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A future Apple Watch could have straps that change colour

It’s not like Apple to kill a lucrative revenue stream for no reason, but the company may have ambitious plans up its figurative sleeve...

Meta will be testing paid verification in New Zealand from this week

New Zealanders may miss out on a whole lot of desirable tech from firms that concentrate on the US and Europe, but good news:...

Tile wants to slap a NZ$1.6 million fine on stalkers

Bluetooth trackers are a classic example of jerks stopping us from having nice things.  For decent people, they’re genius. Strap an AirTag or Tile to...

This is the most pointless iPhone mod yet

When asked why he was climbing Mount Everest in 1924, mountaineer George Mallory is widely believed to have replied, “because it’s there.” That’s a mindset...

Japanese restaurant turns to AI to tackle ‘sushi terrorism’

I sincerely hope you’re not reading this just before tucking into a nourishing sushi lunch. Because Japan is reeling from a recent wave of...

Netflix NZ password-sharing crackdown begins – what you need to know

Netflix is making sharing accounts a whole lot harder, as the big password-sharing crackdown we all feared has begun. That's right; unless you're sharing...

This Android phone has crazy-fast 240W charging

Unless you’re a bomb defusal expert that keeps your instruction manual on your smartphone, being able to charge your handset completely in under ten...

Microsoft is jazzing up Bing with an AI helper

Do you miss the days of Ask Jeeves, where you could ask your internet butler anything and have it completely misinterpret the question? Well,...

Now skiers are triggering Apple’s Crash Detection

Remember last year, when it turned out that Apple’s Crash Detection feature — which automagically spot when someone is in a car crash and...

Original iPhone to fetch over NZ$78,000 at auction

As a rule of thumb, when you buy a bit of consumer tech, its value has already dropped before you even return to your...