A New Zealand website administrator was forced to pay a $6500 ransom after his site was hijacked in an increasingly-common "ransomware" attack.

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The Hibiscus coast's mystery nude runner has won a week-long trip to Rarotonga.

Social media photos of people pretending to be dead are 'morbid', say critics.

People failing to pronounce Maori place names correctly "boggles the mind" of one Auckland woman, and presumably the thousands of people who viewed her online video.

Incredible cloud formations over Australia thrill the internet.

With so many millennials watching videos on online these days, Disney's Freeform cable network tried something new with the premiere of Beyond.

Kiwis are being warned to steer clear of emails claiming they could win prizes from well-known New Zealand businesses.

Judge learns what emoji are when the subject comes up in court after a man sent a threatening message via social media.

A Chicago judge has denied bail for four teens who filmed themselves beating a mentally ill youth, saying she believes they were "a danger to yourself and society".

Martin Shkreli's Twitter account has been suspended after he trolled a journalist from Teen Vogue.

After a study finding kids understanding very little about Instagram's terms a lawyer rewrites them in "plain English" with outstanding results.

A week of explosive tweets from the American President-Elect have stoked anxiety, moved markets and altered plans.

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One travel agent wasn't particularly impressed when he travelled to one of the world's hottest destinations, ending up bailing almost immediately.

WikiLeaks is proposing a database of verified Twitter users which would include information about their families, jobs, and housing.

Intelligence officials were confident that Russia was the culprit behind the hacking and disinformation regarding the US election.

President-elect Donald Trump has met with intelligence chiefs and vowed a response to election campaign hacking after openly deriding the agencies.

Social media giants have been accused by UK officials of confusing children into signing away their privacy. Youngsters desperate

A virile, muscled statue of the sea god Neptune has fallen foul of Facebook's prudish policies on nudity after an Italian art historian was told to remove it from her web page.

New Zealand's retail association is calling on the government to make closing tax loopholes for retail a priority.

A Wanganui woman found the greenstone necklace found on the shore of Lake Taupo

Kiwis in London are mourning the loss of a popular local watering hole which burned down in a New Year's Eve blaze.

The founder of Facebook has found religion, it seems, according to a cheery holiday message he posted on the social network he created.

What were the most ridiculous start-up ideas that eventually became successful?

Serena Williams' fiancee Alexis Ohanian is a resourceful internet entrepreneur who co-founded the hugely popular Reddit.

A male escort has lifted the lid on what a day at work is really like - and his revelations have left the internet astounded.

Hundreds of social media users have lifted the lid on an issue affecting the Pride of the South.

Police have slammed the people behind the growing number of Facebook pages which alert motorists to where checkpoints might be.

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