Insurance companies could charge you higher premiums by using 'big data' to follow your habits.

In 12 months, there have been a billion take-down requests for pirated content. It's open warfare - but as this new service proves, it is ultimately futile.

Google has built an algorithm that enables it to translate between languages that it doesn't know.

A Dunedin mother-of-three missing since Thursday last week is in Australia, police have confirmed.

Everyone left with a smile on their faces after this year's annual Farmers Santa Parade in Auckland, an organiser said.

If you ever feel like online life is getting too much, there may be a solution.

Today, anyone leading a significant company needs to understand that dealing with cyber crime is a reality

An internal error caused Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey to be banned from Twitter.

The Hawaiki Cable which will connect New Zealand with the US and Australia, held a groundbreaking ceremony today.

Mark Sagar's Baby X technology spin-out has gained US$7.5 million in venture capital funding.

The Human Rights Commission says an Auckland man's speeches allegedly given by an Auckland man condemning Jewish people are appalling

More than 300,000 New Zealanders are connected to fibre broadband.

Every click you make is being monitored, and a new website shows you how.

Will your family be able to access your digital photos, emails and investments when you die? And do you want your Facebook posts to live on as a memorial? Juliet Rowan investigates digital legacy and finds she's not alone in falling short of a plan.

British prostitutes have been comparing notes on clients, and getting advice on pricing, in an online forum.

A smooth African scam artist, dubbed 'Precious Max', used an online dating scam to trick Australian women into smuggling heroin for an international drug business.

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

After just over two years on store shelves, children's toy Shopkins has become a huge business.

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.

COMMENT: Where can you start to find future sales - outside of your existing clients and advertising?

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

Sky TV has filed High Court action, alleging the media companies breached the pay TV firm's copyright in the its use of rugby video footage.

A protest turned violent this morning when peace activists blocked a defence industry conference in central Auckland.

COMMENT: Wars, quakes, global warming and Donald Trump. That's 2016, an annus horribilis if there ever was one.

Two cattle and a calf which survived yesterday's earthquake should be allowed to retire and live out their days in a sanctuary, animal rights group Peta says.

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.

A South African rhino who was named Hope after she survived a 2015 attack by poachers who hacked off her horns and part of her face has died.

Three cows left standing on an island of land have drawn international attention.

What you need to know about the earthquake and tsunami and what people in the above coastal areas should do.