Friday is a 'Phone Free Day' video

He's a dad who works in the technology sector, but he's kick-started a movement calling on parents to ditch their cellphones.

Dad wants daughter to be a YouTube star

Shreya Khurana in the studio at her Blockhouse Bay home, where she plans to start making content for her on YouTube channel.

Auckland dad says he's willing to pay a director "handsomely" to help his daughter launch her YouTube channel.

Firefox adds killer new feature

The move from Mozilla will, no doubt, add fuel to the national security versus encryption-by-default, debate.

OPINION: I was encouraged to read about Mozilla's latest update to its Firefox web browser.

Lotto website ready for the crowds?

On Saturday, the jackpot is making history with $50 million up for grabs. But if you're not organised enough to purchase ...

Get your tickets early, because high demand could stop you buying online.

What's the best foldable phone in 2020?

A man holds the Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone during the Mobile World Congress wireless show in 2019. In my mind, ...

OPINION: Hell-bent on getting your hands on one this year? Here are the three best foldable smartphones in the world, right now.

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Millions of Google users are at risk

If you're one of the roughly 70 per cent of people using the world's most popular Google Chrome browser, you should make ...

Chrome users risk being hacked after three security holes were found in Google's browser.

Sweet night to spy Starlink

If you're heading outdoors around 9.45pm on Thursday, look up.

Excellent conditions for much of NZ to get a good view of Elon Musk's satellite train.

Pope: Give up trolling for Lent

Pope Francis at the Ash Wednesday Mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence for Christians before Easter. ...

Pontiff tells Catholics to 'disconnect' from phones and 'connect to the Gospel' on Ash Wednesday.

Facebook takes supremacists' cash

Members of a white supremacist group deface National Party signage in Auckland.

OPINION: We can all agree white supremacists aren't great, so why is it so hard for Facebook and Twitter to stop taking their money?

Mate 30 Pro 5G: Smart device, smart future

The Mate 30 Pro 5G's quad camera system features two 40MP SuperSensing Cine units with an 8MP telephoto and 3D depth ...

SPONSORED: With the launch of its latest device, smartphone giant Huawei further pushes the boundaries of the possible by delivering one of the most capable handsets yet.

No more checkout lines

Inside the new Amazon Go Store in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Seattle.

At Amazon Go Grocery, shoppers can grab milk or eggs and walk out without opening their wallets.

Vodafone ditches data caps

Vodafone is introducing a new suite of plans in which users' data will switch to a lower speed when their allocation is ...

New plans mean your data will slow down when you hit a limit, not stop.

Construction's automated future

MX3D's biggest project so far, a 3D-printed steel footbridge, took nearly three years to build

Man behind the world's first 3D printed bridge shares his thoughts on the future of building.

Pioneering Nasa worker dies

Katherine Johnson at the Oscars in Los Angeles.

Katherine Johnson was a black mathematician who inspired the movie "Hidden Figures".

Use Instagram to plan your holiday

One way to begin is by zeroing in on the hashtags for the places you're considering.

With its user-generated content and real-time images and video, social media can be a big help.

digital living

Dad wants daughter to be a YouTube star

Shreya Khurana in the studio at her Blockhouse Bay home, where she plans to start making content for her on YouTube channel.

Auckland dad says he's willing to pay a director "handsomely" to help his daughter launch her YouTube channel.

Lotto website ready for the crowds?

Get your tickets early, because high demand could stop you buying online.

What's the best foldable phone in 2020?

Millions of Google users are at risk

gadgets

Mate 30 Pro 5G: Smart device, smart future

The Mate 30 Pro 5G's quad camera system features two 40MP SuperSensing Cine units with an 8MP telephoto and 3D depth ...

SPONSORED: With the launch of its latest device, smartphone giant Huawei further pushes the boundaries of the possible by delivering one of the most capable handsets yet.

Sony's latest audio oddity

It looks like a lamp, but sounds like a speaker - more or less

It's a speaker that looks like a lamp, but what does it sound like?

Drawing robot for kids to code

The robot would be a lot more accessible to a lot more kids if it supported a child-friendly language.

REVIEW: Artie rolls about and draws patterns on paper according to your code, but the language isn't so child-friendly.

Why you should care about e-sims

Vodafone entering the market should bring healthy competition, and choice, to consumers.

OPINION: Good news; Vodafone will offer e-sims in 2020. Now, all we need is a genuine price war.

Games

Watch: Live esports

ACT MP David Seymour.

ACT leader David Seymour among gamers involved in LetsPlay.Live and Heart Foundation's live fundraising event.

Virus games are going viral video

The popularity of outbreak-themed games makes sense amid efforts to cope with the coronavirus and the fears it has sown, ...

The popularity of outbreak-themed video games has surged as experts battle the spread of coronavirus.

Taking esport to the world

As esports boom, an upstart league is hoping to disrupt the not-so-old order.

Virtual reality trip to the moon

Dowse Museum's "To The Moon" requires participants to wear a full headset and handsets to control their own trip through ...

Put on your headset and fly to the moon as part of the Dowse's NZ Festival 2020 exhibit.

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Pope: Give up trolling for Lent

Pope Francis at the Ash Wednesday Mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence for Christians before Easter. ...

Pontiff tells Catholics to 'disconnect' from phones and 'connect to the Gospel' on Ash Wednesday.

Facebook takes supremacists' cash

Members of a white supremacist group deface National Party signage in Auckland.

OPINION: We can all agree white supremacists aren't great, so why is it so hard for Facebook and Twitter to stop taking their money?

Why attack Jameela Jamil? video

Jameela Jamil tried to use her fame to advocate for women... some women didn't like that very much.

OPINION: "Stand Up For Women... No, Not Like That!" is our new anthem. Real catchy, if tuneless and self defeating is your thing.

Facebook knew breach could happen

Facebook failed to protect data ahead of hackers stealing personal data from millions of users.

Social media company failed to protect data ahead of hackers stealing personal data from millions of users.

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Use Instagram to plan your holiday

One way to begin is by zeroing in on the hashtags for the places you're considering.

With its user-generated content and real-time images and video, social media can be a big help.

Stunning new Google Earth pics

A Google Earth View of Dorie in Canterbury showing the Rakaia River.

Google Earth has released more than 1000 new photos of landscapes - including NZ.

When Google Maps goes wrong

There have been 144 rescues in Baunei in two years.

The app is 15 years old this week, but there have been a few dead ends along the way.

Skip mole-scan app, see a doctor - study

New research out of the UK found "poor and variable" performance between smartphone apps designed to assess skin cancer ...

Some smartphone apps can't spot all cancers, providing "inadequate protection to the public", new research shows.

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