File

TECHNOLOGY

Scientists can 'knock out' major cow's milk allergen

20 May, 2018 8:51am
2 minutes to read

Genome-editing can eliminate the risk to young children.

NEW ZEALAND

The most fascinating findings about NZ children

20 May, 2018 5:00am
7 minutes to read

Study of Growing up in New Zealand turns 10 years old

An artist's impression of how the site may have looked. Image / Andrew Louis

NEW ZEALAND

Myth of Mangahawea: Is this NZ's first human settlement?

19 May, 2018 1:00pm
17 minutes to read

Scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the first Polynesian settlements in Aotearoa.

TECHNOLOGY

Weird Science: Black hole's sun sized appetite

19 May, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Think your kids are big eaters? Check out what this monster black hole can wolf down.

TECHNOLOGY

Nanogirl: Will AI write music of the future?

19 May, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: New software can now empower computers to write new songs.

TECHNOLOGY

NZ's new under-sea quake lab now in action

18 May, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Two sub-seafloor quake labs begin "listening" to NZ's high-risk Hikurangi Subduction Zone.

New Zealand spends just 1.3 per cent of GDP on R&D, when the OECD average is 2.4 per cent. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Few surprises in science and tech spend

17 May, 2018 5:33pm
5 minutes to read

Can Budget's $1b for tax incentive lift New Zealand's "woeful" spend on business R&D?

Dunedin accommodation operators are frustrated because Airbnb offers no marketing support to the city. Photo/123RF.

TECHNOLOGY

Airbnb boom irks Kiwi motel owners

17 May, 2018 8:25am
3 minutes to read

The steady rise of Airbnb comes as a major challenge to accommodation industry.

Google is facing dissent from some inside the company over lending its artificial intelligence capability to the US drone program. Photo / Getty Images

TECHNOLOGY

Google worker rebellion against military project grows

16 May, 2018 8:21pm
4 minutes to read

4000 staff sign petition to stay out of "the business of war".

A snapshot from a cosmological simulation of a Lyman-alpha blob. Photo / J Geach/D Narayanan/R Crain

TECHNOLOGY

Mysterious 'force' hints at alien life

16 May, 2018 5:32pm
5 minutes to read

Group of scientists studying dark energy believe alien life may exist in other universes.

Google can track where you shop, even when you aren't using its Maps app. Photo / 123RF

TECHNOLOGY

How Google knows where you shop

16 May, 2018 2:43pm
3 minutes to read

Google is tracking you right into a store, even if you aren't using its Maps app.

TECHNOLOGY

Brian Cox: Why anti-science is a threat to our democracy

16 May, 2018 12:46pm
9 minutes to read

The famous thinker discusses black holes - those in space, and those in cyber-space.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai talks about Google Assistant during a product event in San Francisco. Photo / AP

TECHNOLOGY

Comment: What's the fuss about Google's AI?

15 May, 2018 7:10pm
4 minutes to read

What a time to be alive, the age of AI.

Gadgets

Fitbit's new Versa watch is less about functionality and more about style.

TECHNOLOGY

Review: Is this Fitbit's best watch yet?

10 May, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

Fitbit's new Versa watch is less about functionality and more about style. About time.

JBL's E65 headphones offer Bluetooth and noise-cancelling options.

TECHNOLOGY

These noise-cancelling headphones are perfect for flying

19 Apr, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

Going on a long flight? You'll need noise-cancelling headphones, and these do the trick.

Jabra's Elite Sport are truly wireless headphones for fitness fanatics.

TECHNOLOGY

Review: How do Jabra's Sport headphones shape up?

11 Apr, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

The sports headphone market is overpopulated right now. How do Jabra's options shape up?

Apple boss Tim Cook gives an educational overview at the event. Photo / Juha Saarinen

TECHNOLOGY

Juha Saarinen: iPad homes in on school sector

3 Apr, 2018 6:51pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Why do schools have to pay for iPads and Chromebooks though?

Samsung's new phones, the S9 and the larger S9+, have been released.

TECHNOLOGY

Review: Samsung's S9 is a sweet, slick phone

29 Mar, 2018 7:00am
2 minutes to read

The S8 was so good Samsung really didn't need to bother this year. I'm glad they did.

New cat app technology. Pictured is Mila Lynch-Blosse with cat Leo and Pippa Lynch-Blosse with cat clover. Photo / Doug Sherring

LIFESTYLE

What's up pet? Well take a look at these devices

17 Mar, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Cats and dogs are being controlled by phone based apps as technology improves.

TECHNOLOGY

Review: Is this Fitbit's best watch yet?

10 May, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

Fitbit's new Versa watch is less about functionality and more about style. About time.

TECHNOLOGY

These noise-cancelling headphones are perfect for flying

19 Apr, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

Going on a long flight? You'll need noise-cancelling headphones, and these do the trick.

TECHNOLOGY

Review: How do Jabra's Sport headphones shape up?

11 Apr, 2018 4:00am
2 minutes to read

The sports headphone market is overpopulated right now. How do Jabra's options shape up?

TECHNOLOGY

Juha Saarinen: iPad homes in on school sector

3 Apr, 2018 6:51pm
3 minutes to read

COMMENT: Why do schools have to pay for iPads and Chromebooks though?

TECHNOLOGY

Review: Samsung's S9 is a sweet, slick phone

29 Mar, 2018 7:00am
2 minutes to read

The S8 was so good Samsung really didn't need to bother this year. I'm glad they did.

LIFESTYLE

What's up pet? Well take a look at these devices

17 Mar, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Cats and dogs are being controlled by phone based apps as technology improves.

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