COMMENT: A new enterprising type of script kiddie has evolved that sets up cyber crime businesses online.

Waikato towns are on the list but businesses are sick of waiting for ultra-fast broadband. And some have even taken matters into their own hands. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

COMMENT: It is up to privacy scholars to come up with solutions that allow technological progress to take place, but not at the expense of our humanity.

Billing disputes are the main issue for utility customers but the number of those complaining about disconnections is growing.

Today's kids prefer to watch each other doing real life things rather than child actors playing television roles.

More than 100 people could be prosecuted after illegally streaming Saturday night's Parker fight over the internet.

Snapchat users are just one of the groups expected to be targeted next year, experts warn.

Lights lit up Brooke Hughes' face as the 18-year-old held up her mobile as she drove along a major road.

COMMENT: Like in politics, fake news can also be a problem in the world of science - proliferated by the net, repeated many times over.

Video games are more addictive than ever. This is what happens when kids can't turn them off.

COMMENT: Blame internet giants for allowing fake news to spread globally.

YouTube has released the list of what videos had Kiwi's obsessed in 2016, including our very own Tape Face.

It seems like an innocent request but it's not. Paedophiles are coming up with crafty ways to trick kids into satisfying their bizarre urges.

Three weeks on from a theft, where six puppies were stolen, SPCA Turangi has had no word on the fate of the young animals.

It was a version, albeit an edgy and ultimately inadvisable one, of the mannequin challenge.

COMMENT: Censorship is not what users want; nor is it technically possible on social media.

A man of Asian descent had his passport photo rejected by a government website when its facial recognition software registered his eyes as being closed.

Having already added offline downloads, Netflix has announced another change to its streaming service, which will change how subscribers make decisions.

Watch: Crowded House's Neil Finn perform alongside Coldplay at their Auckland concert.

At least nine people died in a blaze that broke out during a party in a converted warehouse in the San Francisco Bay Area,

Te Awamutu woman has met the love of her life living 11,711km away in Texas while playing a mobile farming game.

Punters should be prepared to pay at the door to watch Joseph Parker's heavyweight world title fight at the pub next weekend.

A 'kidnap expert' who became a key player in the hunt for abducted jogger Sherri Papini made a video with chilling similarities to the case.

Jennifer Jones was shocked when a photo of her daughter was turned into a disgusting meme - but she fought back.

Tired of paying individual household bills? This could be a game changer.

Tens of thousands of people have watched the video of Shadbolt nipping down to the shops on a push scooter.

We've had the ice bucket challenge and the mannequin challenge. Now social media is alight with people covering their naked bodies with just one finger.

Having a fat wallet has taken on a whole new meaning.

COMMENT: If you are a tiny country with a population smaller than Auckland, what could you do to grow bigger and make the world notice?

An Australian teen watched in horror as Bali security delivered brutal street justice to the boy who allegedly tried to steal her mobile.