Opinion

Facebook and Twitter are deeply reluctant to see themselves described as publishers. That isn’t because they’re sticklers for accuracy, but because if that classification were to stick, they would suddenly be...

Facebook is having a difficult time of it of late. It has weathered storms before — most notably that whole undermining democracy snafu — but this time it’s clearly pretty shaken,...

Remember AirPower? Announced alongside the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017 as a wireless charging pad to fill up all your Apple devices at once, it missed its 2018 release...

It wouldn’t be Christmas without tedious reruns, would it? And this week, it seems the rerun in question is “wouldn’t it be great if we all looked like cyborgs with transparent...

New Zealand's mobile data is the third most expensive in the world. This is according to data from a Tefficient study that analysed mobile data usage and costs from 44 developed...

Language can be a tricky thing, even when there shouldn’t be any ambiguity at all. Case in point, during a 1977 jaunt to Poland, President Jimmy Carter made quite an impression...

This week, it was revealed that Microsoft plans to spend just over NZ$100 billion on buying Activision Blizzard — a company that’s been more newsworthy for its alleged unsavoury work culture...

Justice Minister Kris Faafoi has been in the headlines lately defending the proposed new hate speech laws. The laws sparked opprobrium from both the left and right, critics citing the limits...

Even those of us who follow the travails of Facebook closely were rocked earlier this month by the revelations uncovered by ex-Facebook employee turned whistleblower, Frances Haugen. Her testimony, and the internal...

Say what you like about Amazon (and we have), it’s certainly a company that’s full of surprises.  On Tuesday, the company announced Astro the robot assistant would be rolling into select American...